Today's Alternative and Minor League Sports Stories and Originals from OurSports Central

Releases for Thursday, February 5, 2009

Baseball

American Association
Catcher Gulledge returns to Cats - Fort Worth Cats
X's Bolster Pitching Staff - Sioux City Explorers

Atlantic League
Ballroom Dance with the Sharks! - Camden Riversharks
Tim Saunders To Do Play-By-Play For Riversharks - Camden Riversharks
Join the Team - Long Island Ducks

Carolina League
Kinston Indians Mascot and On-field Entertainment Host Tryouts this Saturday - Kinston Indians
Buy "Red Sox & Roses" for Your Valentine - Salem RidgeYaks
Blue Rocks Announce 2009 Seasonal Staff - Wilmington Blue Rocks

Continental Baseball League
Continental Baseball League Forms Alliance with United League to Expand to Eight Teams in 2009 - CBaseballL

Eastern League
Individual Tickets Go On Sale This Monday, February 9 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats

Florida State League
Charlotte Stone Crabs Newsletter - Charlotte Stone Crabs

Frontier League
Miners Re-Sign All Star Roth - Southern Illinois Miners
Get Your First Look At The Beach Bums On May 16 - Traverse City Beach Bums

Golden Baseball League
Kansas City Royals Acquire OF Steve Boggs - Chico Outlaws

International League
Tribe Announces 2009 Spring Training Schedule - Indianapolis Indians
Midnight Madness: Single-Game Tickets On Sale - Lehigh Valley IronPigs
PawSox Announce 2009 Promotions Schedule - Pawtucket Red Sox

Midwest League
Send Flowers and Chiefs Tickets for Valentine's Day - Peoria Chiefs
The Show Returns For An Encore At Modern Woodmen Park - Quad Cities River Bandits

Northern League
Northern League Transactions - NL
Baseball Legend Tommy John to Appear at RailCats Fan Fest - Gary SouthShore Railcats
Championship Coaching Staff Set to Defend Title - Kansas City Monarchs

Pacific Coast League
The Search for the 2009 Honeybees Begins - Salt Lake Bees

Pioneer League
Great Falls Voyagers to Pick Winner for Spring Training Raffle - Great Falls Voyagers

South Atlantic League
BlueClaws Promotional Schedule - Jersey Shore BlueClaws

Southern League
Biscuits To Hold Job Fair Saturday - Montgomery Biscuits

Texas League
Bush To Be Introduced As New Manager - Midland RockHounds

Basketball

American Basketball Association
Tri-State Basketball Fans Take Time For Bisons Game - Kentucky Bisons
Mustangs Win 15th Straight Game - Southeast Texas Mavericks

Continental Basketball Association 1
It's Bowden time as Cavalry take game one of the CBA Finals - Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry

NBA G League
Boston's Giddens Re-Assigned to NBA D-League Affiliate Utah Flash - G League
Field Set For The 2009 D-League Dream Factory Friday Night - G League
D-League Daily Developments - G League
White To Fly In D-League Slam Dunk Contest - Anaheim Arsenal
Wizards Win Over Sioux Falls Clinches Season Series - Dakota Wizards
Wizards Guard Ahearn Selected to Compete in Three Point Shootout at D-League All-Star Game - Dakota Wizards
BayHawks Team With ERIEBANK To Ease Pain at Pump - Erie BayHawks
Two Stampede All-Stars Defend Titles In Skills Competition - Idaho Stampede
Scott To Participate In Dream Factory Three-Point Shootout - Rio Grande Valley Vipers
Reno Defeats Tulsa 100-93 in Thursday Battle - Tulsa 66ers
Tulsa 66ers & NBA D-League All-Star Chris Richard to Miss Remainder of Season - Tulsa 66ers
Two 66ers Named to NBA D-League Dream Factory Friday Night Events - Tulsa 66ers
Celtics Reassign Giddens To Utah Flash - Utah Flash

Premier Basketball League
PBL Makes Decision to Remove Montreal - PBL
Battle Creek remains unbeaten - Battle Creek Knights
Les Berry Named Rainmen Head Coach - Halifax Rainmen

Women's National Basketball Association
WNBA Board of Governor's Approves Expanded Use of Instant Replay - WNBA
Connecticut Sun Announces Inaugural Women In Sports Essay Contest - Connecticut Sun
Minnesota Lynx Honor Two Teams with the Eighth of This Year's 'Lynx Team of the Week' Awards - Minnesota Lynx

Football

American Indoor Football Association
2009 Express Training Camp - Reading Express

Arena Football League (1987-2008)
Rage Dance Team to Perform at Davenport Basketball Games - Grand Rapids Rampage

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af2 and Source One Sports Team up on Multi-Year Contract - af2
Coyotes Announce Kicker Tryout - Central Valley Coyotes
2009 Thunder home games to air on MyYTV - Mahoning Valley Thunder
Tickets for the Shock preseason game on sale tmw - Spokane Shock
Newest Fever Player signed - Tri-Cities Fever

