Today's Alternative and Minor League Sports Headlines from OurSports Central
Headlines for February 3, 2021
Baseball
American AssociationTERRY HERSOM: American Association will look a little different in 2021 - Sioux City Journal
Pallister, Roussin... and Lyons? - Winnipeg Free Press
Goldeyes preparing to play ball at Shaw Park - Winnipeg Free Press
Appalachian LeagueLOCAL BRIEFS: E&H, King basketball go down in sweeps - Bristol Herald Courier
Doughboys announced as name for Johnson Citys new Appy League team - Johnson City Press
Atlantic LeagueRockers to open on May 28 - High Point Enterpise
Ducks, Atlantic League to begin 2021 season on May 28 - New York Newsday
Somerset Patriots announce plans for Phase 1 of ballpark renovations - Somerset Messenger-Gazette
York Revolution's 2021 season scheduled to begin in late May - York Dispatch
Carolina LeagueRyan Newman to manage Winston-Salem Dash in 2021 baseball season - Winston-Salem Journal
International LeagueHall: Why was Ron Johnson so celebrated in death? He was extraordinary at his job. - Newport News Daily Press
Major League Baseball Draft LeagueIts time for Orioles to develop their own starters - Frederick News-Post
Mavericks Independent Baseball LeagueVolcanoes creating four-team independent league - Keizer Times
Midwest LeagueBeloit Baseball hires team president - Beloit Daily News
Northwoods LeagueArea Notebook: Willmar Stingers sign a pair from Miami of Ohio - West Central Tribune
Pacific Coast LeagueWayne Terwilliger, who coached for Twins and St. Paul Saints, dies at 95 - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Twins agree to one-year deal with Nelson Cruz - St. Paul Pioneer Press
Pioneer LeagueVoyagers: New Partner League team brings back Thompson to manage team - Great Falls Tribune
LOCAL ROUNDUP: Eagles Ford, Rocky Mountain Erickson commit to Boise State - Idaho Press-Tribune
Basketball
Canadian Elite Basketball LeagueNighthawks sign big man with NBA experience - Guelph Today
Guillaume Boucard returning for a fourth season with River Lions - Niagara Falls Review
NBA G LeagueFormer Spartan Sharpshooter McQuaid, Signed by NBA G League Canton Team - ABC 10 News Now
Why the Thunder is sending Aleksej Pokusevski to the G League bubble - Daily Oklahoman
Mavs two-way rookies Nate Hinton and Tyler Bey will play in G League bubble with the Brooklyn Nets affiliate - Dallas Morning News
Erie BayHawks make roster changes ahead of NBA G League season - Erie Times-News
Bucks rookies Jordan Nwora, Sam Merrill assigned to NBA G League - Fox Sports Wisconsin
A solid work ethic, and bags of ambition, Princepal is ready for the G-League - Indian Express
'Much-improved' Princepal Singh targets match time in NBA G-League - Olympic Channel
Slowed by COVID-19, Capitanes set to join G League in 2021-22 - Rookie Wire
Jeremy Lin aiming for success with Santa Cruz, return trip to NBA - G League Basketball - Santa Cruz Sentinel
Westchester Knicks release roster, schedule for 2020-21 G League Season - SB Nation
Steph Curry tells Jeremy Lin 'Let's go, bro,'as G League team train - South China Morning Post
Jeremy Lin becomes first Asian-American with signature shoe - TalkBasket
VIDEO: Behind the Scenes in Orlando: Day 2 - YouTube
VIDEO: Check in with Jeremy Lin - YouTube
VIDEO: Fred VanVleet Scores the Most Points by An Undrafted Player - YouTube
Women's National Basketball AssociationCandace Parker says she followed her heart in coming home to play - Chicago Daily Herald
Candace Parker talks Portillos, Harolds Chicken Shack on TNT - Chicago Daily Southtown
Alyssa Thomas, likely out for 2021 season, re-signs with WNBA's Connecticut Sun - ESPN
Phoenix Mercury's Diana Taurasi says her play in bubble made her want to return - ESPN
WNBA improves on already stellar racial and gender hiring practices - ESPN Australia
Blazing trails, leaving legacies: Connecticut Sun, UConn, USA Basketball and more show support for National Girls and Women in Sports Day - Hartford Courant
Sun re-sign Alyssa Thomas to multiyear deal despite Achilles injury - Hartford Courant
Candace Parker consulted Kevin Durant and Dwyane Wade ahead of landmark WNBA free agency decision - Insider
Aces sign No. 1 target Chelsea Gray in free agency - Las Vegas Review-Journal
McBride hopes to help Lynx to another WNBA title - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Phoenix Mercury giving Diana Taurasi the supermax - SB Nation
