Major League Lacrosse teams have finally announced their rosters, which gives us a clearer picture of what to expect from teams this season. The Boston Cannons were a disappointment in 2014 not making the playoffs and are looking to 2015 as a bounce back year, albeit a rebuilding one as well. The Cannons have lost a lot. Stephen Berger and Ryan Boyle retired. Paul Rabil and Mike Stone were traded….
The Tewaaraton Foundation has announced the first round of additions to the 2015 Tewaaraton Award Men’s and Women’s Watch Lists, presented by Under Armour. The lists include the top players across all three divisions of NCAA lacrosse and highlight the early contenders for the Tewaaraton Award, which will be announced May 28 in Washington, D.C. “These additions are validation for these deserving players that their hard work and commitment has…
Triax Technologies, Inc and Major League Lacrosse announced a partnership to outfit players for the 2015 season with the Triax Technologies Smart Impact Monitors (SIM) to track and assess head impacts during select practices and games. Use of the Triax SIM makes MLL the first professional sports league in the United States to provide their athletes and trainers with this head impact monitoring technology. “We cannot stop injuries from occurring,…
After struggling just a season ago, the Barrie Blizzard emerged in 2015 as a team that was tough to beat. After going on a seven game tear, the Blizzard took home the Creator’s Cup behind their MVP Caleb Wiles. “I am over joyed to have had the chance to play in and win a Creators Cup” said Wiles. “Not only is this a great achievement for the Blizzard but also for…
The Arena Lacrosse League announced today that they are preparing to launch a new summer Elite indoor league for 2016 with teams slated to be in state of the art venues across the United States as the league aims to become the lead provider of indoor lacrosse (also known as box lacrosse) in the U.S. from the Elite level down to the grassroots. American players will be front and center…
On today’s MLL conference call, Ohio Machine head coach Bear Davis discussed several topics leading up to their first game. On team chemistry coming out of training camp… We feel that last year, we had some missing pieces to the puzzle, whether guys were in the NLL or still in college and all of them having a hand in our team later in the year. So having those keys guys…
After losing to Johns Hopkins five times, including a heartbreaking triple overtime loss a season ago, the Buckeyes finally achieved their first win over one of college lacrosse’s legendary programs by a 15-12 final score. Boy, did they ever earn it. The energy in The Shoe was intense, you could feel the emotion of the game from high atop the field in the press booth. It was the type of…
The New England Black Wolves are currently in last place in the eastern division standings. After going 2-0 to start the season they’ve struggled mightily. They are two games out of a playoff spot behind a Buffalo Bandits team with a lot of talent. So it makes sense to question if they will be a playoff team, right? Not to Bill O’Brien. “Are you’re joking? That’s a joke, right?” he…
Many of my friends ask me how I can compare the brief history of the MLL to other more established sports leagues. Perhaps it is my love of lacrosse and their lack of familiarity with the sport that has us at such divergent views. The “traditional” sports fan friends tell me that football, basketball, and baseball are American institutions while lacrosse is a sport reserved for boarding school cream puffs…
The New York Lizards are coming into the 2015 season with a lot of hope and potential. The Lizards made a number of moves in the off season to make them better and give them a great chance to dethrone the Denver Outlaws. The Lizards made moves to get Paul Rabil in a trade that sent Max Seibald and Brian Karalunas to the Boston Cannons. The Lizards also traded away…