Billy Dee Smith Gave Me My First Stick

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Most people who play professional lacrosse first picked up a stick before they could walk. Then there’s me – I didn’t do it until I was 13. It was Billy Dee Smith who gave it to me. He ran the camp where I first learned the game. Before picking up a stick, I was a […]

Born for the Bandits – Thank You, Buffalo

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In 2002, the Buffalo Bandits drafted my cousin, Billy Dee Smith, with the No. 3 overall pick. I was a 9-year-old boy in Kitchener, Ontario, who immediately became the biggest Buffalo fan there was. I grew up watching Billy Dee suit up for Buffalo. I always wanted to be a professional box lacrosse player like […]

Weekend Of Surprises – NLL Lessons Learned

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Friday night’s tilt featuring Toronto and Rochester kicked the weekend off in a surprising way, and it only continued from there. While we saw some results play out as most would predict, each game had at least one big surprising aspect to it!