Stick Trick Saturday: Behind the Back Stalls
Colton Raichl of Lacrosse All Stars is breaking down Behind the Back stalls for this week’s take on Stick Trick Saturday (02/08/2014).
The series is designed to be an inspirational guide for lacrosse players to get used to the properties of their own stick. Tricks are not just to show off but to develop a better relationship between the player and his crosse.
End Caps: Welcome Back, Lacrosse Season!
End Caps, a weekly review from the mind of Mark Donahue. Every weekend he will refresh your memory on what happened over the last 7 or so days. Lacrosse news and junk from the world around us! This week: Casey Powell and more (02/07/2014)
Groove Today
Good Thursday morning! Listen to the first part of Marvin Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up.” I used to go out to parties And stand around ’cause I was too nervous To really get down But my body yearned to be free I got up on the floor and thought Somebody could choose me No more standin’ […]
Acting Versus Pretending
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! Here’s an excerpt from Rick Warren’s “Daily Hope” email. Love is an action, not just emotion. Love is something you do. It’s easy to love somebody who loves you, isn’t it? It takes nothing at all. But real love acts and does the loving thing when people don’t deserve it, […]
Crosse Clicks: Long Hair, Don’t Care
Providing a weekly rundown of the most interesting things that recently happened in the whole wide world of lacrosse, Crosse Clicks is to the lacrosse enthusiast as SparkNotes is to the above-average student!
What Matters Down the Road
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! Last night with one of the gentlemen with whom I coach, I was discussing the evolution of one of our players from the end of his 8th grade season to now, the beginning of his senior season. He mentioned a handful of interactions that they’d had over the last couple […]
Aaron Loy sighting proves to be highlight of UCSB win at USC
UC Santa Barbara, ranked No. 6 in the MCLA preseason coaches’ poll, opened its season Saturday with a big win. But the on-field result over SLC opponent USC wasn’t the most significant development.
Music Monday: A.M.J. – One of Our Own
Our friend Chris Vale hit the tipline to let us know of former lacrosse player turned rapper, A.M.J. A.M.J. hails from the Saratoga Springs, NY, area, and his family and friends better know him as Adam Janis.
Expand Your Reach
Good Monday morning, ladies and gentlemen! Happy February and happy Black History Month! “The reason why God is allowing you to go through what He’s allowing you to go through is because you’ve been too smooth and you ain’t going as far as you need to.” – Eric Thomas. It’s been on my mind since Saturday […]
Spotted: Adjustment Bureau Movie Director’s Lax Shirt
The Adjustment Bureau is a pretty entertaining movie from 2011 starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt. The movie’s director, George Nolfi, was spotted wearing a Lax World t-shirt in a special features segment about the movie.
A Blueprint For Posterity
Good Thursday morning, ladies and gentlemen! “To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.” – E.E. Cummings If your life story could be published for the world to […]
Handling Our Reactions
“People have a right to their opinion and you have the right to ignore it.” – Joel Osteen Good morning ladies and gentlemen! In today’s world – a politically correct world of social media, accessibility, and unbelievably quick dissemination of information of all types – we often walk on egg shells, and are particularly careful about what we […]