Canadian Football League
Ti-Cats Add a Pair of Receivers - Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Argos Continue To Add Spark To Offence - Toronto Argonauts
Blue Bombers Transactions February 5th - Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Bombers Add a Pair of Linebackers - Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Continental Indoor Football League
West Virginia Wild Pre-Season Camp Opens Saturday - West Virginia Wild

Indoor Football League
Alaska Wild and Fairbanks Grizzlies Series - Alaska Wild
Beef Fans to Host Breakfast this Weekend - Omaha Beef
Rage sign former Offensive and Defensive Players of the year from the Ohio Valley Conference! - RiverCity Rage
Bandits Announce Additional Signings for 2009 Including Local Players - Sioux City Bandits
Roughnecks Roster Builds With Three Additions - West Texas Roughnecks
Wild Unveil Valentine's Day Ticket Special - Wichita Wild

Southern Indoor Football League
SIFL Owner's Meeting Set for Houston - SIFL
Blake Accepts Coaching Position With Turfcats - Austin Turfcats

Hockey

American Hockey League
NHL Network to Broadcast Upcoming AHL Games - AHL
A Record-Breaking Thank You & The Return of the CVS Celebrity All-Star Game - Albany Devils
Potter Recalled to Rangers - Connecticut Whale
Sunday's Wolf Pack Game to be Broadcast Live on WTIC NewsTalk 1080 - Connecticut Whale
Are You Bred for Success - Hamilton Bulldogs
Houston Aeros sign forward Jimmy Kilpatrick to PTO - Houston Aeros
Moose will Take Outdoors to Dakota C.C. - Manitoba Moose
Admirals Have Big Weekend on Tap - Milwaukee Admirals
Trent Whitfield Recalled by St. Louis - Peoria Rivermen
KeyBank Donates $1,000 To Keep ME Warm - Portland Pirates
Amerks On The Air Friday - Rochester Americans
NHL Network to Broadcast Upcoming Amerks Games - Rochester Americans
Crunch Players to Sign Autographs at P&C Food and Pharmacy Fresh Express Display - Syracuse Crunch
Crunch Announce Details of Quickway Rockin' Water Promotion - Syracuse Crunch
Columbus Assigns Nikita Filatov to Crunch - Syracuse Crunch
NHL Network to Broadcast Two Worcester Sharks Games - Worcester Sharks
Is it cold outside? Come see the Rats play inside - OSC Original by Marc Viquez

Central Hockey League
Texas' Scott Sheppard Wins Oakley Three Star Award for January - CHL
Time Running out to Reserve Game-Worn Komen Jerseys - Amarillo Gorillas
Gorillas comeback falls short in 4-3 loss to Sundogs - Amarillo Gorillas
You Could Watch the 'Bugs from a Luxury Suite! - Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs
IceRays fall to Bucks, 7-1 - Corpus Christi IceRays
Sheppard Wins Award, Brahmas Make Trade, Predators Cancel Practice - Fort Worth Brahmas
Bucks Smoke Ice Rays 7-1 In Cullaton's Return - Laredo Bucks
RiverKings Update - Mississippi RiverKings
Take The Kookamonga Challenge - Mississippi RiverKings
RiverKings Game Supports DeSoto County Museum - Mississippi RiverKings

Eastern Professional Hockey League
Eastern Professional Hockey League Game Day Preview - EPHL
Eastern Professional Hockey League Transactions - EPHL

ECHL
ECHL Transactions - ECHL
ECHL Joins Hockey Weekend Across America Celebration - ECHL
Cincinnati's Kilpatrick Is CCM ECHL Rookie Of The Month - ECHL
Grizzlies' Kinasewich Is CCM ECHL Player Of The Month - ECHL
ECHL Today - February 5 - ECHL
Alaska Unbeaten Streak Ends at Eight Games - Alaska Aces
Gladiators Clip Checkers 4-3 - Atlanta Gladiators
Condors acquire LaPointe from Dayton - Bakersfield Condors
Idaho storms back on Condors for 4-3 win - Bakersfield Condors
Checkers can't hold back surging Gladiators, lose 4-3 - Charlotte Checkers
Kilpatrick Named CCM ECHL Rookie of the Month - Cincinnati Cyclones
Inferno Bus Trip to Charlotte - Columbia Inferno
McLean Loaned to Lake Erie Monsters - Dayton Bombers
Bombers Trade LaPointe to Bakersfield - Dayton Bombers
Jackals Weekend Preview - Elmira Jackals
Steelheads' Shelast loaned to Hamilton - Idaho Steelheads
Steelheads Team up with Sliers to Benefit Pediatric Patients and Special Olympics Athletes - Idaho Steelheads
Steelheads Win In Bakersfield, 4-3 - Idaho Steelheads
Chiefs Announce USA Hockey Scavenger Hunt - Johnstown Chiefs
Royals Bounced By Bombers, 4-2 - Reading Royals
Thunder win third straight, surpass .500 mark - Stockton Thunder
Ryan Kinasewich Loaned To Lake Erie - Utah Grizzlies
James Sixsmith Goes Back To AHL, Milwaukee - Utah Grizzlies
Goaltender Mannino Assigned By Islanders - Utah Grizzlies
Ryan Kinasewich Named ECHL Player Of The Month - Utah Grizzlies
Salmon Kings' Host Second Annual Pink In The Rink Night This Saturday - Victoria Salmon Kings
Salmon Kings Comeback Falls Short - Victoria Salmon Kings
Local Kids Benefit From Crosby Program - Wheeling Nailers
Nailers Power Hour Returns Tonight - Wheeling Nailers

