The Continental Sports Association

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The Continental Sports Association
A Fictional Multi-Sport Universe

In addition to my usual OOTP projects, I’ve recently taken a deep interest in A.I. world-building and sports simulation — an experiment that’s grown into what I call the Continental Sports Association (CSA).

The CSA is a unified fictional universe that spans three original leagues, each inspired by mid-century American sports traditions and simulated in real time alongside their real-world counterparts.

🏈 National College Gridiron Association (NCGA)
A 1949-era college football world of military academies, industrial institutes, and Ivy campuses — all competing for pride, tradition, and the Hudson–Severn Trophy.
Games are played and reported weekly, following the rhythm of the real college football season through autumn.

🏀 Metropolitan Basketball Association (MBA)
A professional basketball league set in the early 1950s, played in smoky arenas and civic auditoriums across North America.
Twelve teams, a 24-week schedule, and a reporter named Ray Mercer covering the season with a mix of grit and jazz-age flair.

⚾ Universal Baseball Association Reimagined (UBAR)
A re-envisioning of Robert Coover’s Universal Baseball Association, brought to life as a living simulation.
Eight clubs, 84-game seasons, and a poet-statistician named J. Henry Waugh chronicling every play, roll, and twist of fate through the summer months.

Each league operates in parallel with real time — football in the fall, basketball through the winter, baseball in the spring and summer — with box scores, standings, and narrative reports appearing week by week.

This is meant as a long-term, evolving project, continuing season to season, year after year, as the CSA world grows and its stories intertwine.

If you’re into fictional sports worlds, narrative stat-keeping, or immersive A.I. storytelling, I’d love to have you follow along and share ideas.

P.S. My current OOTP involvements — the CCBA thread and my Perfect Team posts — will continue as well in their own threads.

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NCGA (college football);
National Gridiron Weekly - Special Midseason Feature by Martin Keane

MBA (fantasy basketball);
"So Now We Got Ourselves a Basket Ball League by Larry Doyle

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Next up;
NCGA Week 6 results - October 22
NCGA Special Report - October 23

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NCGA (college football);
National Gridiron Week #6 Results - Engines and Aviators

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Next up;
NCGA Special Report - October 23

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NCGA (college football);
National Gridiron Weekly - Special Edition

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Next up;
NCGA Pre-week 7 - Interview with Eli Steiner, Radnor QB - October 26
NCGA Week 7 Results - October 30

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NCGA (college football);
Pre-week 7 - Interview with Eli Steiner, Radnor QB

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Next up;
NCGA Week 7 Results - October 30

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NCGA (college football);
NCGA Week 7 Results - October 30

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Next up;
UBAR - "Ledger of Lore" - The Owner's Congress - November 2nd
NCGA Week 8 Results - November 5th

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what game are you using for the football?

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Originally Posted by Englishtide73

what game are you using for the football?

No published game. I've created all three sports with Artificial Intelligence. Took me about 3 months.

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UBAR (Fantasy Baseball)
UBAR - "Ledger of Lore" - The Owner's Congress

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Next up;
NCGA Week 8 Results - November 5th
NCGA 1949 Season Report (Through Week 8) - November 10

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NCGA (Fantasy College Football)
NCGA Week 8 Results - November Front, Radnor Rises in the Rain

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Next up;
NCGA 1949 Season Report (Through Week 8) - November 10
NCGA Week 9 Results - November 12

Next week is a milestone for the C.S.A. as we move into Week 9 of the NCGA
and open the MBA season - Week 1. Join us for all the excitement.

MBA (Metropolitan Basketball Association) Week 1 Results - November 13

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Just a short "ad" for the Continental Sports Association... check it out.

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New Additions - November 9

MBA (Fantasy Basketball)
Season Preview - Twelve Cities, Twelve Chances
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Next up;

NCGA 1949 Season Report (Through Week 8) - November 10
NCGA Week 9 Results - November 12
MBA Week 1 Results - November 13

This week is a milestone for the C.S.A. as we move into Week 9 of the NCGA and open the MBA season - Week 1. Join us for all the excitement.