WNBA ballers past and present celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day! - SB Nation
Kayla McBride wants to take next step as a player, so joining Lynx was kind of a no-brainer - St. Paul Pioneer Press
Diana Taurasi never thought of retiring, committed to winning another title in Phoenix - Yahoo Sports
Football
Canadian Football LeagueStamps say goodbye to Caron, bring in Crawford - Calgary Sun
Winnipeg Blue Bombers re-sign receiver Kenny Lawler, teams top rookie in 2019 - CJOB
Alouettes' priority is defence, GM Maciocia says - Montreal Gazette
THE REAL DEAL: No fake rah-rah for Redblacks QB Matt Nichols - Ottawa Citizen
Calgary Stampeders sign Alberta-born long snapper Aaron Crawford - Red Deer Advocate
Charleston Hughes released by Saskatchewan Roughriders - Saskatoon Star Phoenix
CFL's uncertainty leads Saskatchewan Roughriders' Brett Lauther to test free agency - Saskatoon Star Phoenix
Saskatchewan Roughriders' Brett Lauther dealing with lingering symptoms of COVID-19 - Saskatoon Star Phoenix
Veteran quarterback Nichols looking forward to playing under LaPolice again in Ottawa - Toronto Star
As cost-cutting continues, CFL season still is very much up in the air - Toronto Sun
Blue Bombers re-sign top rookie from 2019 - Winnipeg Free Press
Nichols looking forward to fresh start with Ottawa - Winnipeg Free Press
Bombers snag top receiver from Grey Cup season - Winnipeg Sun
World League of American FootballThanks, WLAF! Player parlayed London life to Super Bowls - Connecticut Post
Hockey
American Hockey LeaguePhantoms preseason game moved to Thursday - Allentown Morning Call
Golden Knights call up Kaedan Korczak to taxi squad - Las Vegas Review-Journal
Silver Knights staff returns after stint with Golden Knights - Las Vegas Review-Journal
AHL Utica Comets: Deal with WPNY puts all 2021 season home games on TV - Utica Observer-Dispatch
Unexpected layoff gives Penguins another crack at camp; WBS exhibition moved - Wilkes-Barre Times Leader
Dano joins Moose fold - Winnipeg Free Press
ECHLK's camp report, Day 2 - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Quenneville scores 100th as Rush win in OT - Rapid City Journal
Patrick Watling Named Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week - WTRF
Federal Prospects Hockey LeagueLocal pro hockey: After pregame altercation, Wolves awarded forfeit win before opener - Watertown Daily Times
Local pro hockey: MacDonald returns to Wolves with world of experience - Watertown Daily Times
Local pro hockey: McDonald returns to Wolves with world of experience - Watertown Daily Times
Elmira Enforcers opening game canceled due to off ice altercation - WETM
Ontario Hockey LeagueOHL players score high marks in the classroom - Niagara Falls Review
They called him Chief: George Armstrong was a proud Anishinaabe person, and an inspiration to countless young players - Northern Life
Premier Hockey FederationNWHL suspends 2021 Lake Placid bubble season - Boston Globe
NWHL teams pledge to aid injured Bishop Feehan hockey player A.J. Quetta - Boston Globe
All-Star defender Amanda Boulier joins Minnesota for game against Pride - Boston Globe
NWHL cancels rest of season after additional virus positives - Danbury News-Times
National Women's Hockey League suspends Isobel Cup playoffs after new positive COVID-19 tests - ESPN
COVID concerns end NWHL season; Whitecaps had reached semifinals - Minneapolis Star Tribune
NWHL season suspended following more positive COVID-19 tests - Toronto Star
NWHL cancels rest of season after additional virus positives - Toronto Star
Mikyla Grant-Mentis delivers for the Toronto Six. Now the NWHL expansion team is just two wins from a championship - Toronto Star
Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey LeagueGuay, Virtue to make debut with Charlottetown Islanders tonight - Charlottetown Guardian
Nathan MacKinnon cereal hits the shelves in Colorado - Halifax Chronicle-Herald
Former Mooseheads star Ehlers leads Jets past Flames - Halifax Chronicle-Herald
QMJHL Roundup: Nathael Roy scores winner, Drakkar halt losing streak at four - TSN
QMJHL Roundup: Nathael Roy scores winner, Drakkar halt losing streak at four - TSN
QMJHL Roundup: Nathael Roy scores winner, Drakkar halt losing streak at four - TSN
QMJHL Roundup: Nathael Roy scores winner, Drakkar halt losing streak at four - TSN
