Digesting Major League Lacrosse: Week 5

Ohio Machine vs. Chesapeake Bayhawks 2014 Photo Credit: Craig Chase

Things are starting to shake out in Major League Lacrosse! It’s a week 5 recap from the one and only Chris Rosenthall. New York, Ohio, Denver, and Rochester all picked up big wins!

Denver 2014 International Lacrosse Update 5

International Lacrosse - Thailand vs Singapore

The FIL 2014 World Lacrosse Championships are only a Spring season away, and we’re all extremely excited. National teams around the world are preparing to make the trip to Colorado for two weeks (or more in some cases) in July, and that means a lot of training camps, scrimmages, and quite a bit of fundraising!

Hot Pot: Creating Your Own Swag

I’ve come to grips with the fact that swag is going to play a part in our greater society, and therefore lacrosse. Sitting in my brick tower I can easily sit back and decry swag, but this time around I’m going to offer up something a little different, and acknowledge that swag is indeed a part of the game now. Come to think of it, it’s been a part of the game for a long, long time, and I’ve been far from immune.

Hot Pot: How To Make Success Happen

“Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.” – Jim Rohn

Rabil, Queener, Seibald: Wimmer Stick Tricks

One of the Japanese attendees of last year’s Hawai’i Tournament caught the Wimmer boys “warming up” for an early round game. Paul Rabil, Max Seibald, Brett Queener, and a bunch of other pros are messing around, throwing some tricks, and proving their full belief in the “sun’s out, guns out” mentality.

Tweet of the Week: Top (Lax) Chef

Tweet of the Week

When Casey Powell tweets about Paul Rabil tweeting about John Grant, Jr. … there’s just too much talent in one tweet thread to be ignored. It turns out Junior made an awesome menu item, the Legendary Mammoth Burger, named of course for his NLL team, at the Hard Rock Cafe in Denver.

Mike Birney Shoots 113 Miles Per Hour

The World’s fastest lacrosse shot might not be held by Paul Rabil/ Kyle Hartzell anymore, don’t believe me? Watch it for yourself and check out the full story here!

Paul Rabil Vs. The Philly Phanatic

Paul Rabil took in a Philadelphia Phillies game last week, and he got to take on The Philly Phanatic in a fastest shot competition. Rabil went first with a 111 MPH rip, and the Phanatic follows up by… cheating.