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New Additions - November 10 - (Check it out in my signature below... )

MBA (Fantasy Basketball) Season Preview - Twelve Cities, Twelve Chances
NCGA (College Football) 1949 Season Report (Through Week 8)

Next up;

NCGA Week 9 Results - November 12
MBA Week 1 Results - November 13

This week is a milestone for the C.S.A. as we move into Week 9 of the NCGA and open the MBA season - Week 1. Join us for all the excitement.

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New Additions - November 12 - (Check it out in my signature below... )

NCGA Week 9 Results - The Turning Air - When Giants Meet
MBA (Fantasy Basketball) Season Preview - Twelve Cities, Twelve Chances

Next up;
MBA Week 1 Results - November 13

This week is a milestone for the C.S.A. as we move into Week 9 of the NCGA and open the MBA season - Week 1. Join us for all the excitement.

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New Additions - November 13 - (Check it out in my signature below... )

MBA (Fantasy Basketball) The Metropolitan Ledger - Week #1

Next up;
NCGA Week 10 Results - Showcase Saturday, - November 19
MBA Week 2 Results - November 20

The Metropolitan Basketball Association opens TODAY !! Join us for all the excitement.

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In addition to posting results from the C.S.A. here in OOTP, I've expanded into Substack! If your familiar with Substack and would rather follow the C.S.A. there, here is the link....

https://csa4956.substack.com/

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New Additions - November 19 - (Check it out in my signature below... )

NCGA Week 10 Results - Showcase Saturday, A November Stalemate

Next up;

MBA Week 2 Results - November 20

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Note; Working on getting the Continental Boxing Association ready for primetime... I would be very interested if (1) Boxing is an interesting sport to you, and (2) what you think of the boxing match coverage example that follows. Thanks...

CONTINENTAL FIGHT GAZETTE
Vol. 1 No. 1 — “THE OPENING BELL”
January 14, 1950 — Canal City Pavilion, Canal City, MD

Attendance: 6,312 • Referee: Art Delaney • Announcers: Larry Doyle & Monte
Ringside Column: Louie “The Ledger” Battaglia

PAGE 1 — LIVE BROADCAST (DOYLE & MONTE)
MAIN EVENT — HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT (10 ROUNDS)
Jack “Iron Man” Darrow vs Tomas “El Toro” Castillo
Opening Call

Doyle:
“Good evening, fight fans. The Pavilion is jumping like a power station tonight — every seat filled, every breath holding its own ticket. I’m Larry Doyle, my partner Monte’s here chewing gum like it owes him rent, and we’ve got ourselves one whale of a main event. Darrow in red. Castillo in blue. Ten rounds scheduled, or however long pride lasts.”

Monte:
“Looks like about eight seconds, if they keep staring that way.”

ROUND-BY-ROUND
Round 1

Doyle:
“Darrow’s testing the range — jab, jab, soft as tapping a watch. Castillo circling, shoulders loose, that grin already on him. Darrow lands a firmer jab — good one — Castillo shrugs and lets a lazy hook fly. Nothing big. A chess opening, but with fists.”

Monte:
“Somebody turn the page. It’s about to get louder.”

Round 2

Doyle:
“Castillo storms in early — he’s digging to the ribs with both hands like he’s searching for a lost ring. Darrow takes it, steps back, answers with a sharp jab between the eyes. Castillo smacks his gloves and says something cheerful and rude.”

Monte:
“He’s talkin’ plenty. Someday he’ll learn the jab speaks clearer.”

Round 3

Doyle:
“They meet in the center and NOW they’re trading — Darrow straight shots, Castillo looping hooks, the canvas echoing like a drumhead. Sweat sprays on a right uppercut from Darrow — Castillo answers with a thumping left to the ribs! This is turning into a neighborhood dispute.”

Monte:
“Except nobody’s leaving.”

Round 4

Doyle:
“Darrow back to order. That jab is turning into a problem for Castillo — three in a row, each one snapping the head just a touch. Castillo wipes his nose — blood there — first marker of the night. Darrow lands a right behind the jab. Smooth, punishing round.”

Monte:
“That nose’ll be humming hymns next week.”

Round 5

Doyle:
“CASTILLO LANDS BIG! Huge left hook! Darrow goes down sideways — that is a knockdown, and the Pavilion just blew its roof straight into the river! Delaney counting — four… five… Darrow up at eight, steadying, clearing the fog.”

