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2018 FIL World Lacrosse Championships – 48 Teams!

2018 FIL World Lacrosse Championships

The FIL recently confirmed that 48 teams have registered and been confirmed for the 2018 FIL World Lacrosse Championships, to be held in Netanya, Israel from July 12-21st. In 2014, 38 nations competed in the FIL games, so the ten team jump is impressive, and makes this the biggest FIL event ever.

Merrimack Men’s Lacrosse Transition From D2 to D1

MERRIMACK MEN'S LACROSSE

There was a fight in practice. It’s the first week of August and NFL and college football teams open up training camp to prepare for their upcoming season. Websites and Twitter will be filled with scuffles between teammates. Here is the top story from Saint’s camp as I searched “fight in practice” on Twitter this […]

Kevin Unterstein retires from professional lacrosse

Kevin Unterstein

Kevin Unterstein announced today that the 2021 PLL season was his last season as a player. Unterstein has been a professional lacrosse player since 2008. Unterstein was high school All-America at Shoreham-Wading River High where he would bring home four Suffolk County championships along with a state title. Unterstein committed to Hofstra where he redshirted […]

Sweden Lacrosse: Past, Present & Future

Sweden Lacrosse

As we continue to shine a light on countries working diligently to grow the game, we now take a deeper look into lacrosse in Sweden. Below is our conversation with Tom Robson of Sweden Lacrosse. Sweden Lacrosse: Past, Present & Future Lacrosse began to be played in Sweden in 1988. Jim Johnson, an immigrant American, […]

Ecuador Lacrosse: International Spotlight

Ecuador Lacrosse

As we continue to shine a light on countries working diligently to grow the game, we now take a deeper look into lacrosse in Ecuador. Below is our conversation with Juan Marquez de la Plata of Ecuador Lacrosse. Ecuador Lacrosse We started showcasing the sport of lacrosse in 2015. We did this through two trips […]

Ranking the Men’s Pro Field Lacrosse No. 1 Picks Since 2009

Lacrosse No. 1 picks

In honor of the PLL College Draft coming up on April 26, I decided to have a little fun and look back at past drafts. Specifically, with the debates raging between Michael Sowers, Jared Bernhardt, and Jeff Teat for this year’s PLL No. 1 overall pick, I was curious to see how previous pro field […]

World Lacrosse Championship Quiz

Test your knowledge of the international lacrosse game with this 20-question, multiple-choice World Lacrosse Championship quiz.

So you think you know the international game? Test yourself with this World Lacrosse Championship quiz. World Lacrosse, known as the FIL until 2019, has sponsored the World Lacrosse Championship for years. But the tournament to determine international field lacrosse supremacy is older than any worldwide lacrosse organization. The very first World Lacrosse Championship was […]

What Is the Best Lacrosse Game Ever?

It's a tough topic to wrangle, but what's the best lacrosse game ever? We took a dive into some of the greatest contents the sport has seen.

What is the best lacrosse game ever? I took to Twitter to find out. Awhile ago, I asked a simple question via tweet: What are the best three lacrosse games you’ve ever seen? It is worth mentioning that I generally assume most of my tweets will be ignored. That’s quite a fair assumption since I […]

Wes Berg Player Profile – A Recap of the Seal’s Career

Calgary Roughnecks Saskatchewan Rush NLL 2016 Photo: Candice Ward

At 27, Wes Berg already has a number of championships under his belt. That’s why we’ve put together this Wes Berg player profile. It started in 2010 with the Coquitlam Adanacs. Berg helped lead the team to a Minto Cup win, a first for the program. In 2011, he won the Bill Dickinson Trophy as […]