Season previews seem to be the most objectionable piece of sports writing out there these days (I’ll concede that a lot of the time it’s true), but they do provide a framework for a season preview. It’s somewhat easier to do so given there’s only seven teams in the WLA – not to mention the fact that Shamrocks have been the benchmark for the past couple seasons – but given…
Cody Jamieson Achilles Injury Leaves Him Out
The news was bad for the Rochester Knighthawks this week despite their game one victory in the eastern conference finals. Cody Jamieson, last season’s MVP, was injured in the victory last week. It’s being reported he has a torn Achilles and will miss the remainder of the playoffs. Along with the playoffs, Jamieson could miss most of the Six Nations Chiefs series in Major Series Lacrosse. It remains to be…
Rushing Out: Are the Rush As Good As Gone?
Last Friday night the Edmonton Rush fans were on a tremendous high. Their beloved team just finished beating the Calgary Roughnecks 10-8 to take a lead in the Western Division Finals. Today it’s like someone punched them in the stomach and left them feeling nauseous. Rush fans woke up this morning to the news that their team may be leaving town. Now they have heard this threat before, but this…
Women’s Lacrosse: Final Four Almost Here
After the round of 16 in the NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Tournament featured three upsets, “chalk” prevailed in the quarterfinal round. After 22 tournament games, we are down to the top four seeds in the tournament. 1. Maryland 2. North Carolina 3. Duke 4. Syracuse It’s an ACC theme with three current members of the conference against long-time ACC member Maryland program in its first season in the Big Ten. Last…
McDaniels: MLL Rookies Fall Into Roles
The eagerly anticipated welcome to this year’s rookie class is upon us. With the Final Four set this weekend, all but a few college players are eligible to sign Major League Lacrosse contracts.Lyle Thompson may the most talked about incoming rookie this year, but there are many others you should know before they touch the orange ball this weekend. Let’s start with Florida’s Connor Buczek. He was the second overall selection out…
What To Watch in NLL Game Twos
From my perspective as an NLL fanatic the opening volley of the Division Finals was nothing short of spectacular. Both Game Ones were decided in the final three minutes of play, both featured hard hits, spectacular goals, spectacular saves, everything a sports fan could want. The Edmonton Rush withstood a big comeback from the Calgary Roughnecks to win 10-8…
Edmonton Mayor: Rush “Disrespectful” and “Disappointing”
When the Edmonton Rush released their statement earlier today, they essentially put it on the city of Edmonton to ensure that the team stays. Well, the city wasn’t exactly thrilled with that approach. Owner Bruce Urban said in a story in the Edmonton Journal that the city hasn’t been very helpful towards the team.Some of his quotes are as follows: “City Hall has basically said there is no place for…
Edmonton Rush Release Statement Regarding Future
Over the last ten years, The Edmonton Rush Lacrosse Club has proudly represented Edmonton in major cities across North America. We love the city, our corporate partners, and most of all our fans; however a sports team needs an arena to play in. Amongst all of the new arena discussion, The Edmonton Rush has never been offered any kind of solution or consideration by Mayor Iveson or the City of Edmonton. Similar to…
NCAA Final Four Preview: Who Expected This?
At the beginning of the season, many people had Denver and Notre Dame in Philadelphia for Championship weekend. But Maryland? Some people may have picked them, but the absence of Goran Murray, the availability of Matt Rambo, and the uncertainty in net were big question marks. Turns out that the defense has been the strength of the Terps all year, which has them against….Johns Hopkins. Oh the Blue Jays, a…
Minnesota Swarm in Jeopardy of Moving
First the Edmonton Rush. Now it seems like the Minnesota Swarm have played their last game in the twin cities. The Minnesota Swarm have had a tumultuous past few years. From letters begging fans to come to games, to the team trading away the majority of their roster, things have not been good in Minnesota. This past trading deadline they traded away two faces of the team in Logan Schuss…