Colorado Mammoth Announces 2023-24 Roster

DENVER - The Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League (NLL) today announced the organization's regular season roster for the beginning of the 2023-24 campaign. Returning 23 players from last season's personnel group, Colorado's lineup is again anchored by All-World talent in goaltender Dillon Ward, who is set to compete in his tenth season with the club. Named the 2022 NLL Finals MVP, he championed the Mammoth to a second-consecutive NLL Finals appearance, and will look to again lead ... Full Story

Racing Louisville Appoints Bev Yanez as New Head Coach

Racing Louisville FC has appointed Beverly "Bev" Goebel Yanez as its head coach, the club announced Thursday following an exhaustive month-long search that included candidates from across the globe. The 35-year-old Yanez, who spent this past season as an assistant coach with Racing, emerged as the top choice after a series of interviews and presentations with the club's various stakeholders, completing her rapid rise to a head coaching position four years after retiring as a player. Yanez will be introduced as the new Racing head coach at a press conference at 2 p.m. Thursday. "I am i... Full Story

Wolf Pack Recall Pekar and Digiacinto from Loan to Cincinnati Cyclones

HARTFORD, CT - New York Rangers Assistant General Manager and Hartford Wolf Pack General Manager Ryan Martin announced today that the club has recalled forwards Matej Pekar and Cristiano DiGiacinto from loan to the ECHL's Cincinnati Cyclones. Pekar, 23, has appeared in 14 games with the Cyclones this season and scored 12 points (8 g, 4 a). This is his second season with the club after recording 24 points (13 g, 11 a) in 28 games a season ago. Pekar has skated in 86 career AHL contests, all with the Rochester Americans, and collected 16 points (4 g, 12 a). He appeared in 14 games with the... Full Story

Stars Stave Off Gulls For Overtime Victory

SAN DIEGO, California - The Texas Stars, American Hockey League affiliate of the NHL's Dallas Stars, won 6-5 in overtime against the San Diego Gulls on Wednesday night a Pechanga Arena. Derrick Pouliot put the Stars in the score column first when he fired a turnaround point shot off his back foot that hit Tomas Suchanek and trickled into the goal at 8:09. Logan Stankoven then fired a shot past Suchanek to make it 2-0 Texas at 11:07, which extended his point streak to seven games. The Stars took a 3-0 lead when Kyle McDonald scored his AHL rookie-leading fifth power-play goal of the season o... Full Story

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Wenatchee Wild's Briley Wood and Kelowna Rocket's Caden Price in action (Russ Alman/Wenatchee Wild)

See All Today's Images The following minor league and alternative professional sports teams on OurSports Central have been viewed the most over the last seven days:

1. Minnesota Lynx - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
2. Saskatchewan Roughriders - Canadian Football League (CFL)
3. Edmonton Oil Kings - Western Hockey League (WHL)
4. Corpus Christi Hooks - Texas League (TL)
5. Colorado Rapids - Major League Soccer (MLS)
6. Edmonton Elks - Canadian Football League (CFL)
7. Fresno Grizzlies - California League (CalL)
8. South Bend Cubs - Midwest League (MWL)
9. Charlotte FC - Major League Soccer (MLS)
10. B.C. Lions - Canadian Football League (CFL)

The most recent minor league and alternative professional sports teams added to OurSports Central:

• Oakland Ballers - Pioneer League (PL)
• Fort Lauderdale - USL Super League (USLSL)
• Huntington - Appalachian League (ApL)
• Chicago Rush - Arena Football League (AFL3)
• Arizona Bandits - Arena Football League (AFL3)
• Georgia Force - Arena Football League (AFL3)
• Minnesota Myth - Arena Football League (AFL3)
• Denver Outlaws - Premier Lacrosse League (PLL)
• Chattanooga FC - MLS NEXT Pro (MLS NEXT Pro)
• Philadelphia Soul - Arena Football League (AFL3)

OurSports Central provides coverage of select alternative and minor league professional sports leagues in addition to the top junior hockey leagues and college wood bat baseball leagues:

BASEBALL
Affiliated Minor League Baseball
AzCL, AzFL, CalL, CarL, EL, FLCL, FSL, IL, ML, MLBDL, MWL, NWL, PCL, SAL, SL, TL
College Wood Bat Baseball
ApL, Northwoods
Independent Minor League Baseball
AA, AtL, FL, Pecos, PL

BASKETBALL
Men's Minor League Basketball
BIG3, CEBL, G League
Women's Basketball
WNBA

FOOTBALL
Indoor/Arena Football
AFL3, IFL, NAL
Outdoor Football
CFL, USFL, XFL

HOCKEY
Junior Hockey
NAHL, OHL, QMJHL, USHL, WHL
Minor League Hockey
AHL, ECHL, FPHL, SPHL
Women's Hockey
PWHL

LACROSSE
Indoor Lacrosse
NLL
Outdoor Lacrosse
PLL

OTHER
Other Sports
MLR, PVF

SOCCER
Indoor Soccer
MASL
Outdoor Soccer
CPL, MLS, MLS NEXT Pro, USL, USL1
Women's Soccer
NWSL, USLSL