After years of accusing “lacrosse society” that their game would never grow, Sportscream will be the first to recognize a significant move in the right direction by anyone in the club. After years of insider control by the Charles Street gang (Towson, Loyola, Hopkins), Syracuse, Virginia, Maryland and Princeton, someone makes a radical move that [...]
This was an example of why lacrosse is a beautiful game. Underdog Cornell handled Syracuse for most of the day, leading 9-6 late in the fourth. The hot weather seemingly caught up to the Big Red or the second-seeded defending national champ Orangemen got hot. Cornell coach Steve Tambroni will kick himself on how he [...]
Syracuse coach John Desko takes his 15-2 Orangemen into today’s NCAA Lacrosse Championship at Foxborough, MA against “down Route 81 state rival” Cornell, looking for their 11th National Championship in 16 tries. Cornell, 13-3, led by coach Jeff Tambroni has beaten both teams that bested Syracuse this year (Virginia and Princeton) to get to the [...]
Jake Peavy rejecting the trade to the Chicago White Sox is probably a good thing for the Padres, because despite firebombing the team over a divorce, White Sox prospect lefties Aaron Poreda and Clayton Richard simply weren’t enough to help the Pads. It was made clear that Sox’ top prospect shortstop Gordon Beckham was out [...]
. We’ve already made our point about lacrosse trying to be a major league sport. The Wall Street Journal did its best this week by running a story on Wednesday citing the sports’ popular growth. It’s an old story. The best thing about lacrosse occurs this weekend when over 40,000 fans converge for a doubleheader [...]