Victoriaville Tigres player tests positive for COVID-19, halting play in Chicoutimi - TSN
Western Hockey LeagueBig picture vision key in assembling team - Brandon Sun
WHL to propose hub city plan to B.C. government, with Kamloops, Kelowna as potential hosts - Kamloops This Week
Saskatoon Blades await word from provincial gov't on return-to-play proposal - Saskatoon Star Phoenix
Lacrosse
National Lacrosse LeagueNational Lacrosse League on hold until fall, no 2020-21 campaign - Calgary Sun
National Lacrosse League scraps 2020-21 season, pivots to new season this fall - Global News
National Lacrosse League, home of Georgia Swarm, scraps plans for spring season because of COVID - Gwinnett Daily Post
With NLL season dashed, Thunderbirds don't expect inroads made in Halifax to be lost - Halifax Chronicle-Herald
With NLL season dashed, Thunderbirds don't expect inroads made in Halifax to be curtailed - Halifax Chronicle-Herald
NLL Cancels 2021 Season, Sets Sights on Fall For Full '21/22 Slate - Inside Lacrosse
New York Riptide won't play until fall as National Lacrosse League cancels spring season - New York Newsday
National Lacrosse League season cancelled due to pandemic - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
NLL cancels season; Rush now targeting fall start-date for 2021-22 - Saskatoon Star Phoenix
National Lacrosse League cancels abbreviated spring season due to COVID-19 - WGRZ
National Lacrosse League cancels abbreviated spring season due to COVID-19 - WGRZ
VIDEO: The Warm Up: Episode 9 with Rachel Vallarelli - YouTube
VIDEO: NLL Commissioner Explains Difficult Decision for the 2021 Season and Exciting Plans for Future - YouTube
Other
Major League RugbyToronto Arrows move south of the border to start MLR season in Atlanta area - Delta-Optimist
Soccer
Canadian Premier LeagueCalgary's Dominick Zator on loan to Swedish Second Division footy side - Calgary Sun
Major League SoccerAtlanta United brings back Erick Torres - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Austin FC: Team announces details of local television broadcast - Austin American-Statesman
Atlanta United re-sign F Erick Torres - Gwinnett Daily Post
Sporting Kansas City signs centerback Nicolas Isimat-Mirin - Kansas City Star
Galaxy adds former players Kevin Hartman and Dan Calichman to coaching staff - Los Angeles Daily News
Nashville SC: Uruguayan winger Rodrigo Pineiro signs through 2023 - Nashville Tennessean
Nashville one of most affordable professional sports cities for fans - Nashville Tennessean
Orlando City defender acquire Jonathan Surez on loan - Orlando Sentinel
Philadelphia Union 2021 jersey is a Benjamin Franklin-inspired lightning bolt of blue and yellow - Philly.com
Portland Timbers add defender Josecarlos Van Rankin on loan from Liga MX club Chivas - Portland Oregonian
Timbers add defender from Mexico - Portland Tribune
Real Salt Lake defenders Aaron Herrera and Noah Powder debut for USMNT and Trinidad and Tobago - Salt Lake Tribune
Vanney adds three former Toronto FC coaches to his staff at the Los Angeles Galaxy - Toronto Star
VIDEO: Paul Arriola: Best Goals and Assists in MLS - YouTube
VIDEO: Bryan Reynolds Transfers to AS Roma: Best Highlights in MLS - YouTube
National Women's Soccer LeagueSydney Leroux 'excited' by Orlando Pride contract extension, talks National Girls and Women in Sport - CBS Sports
Ella Stevens Gears Up for NWSL Season - Duke Athletics
USWNT's Morgan reports for NWSL preseason after recovering from COVID-19 - ESPN
On Kansas City NWSL draft pick Lucy Parker, England native - Kansas City Star
Kansas Citys KC NWSL womens pro soccer team eyes preseason - Kansas City Star
Women's soccer: Racing Louisville starts preseason training in NWSL - Louisville Courier-Journal
Orlando Pride signs striker Sydney Leroux to 3-year contract - Orlando Sentinel
As Portland Thorns open preseason camp, the skys the limit - Portland Oregonian
Optimistic Thorns open training camp - Portland Tribune
Amber Marshall Named to NWSL Houston Dash Preseason Roster - Utah State Athletics
VIDEO: Today Is OUR Day - NGWSD 2021 - YouTube
United Soccer League ChampionshipIndy Eleven to play 2021 home games at IUPUI - Indianapolis Star
Sports Desk: UNM mens basketball will not play SDSU in Texas this week - KRQE
Real Salt Lake defenders Aaron Herrera and Noah Powder debut for USMNT and Trinidad and Tobago - Salt Lake Tribune
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