Monte:
“He’s annoyed, not hurt. Believe me, I’ve annoyed men like that.”

Doyle:
“Castillo tries to finish — wild hook misses — Darrow clinches smartly. Bell saves the moment, but that round belonged to the bull.”

Round 6

Doyle:
“Darrow cautious — tight guard, measured steps. Castillo still swaggering from the knockdown, dancing like a man who should really look where he’s going. Darrow slips a hook and threads a jab straight onto the nose again. Those little shots add up, folks.”

Monte:
“Blood plus ego is a slippery combination.”

Round 7

Doyle:
“Darrow steps in — right hand BUZZES Castillo! That stagger wasn’t imaginary; the bull’s legs stiffened like a bad hinge. Darrow follows — jab, right, jab — textbook work, flawless.”

Monte:
“Precision beats enthusiasm. Every time.”

Round 8

Doyle:
“Oof! Accidental clash of heads and Castillo’s brow splits open — a neat red seam. Doctor checks it — waves them on. Castillo blinking now, trying to clear the blood, but Darrow targets it immediately. Jab, jab — both right into the cut.”

Monte:
“That’s target practice with pain.”

Round 9

Doyle:
“Darrow stalking now — quiet, methodical, marching Castillo backward. Crowd chanting ‘IRON MAN! IRON MAN!’ Castillo throws a desperate left — misses badly — Darrow clips him with a short right. The tide has turned. Hard.”

Monte:
“And there’s still a whole round for the tide to rise higher.”

Round 10

Doyle:
“Final round — and Darrow looks fresh enough to apply for a second job. Castillo swings a looping left — misses by a calendar page — and Darrow counters with a PERFECT right cross! Straight, vicious, final. Castillo drops FLAT. Delaney counting — eight… nine… TEN! Knockout! Knockout in ten!”

Monte:
“Turn out the lights and call a cab.”

Doyle:
“The Iron Man wins! And ladies and gentlemen — the CBA is officially open for business!”

PAGE 2 — BATTAGLIA & OFFICIAL STATS
✍️ BATTAGLIA’S CORNER — “THE FIRST BELL”

They came for spectacle and left baptized in thunder. Castillo roared first, dropping Darrow like a man unplugging a lamp. But the Iron Man rose — quiet, patient — and his jab began writing history on leather and skin.
By the tenth, the bull was bleeding, blinking, and walking straight into the punch that sealed the night.
The new Association was born in that moment — not with a whisper, but with a hammer strike.
— Louie “The Ledger” Battaglia

OFFICIAL BOUT STATS — DARROW vs CASTILLO

Result: Darrow KO 10 (2:31)
Punches Landed:

Darrow — 184 of 512 (36%)

Castillo — 147 of 489 (30%)

Jabs / Power Shots:

Darrow — 96 / 88

Castillo — 68 / 79

Knockdowns:

Darrow down in R5

Castillo down (KO) in R10

Cuts:

Castillo — Nose (R4), Brow (R8)

Darrow — None

Judge Scores at Time of KO:

Judge 1: 86–84 Castillo

Judge 2: 86–84 Castillo

Judge 3: 85–85 Even

UNDERCARD — LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT (6 ROUNDS)
Joey Serrano vs Danny Marchand

Result: Serrano UD 6
Scores: 59–55, 58–56, 59–55
Summary: Serrano’s jab and footwork controlled the pace; Marchand had heart but not the timing.

CBA Commission Bulletin — December 3, 1949

The Continental Boxing Association is pleased to present this exhibition bout as a preview of our upcoming inaugural season.

Our mission is simple:

Restore the dignity of mid-century prizefighting.
Present clean, organized divisions and consistent matchmaking.
Chronicle every bout through broadcast, print, and recorded statistics.
Deliver the drama of the ring with honesty and grit.

Official Launch: January 14, 1950
Inaugural Card: Darrow vs Castillo — “The Opening Bell”
Venue: Canal City Pavilion
Gazette: Biweekly issues through Spring 1950

Signed,
Al Sykes, Chairman
Continental Boxing Association

�� COMING NEXT:
Vol. 1 No. 1 — “THE OPENING BELL”

January 14, 1950 — Darrow vs Castillo
Full coverage. Full broadcast. First belt contenders emerge.