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According to Chris Milo, the owner of the Jacksonville Bullies of the Professional Lacrosse League, the Bullies will cease operations for the remainder of the 2012 season. According to several sources, this means that the Reading Rockets will play their to remaining games with the Charlotte Copperheads but all of the Bullies games will be cancelled. Milo stated problems with New Jersey going dormant to start the year and then other problems…

The Jacksonville Bullies foiled the Charlotte Copperheads home opener celebration Saturday night by beating Charlotte by a 12-9 score. The Bullies big guns stepped up to the plate, helping the team to their first ever franchise victory. Charlotte started off the games scoring a little over four minutes into the game thanks to Nick Cotter, but Jacksonville started to get on a roll afterwards. Elliot Bender kicked off a three…

The Reading Rockets today announced their roster for the upcoming season. The Rockets enter their first season of play with twenty-one players and two goaltenders on the main roster and four players and a goaltender on the practice squad. “We have a great group of guys here and a lot of talent,” said Head Coach Tom Slate. “We’re really looking forward to hitting the field and showing how competitive we…

This weekend the two teams that started it all face-off once again. The Jacksonville Bullies home opener was spoiled by a 19-14 loss to Charlotte, and they are hoping to return the favor. The Copperheads are hosting their first game at the Bojangles Arena since the St. Patrick’s Day Exhibition. Charlotte is hoping that they can solidify their top spot in the PLL standings with another victory. The player to…

New York, NY – The Professional Lacrosse League (PLL) announced today that Charlotte Copperheads forward Matt Hickman has been named the Professional Lacrosse League Player of the Week for the period ending September 16, 2012. The Darnestown, Maryland native had seven points in Charlotte’s season opener last week notching at least one point in each quarter.  The 5-7, 208-pound forward finished last week’s game with four goals and three assists…

After a great deal of turmoil over months and months the day has finally come. Tonight the Charlotte Copperheads and Jacksonville Bullies play their first ever in league game, and its been a long time coming. These two teams were announced almost a year ago now, but that’s for another time. Today is all about getting out on the floor and playing some lacrosse. The Copperheads head to Jacksonville with…

According to multiple sources, Graham D’Alvia is now the commissioner of the Professional Lacrosse League. (Has there ever been more news about a league to never play a game, by the way?) However, the New Jersey Rascals will not continue. The league had an 11am meeting today where they voted D’Alvia as the leader of the league. Later, they announced that instead of the Reading Rockets vs New Jersey game,…

Yesterday we learned the New Jersey Rascals have decided not to play in the Professional Lacrosse League in 2012, their season set to start in just a week. The PLL’s questionable history has long been discussed, but yesterday, we took to Twitter to find the fan reaction from others who followed the league. @lacrossewetrust I suspect the bigger issue is leadership, and not number of teams. At least that’s my…