International Hockey League 2
Flint Prepares for Weekend - Flint Generals
K-Wings Return Home for Two Games - Kalamazoo Wings

North American Hockey League
Kennedy Going Div. I - Bismarck Bobcats
First Place on the Line as North Stars Invade for Three - Mahoning Valley Phantoms
Trading Cards, Posters, Harley-Davidson Jerseys Added to Promo Schedule - North Iowa Outlaws
Former Jr. Blues Goaltender Mike McKenna Makes NHL Debut - Springfield Jr. Blues
North Stars hit the road - Traverse City North Stars
U.S. National Under-18 Team Outlasts Sweden, 3-2 - U.S. National Team
U.S. National Under-17 Team Tops Germany, 3-1, in Vlad Dzurilla Opener - U.S. National Team

Ontario Hockey League
Foreurs' D'Orso Named ADT CHL Goaltender of the Week - OHL
Otters Weekend Action - Erie Otters
Majors Lose to the Petes - Mississauga St. Michael's Majors
No Losers at 2009 Subway OHL All-Star Classic - Plymouth Whalers
Whalers Enjoy Home-Cooking Twinbill Friday And Saturday - Plymouth Whalers

Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League
Foreurs' D'Orso named ADT CHL Goaltender of the Week - QMJHL
Impressive Attendance Hikes in Shawinigan, Quebec, Drummondville and Moncton - QMJHL
Reading is Wild yearly to date total over 104,000 mark - Moncton Wildcats

SPHL
Cyclones Announce Roster Changes - Twin City Cyclones

United States Hockey League
Kennedy Commits to Redhawks - Indiana Ice
Lancers Return to Omaha - Omaha Lancers
Hartzell Commits to Quinnipiac University - Sioux Falls Stampede

Western Hockey League
Chiefs' Bowman named Boston Pizza CHL Player of the Week - WHL
Glennie Out Indefinitely - Brandon Wheat Kings
Kamloops Defeats Everett In Shootout - Everett Silvertips
Special Blazer Booster Bus To Kelowna Saturday - Kamloops Blazers
Blazers Rally To Beat Everett - Kamloops Blazers
Fourth Annual Celebrity Sports Dinner and Auction - Lethbridge Hurricanes
Hawks Battle Hard, Fall in OT to Lethbridge 4-3 - Portland Winterhawks
Three Riders to appear at Raider Game February 13 - Prince Albert Raiders
Bowman Named CHL Player of the Week - Spokane Chiefs
Cowen Injury Update - Spokane Chiefs
Broncos' Upcoming Games - Swift Current Broncos

Lacrosse

National Lacrosse League
New York's Casey Powell named January Player of the Month - NLL
Blazers Daryl Veltman Named NLL Rookie of the Month for January - Boston Blazers
Boston Blazers Seek Revenge On New York Titans - Boston Blazers
Jake Bergey Returns to Wings via Trade and Officially Retires - Philadelphia Wings
Toronto Rock Host Edmonton Rush this Weekend - Toronto Rock

Soccer

Major League Soccer
Midfielder Sacha Kljestan to return to Chivas USA in 2009 - Club Deportivo Chivas USA
Houston Dynamo Team Statement on forward Felix Garcia - Houston Dynamo FC
Earthquakes Partner With East Side Union High School District To Support Athletics - San Jose Earthquakes
Earthquakes Sign Forward Cam Weaver - San Jose Earthquakes

Professional Arena Soccer League
Howes And Cougars Host Monterrey Tonight - California Cougars
Preview: Detroit Waza Flo Pro v. Stockton Cougars - Waza Flo

USL First Division
Rod Underwood Named New Cleveland City Stars Head Coach - Cleveland City Stars
Impact Win First in Italy - Montreal Impact
RailHawks Acquire Former La Liga Star and Uruguyan International Marcelo Romero - North Carolina FC
Timbers' Assistant Rod Underwood Named Head Coach With Cleveland City Stars - Portland Timbers

Women's Professional Soccer
2009 WPS Schedule - WPS
WPS Releases 2009 Schedule - Breakers Single Game Tickets On-Sale 2/13/09 - Boston Breakers
Chicago Red Stars announce with 2009 Season Schedual - Chicago Stars FC

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