To see lacrosse spreading into the west, along with current mainstays Notre Dame and Denver — now under a brand like the University of Michigan’s — it is huge for the sport’s growth.  Michigan will have all the resources to build its program into a national contender but, as recent fall contest results would indicate, [...]

This weekend several teams will be testing out new rules designed to speed up the pace of play in college lacrosse.  If you watched the last couple Division I Final Fours, you understand why.  Deliberate and slow.  Offenses with wide sets, inverts, and shots that only come once the perfect match up has been established.  [...]

Lacrosse is a rugged game.  To most who are unfamiliar with the finer nuances of the sport, a parent might be reluctant to condone their child’s participation until second grade or later.  With little ones, the idea of helmets, pads, mouth guards, slashing, pushing, sliding, and a hard ball can be a little overwhelming at [...]

There’s an old adage that the lacrosse community epitomizes that occasional “small world” scenario.  How many times have you been in conversation with so-and-so, and that person knows so-and-so due to some degree of proximal separation, and all caused by lacrosse’s doing?  Well, I can’t tell you how many times this phenomenon has unfolded before [...]

As most lacrosse junkies know, the first words new players are taught are, “Here’s your help!”  A simple command, and universally accepted verbal communication between one player and his teammate, these three words symbolize lacrosse at its core.  Though most players will eventually nix practical use of the phrase, it has been a fixture of [...]