Ranking the 2024 PLL Championship Series Uniforms
The 2024 PLL Championship Series is officially in the books. Over the past few months, the PLL has undergone a design overhaul, assigning cities to each team while updating individual team brandings and assets. Was this overhaul needed? Absolutely. Was the execution perfect? Far from it. However, I was excited to see these new team […]
PLL Quarterfinal Playoff Preview
The PLL playoffs commence in Boston this weekend as six of the remaining seven teams square off in round one at Gillette Stadium. PLL Quarterfinal Playoff Preview Chrome Eliminated Chrome have left the building. It was a summer of offensive dysfunction. Expect changes. Saturday’s loss was marred by a fight. Russ saw it live in […]
PLL Denver Recap
Overtime in the PLL without time outs looks and feels like anarchy. The players appear as if they are drowning on the field, desperately searching for the play that ends the game. The harder they try the more frustrated and exasperated they get. It was Redwood Charlie Bertrand who punctuated the madness late on Saturday […]
PLL Sells Out in Connecticut
Rafferty Stadium was filled to the brim. Fans were camped on the hills surrounding the field, the grassy knoll that wraps around the field, both sides of bleachers were full, and the Bar Down area was hopping with activity. Former NFL quarterback, lacrosse dad, and ESPN announcer Dan Orlovsky brought his kids. He posted on […]
Reacting to the 2023 PLL All-Stars
The teams have been announced for the 2023 PLL All-Star game. The formatting for the All-Star selections on the PLL website could be better, which is a minor issue. When you Google “2023 PLL All-Stars,” the first link features an entire page of starters and reserves displayed without any breakdown by position. This lack of […]
PLL Returns to Minneapolis
I’m staying in downtown Minneapolis two blocks from Target Field and with the Orioles in town playing the Twins, our group of Drew Carter, Dana Boyle, stat man Russ Dlin, joined ESPN radio baseball announcer Mike Couzens on Friday night for some MLB. I hadn’t been to a game in a dozen years and Major […]
2023 PLL MVP Frontrunners
What better time than the World Games break to examine who could win the 2023 Jim Brown PLL MVP award. The history of the award tells you that anyone can win. Over four years we have seen three different positions win the award and no one has won it twice. Year Player Position 2019 Matt […]
Quint Kessenich’s 2023 PLL Columbus Takeaways
The PLL was in Columbus, Ohio this past weekend, more than twenty years after the MLL’s Baltimore Bayhawks demolished the Lizards 21-13 at Columbus Crew Stadium in front of 5,500 people, claiming the 2002 league title. Mark Millon, face-off ace Paul Cantabene, and Gary Gait led the destruction. For Long Island it was a bad […]
Quint Kessenich’s 2023 PLL Charlotte Takeaways
With the PLL games being in Charlotte this past weekend, I flew down on Thursday night with my 13-year-old daughter. For the professional traveler, there is no greater torture than flying with a neophyte. I fly a lot for work, not quite every week, and have become efficient and streamlined while navigating the roads and […]
Quint Kessenich’s 2023 PLL Albany Takeaways
The 2023 PLL kicked off the past weekend in Albany, NY. The most interesting aspect of the eight Friday practices was watching Mike Pressler, the former Head Coach at Ohio Wesleyan, Duke, Bryant, and now the PLL Atlas. Pressler admitted he hadn’t been this nervous in 10 years but seemed at ease with his team, […]
23 Predictions for the 2023 PLL Season
As the 2023 Premier Lacrosse League season begins, lacrosse and fans eagerly anticipate the intense competition and thrilling matchups that await. With a playing field of talented teams and star players, this season promises to be one for the books. In this article, I present 23 bold predictions for the upcoming PLL season, offering insights […]
Is Dillon Ward the Best Lacrosse Player on the Planet?
Dillon Ward has been considered one of the world’s best goalies for quite some time; with his dominance in both indoor and the field, he’s one of the few who can excel at both positions. But over the last 13 months, he has had quite a run. With his third championship appearance in that time […]