Last Week around the Leagues

by Fran Stuchbury
May 14, 2019 - XFL (XFL)

Last week the XFL announced television deals with ESPN and FOX Sports, the XFL Los Angeles team named Winston Moss their head coach and general manager, and veteran CFL quarterback Ricky Ray, who played 16 seasons in the league retired. Highlights from this week are from the Arena Football League, Major League Soccer, National Women's Soccer League, Pacific Coast League, American Hockey League and Ontario Hockey League.

FOOTBALL

XFL

The XFL announced multi-year agreements with ESPN and FOX Sports to televise XFL games starting with its inaugural 2020 season. XFL games will air weekly on broadcast TV (ABC and FOX) complemented by games on cable (ESPN, ESPN2, FS1 and FS2). The XFL TV schedule allows for consistent appointment viewing each week with back-to-back games starting Saturday afternoons at 2 pm ET as well as two additional games on Sunday afternoons.

The XFL announced that Winston Moss, most recently the associate head coach for the Green Bay Packers, and former NFL linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks, Los Angeles Raiders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, has been named head coach and general manager of the XFL team in Los Angeles.

Canadian Football League

The Toronto Argonauts announced that veteran quarterback Ricky Ray is retiring from the Canadian Football League. Ray, 39, has played 235 regular-season games in 16 CFL seasons, including 79 games with the Argonauts between 2012-2018. He had previously played in 156 games with the Edmonton Eskimos between 2002-2011. He retires as the all-time leader in all major passing categories for both teams, the only player to hold this distinction.

Arena Football League

Washington Valor raise their ArenaBowl XXXI championship banner at Capital One Arena.

Champions Indoor Football

The CIF announced it has terminated the Frisco-based Texas Revolution for failing to meet league standards. The team was a charter member of the CIF for the league's inaugural 2015 season.

American Arena League

The Georgia Doom with a 1-3 record has suspended operations for the remainder of the 2019 season. The team is located in Macon.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

FC Cincinnati have relieved Alan Koch of his duties as the club's head coach. While an international search has begun for the club's next head coach, assistant coach Yoann Damet will serve in the role of interim head coach. Damet, 29, joined FC Cincinnati in March 2017 from the Montreal Impact organization, and has served as the team's top assistant coach since.

A bizarre incident in Major League Soccer (MLS) involving Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Sean Johnson.

The result? A yellow card each.

What a moment. Paul Arriola nets D.C. United's game-winner on Mother's Day, then celebrates by "calling" his late father who passed away last year

National Women's Soccer League

Mom Goals for Mother's Day Weekend in the NWSL.

Chicago Red Stars forward Sam Kerr scores two goals and does a backflip after the second one against the North Carolina Courage.

BASEBALL

Pacific Coast League

You want web gems? The Round Rock Express & Oklahoma City Dodgers delivered.

BASKETBALL

NBA G League

The NBA G League announced that 40 NBA Draft hopefuls and 40 of the NBA G League's top prospects from the 2018-19 season are expected to attend the 2019 NBA G League Elite Camp, which will take place May 12-14 at Quest Multisport in Chicago.

The NBA G League named the Texas Legends as the Franchise of the Year and Legends' President and General Manager Malcolm Farmer as the Team Executive of the Year for the 2018-19 NBA G League season.

The Atlanta Hawks have announced that GRAMMY Award-winning recording artist Tauheed "2 Chainz" Epps has agreed to join the ownership team of the Hawks' new NBA G League affiliate, the College Park Skyhawks.

HOCKEY

American Hockey League

The Philadelphia Flyers announced that Scott Gordon will return to the club's AHL affiliate, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, as head coach, and Kerry Huffman will return to his role as assistant coach.

Chicago Wolves left wing Curtis McKenzie scores a hat trick against the Iowa Wolves:

ECHL

The Reading Royals, proud ECHL affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers and Lehigh Valley Phantoms, announced the team has agreed to a contract extension with Head Coach and Director of Hockey Operations Kirk MacDonald.

Ontario Hockey League

Relive the final moments of Sunday's Guelph Storm OHL Championship celebrations. They defeated Ottawa 67's 8-3 in game six of the OHL Finals.

The Ontario Hockey League announced that Buffalo Sabres prospect Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen of the Sudbury Wolves is the 2018-19 recipient of the Red Tilson Trophy awarded to the OHL's Most Outstanding Player of the Year as voted by the writers and broadcasters that cover the league.

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

The Rouyn-Noranda Huskies beat Halifax Mooseheads 4-0 to win QMJHL championship in six games.

National Women's Hockey League

The Buffalo Beauts Hockey LLC and the NWHL have reached an agreement to turn operational control of the Beauts back to the league.

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