Hollywood B-List: Nick Lachey Buys Share of ABA Squad
August 30th, 2006 by Michael Stephens
A.J. DiScala and Nick Lachey (left) are longtime friends. Now they’re also business partners, in what they are calling the perfect venture: Starting a basketball team.
Along with other celebrity investors, Lachey and DiScala announced Tuesday the formation of the Hollywood Fame, a new team that will join the American Basketball Association (ABA). The Fame will launch its inaugural season in November with home games at the Los Angeles Sports Arena.
[NOTE: The Truth has included a link to the ABA official site to prove we are not making this up]
Tryouts for the reborn league’s newest franchise were held on Tuesday, and another round is planned for September to fill any remaining spots on the squad. Cheerleaders will also be hired, much to the delight of Lachey, who is loving life on the rebound. Sure, he’s supposedly going steady with MTV VJ Vanessa Minnillo… but for how long?
“We’re excited about the Hollywood Fame bringing highly skilled basketball players to the fans of Los Angeles… We are creating a unique family entertainment option at affordable prices,” DiScala, the former husband and manager of Sopranos actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler, said in a statement.
According to the ABA, the league will see more than 60 teams beginning play in November, including teams in the U.S., Mexico and Canada.
Other Fame owners include actor Geoff Stults (7th Heaven and The Break-Up), Dancing With the Stars’ Stacy Keibler, NBA legend John Salley, former Major League Baseball All-Star Brady Anderson, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Kyle Boller and NASCAR’s Brian Vickers.
While we like Nick and wish him the best, whoever had the brilliant idea to enlist a washed-up, steroids-fiending ex-ballplayer AND the worst quarterback in NFL history ought to be banned from all future business deals. You’re telling me they couldn’t get Nick’s buddy Matt Leinart in on this instead? What gives? This team might as well be called the Hollywood B-List.
