Arizona Sting
The Arizona Sting are a member of the National Lacrosse League, a professional sports league in North America, since the 2000-2001 season. They played at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio from 2000 to 2003 as the Columbus Landsharks. On August 28, 2003 it was announced the team was relocating to Glendale, Arizona. The team adopted the name Sting in November 2003 and began play in the Glendale Arena.
In 2005 the Sting defeated the 2004 NLL champion Calgary Roughnecks to win the franchise's first-ever West Division title. The Sting fell 19-13 to the East Division champion Toronto Rock in the league finals.
Five Sting players were selected for the 2006 NLL All Star Game, played on February 25, 2006 in Toronto. Craig Conn was selected to start in the game, and was joined by teammates Peter Lough, Bruce Codd, Scott Self and Jonas Derks, who were named all-star reserves.
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