United States and Australia square off in semifinals Thursday

July 17, 2014

The United States looks to continue its impressive run in the FIL World Lacrosse Championships when it faces Australia on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. ET. The U.S. has been dominant, especially over its last three games, outscoring opponents by a combined 59-9 highlighted by its most recent 18-5 win over the high-powered Iroquois Nationals. Australia gave the United States one of its tougher games, falling 16-7 in each team’s second…

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MLL: The Stretch Run Has Arrived

July 17, 2014

With the attention of the lacrosse world on the World Lacrosse Championships in Denver (rightfully so), it’s easy to forget that Major League Lacrosse returns to action this weekend. Rochester travels to Chesapeake on Thursday night for the first MLL game in 12 days. Two games are set for Saturday while Florida travels to Denver on Sunday. Many wonder why games are scheduled during the world championships. I don’t know…

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FIL: USA Looks to Finish First Against Iroquois

July 15, 2014

Fans had to wait for one of the World Lacrosse Championship’s most highly-anticipated games until the final day of pool play. That day is here. Undefeated United States faces the Iroquois Nationals at 7 p.m. ET (5 p.m. local time) on ESPNU. The game will prove critical in seeding; there’s still a lot on the line. At 4-0, Team USA would clinch the all-important #1 seed with a win. The…

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Takeaways from USA vs Canada

July 11, 2014

Photo Credit: Di Miller The United States used an 8-0 run to turn a 3-0 deficit into an eventual 10-7 win over Canada to open the FIL World Lacrosse Championships on Thursday evening. That victory could prove large moving forward. Here are six takeaways from the game, including the significance of Team USA’s win to the U.S. – Canada rivalry, Paul Rabil, Rob Pannell and more. 1) The United States…

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No Better Time to Watch Lacrosse

July 10, 2014

The World Lacrosse Championships begin tonight as the United States faces Canada at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2. Fans will not only get to watch the best players compete, but they’ll also witness how the sport of lacrosse is growing. These championships will feature a record 38 nations including Belgium, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Israel, Russia, Thailand, Turkey and Uganda who will compete for the first time. The differences and…

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USA Has Gold On Their Mind Again

July 9, 2014

The United States men’s national team began its final stretch of practices on Sunday leading into the World Lacrosse Championships, which kick off on Thursday. Rather than talking about plays or schemes, the coaches began by touching on pride and what it means to represent not only yourself and US Lacrosse, but most importantly, your country. Pride in one’s country has been abundant with the World Cup and is always…

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MLL Trade Deadline: Examining Team Needs

July 8, 2014

With the MLL trade deadline approaching this week, I have taken a team-by-team look at player needs heading into the stretch run of the season. What areas might each team need to improve? Due to the nature of the league and its trades, I will not speculate on specific players I expect traded. In Major League Baseball, the likely players on the market are fairly evident. That’s not as true…

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Evaluating the NLL Hall of Fame Nominees

July 6, 2014

The pinnacle for a player or coach after winning a championship is to be enshrined in the Hall of Fame. This year NLL Hall of Fame nominees is a list of the who’s who of the players and coaches from recent years in the NLL. All have accomplished great heights in the league as players and coaches alike.  With the group of Jake Bergey, Pat Coyle, Chris Hall, Pat McCready…

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Iroquois Poised for Successful FIL Run

July 5, 2014

Native Americans invented the game of lacrosse, so it’s fitting the Iroquois will have as good a shot as any to become the first nation not named United States or Canada to win the World Lacrosse Championships. Following a 2010 FIL World Lacrosse Championship that wasn’t to be, the Iroquois will be itching to compete for a world championship. In 2010, British officials would not accept the Iroquois’ tribal documents….

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Lafleur: The Most Unassuming, but Important Position in Lacrosse

July 2, 2014

Lacrosse players dream of scoring the game-winning goal, winning the crucial fourth-quarter faceoff or making the big save. How many dream of good footwork and good stickwork? How about sprinting back and forth between offense and defense? Those dreams are few and far between, likely even nonexistent for young lacrosse players. In reality, these are some of the key attributes for the game’s most undervalued, yet important positions… short-stick defensive…

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