Lacrosse

Lacrosse's new, fast-paced version may be path into LA Games

By Pat Graham Aug. 13, 2022 02:26 AM EDT

FILE - Cannons' Paul Rabil (99) reacts after a goal during a Premier Lacrosse League game against the Redwoods, on June 4, 2021, in Foxborough, Mass. World Lacrosse, the international governing body of the sport, is making a proposal to have the Native American sport included in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. (AP Photo/Steve Luciano, File)

Pro lacrosse season begins as sport's leaders eye Olympics

By John Kekis Jun. 04, 2022 04:56 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 21, 2021 file photo, Canada's Victoria Hayward holds her helmet aloft during the softball game between Mexico and Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Fukushima , Japan. Hayward will be back on the field this weekend as a softball player — and as an owner. After hitting .300 at the Tokyo Olympics, the Canadian outfielder heads one of four teams that start play Saturday, Aug. 28, at Athletes Unlimited outside Chicago.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

League of their own: Softball players are part-owners

By Ronald Blum Aug. 28, 2021 11:51 AM EDT

ACC purring with six teams in NCAA lacrosse final fours

By The Associated Press May. 28, 2021 03:09 AM EDT
Championship weekend in both men's and women's Division I lacrosse has a uniform feel — three Atlantic Coast Conference teams and one from the Big Ten in each...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press May. 27, 2021 05:37 PM EDT
May 28 1901 — Parader, ridden by Fred Landry, overcomes a bad start to win the Preakness Stakes by two lengths over Sadie S. ...

Lamont switches message from stay home to get out in public

May. 26, 2021 04:49 PM EDT
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A week after lifting most COVID-19 restrictions in the state, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said Wednesday that his focus is now on...

North Carolina is king and queen of NCAA lacrosse tourneys

By John Kekis May. 13, 2021 05:12 PM EDT
After a one-year break because of the pandemic, college lacrosse is ready to decide its national champions, and North Carolina starts in a very good place: The...

Editorial Roundup: New York

By The Associated Press May. 05, 2021 04:47 PM EDT
Albany Times Union. May 4, 2021. Editorial: It’s time, Cambridge THE ISSUE: A Washington County...

Premier Lacrosse to visit 11 venues from coast to coast

Apr. 14, 2021 08:59 AM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Premier Lacrosse League on Wednesday announced the schedule for its third season, and its tour-based model includes stops in 11 major...

National Lacrosse League team moves to Albany, New York

Feb. 23, 2021 04:58 PM EST
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The New England Black Wolves of the National Lacrosse League are relocating to Albany, New York, the league announced Tuesday. ...

Professional lacrosse leagues PLL and MLL are merging

Dec. 16, 2020 01:17 PM EST
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Premier Lacrosse League and Major League Lacrosse are merging and will formally exist as the Premier Lacrosse League. ...

'Let us play!': Illinois prep players rally in Chicago

Sep. 19, 2020 04:16 PM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — Parents and players protested Saturday outside a state building in Chicago, pleading with Gov. J.B. Pritzker to lift his fall ban on some...

This Sept. 18, 2015 photo shows the Iroquois Nationals lacrosse team line up prior to competing in the 2015 World Indoor Lacrosse Championships on the Onondaga Nation just south of Syracuse, New York. The Ireland Lacrosse team recently bowed out of the sport's top international tournament to open up a spot for the Iroquois Nationals. It's the latest in a series of gestures between the country and U.S. tribes that date back to 1847, when Choctaw leaders gave $170 to the Irish as their country battled a potato famine that resulted in the death of tens of thousands. Historians estimate today's value of the amount at roughly $5,000. (Jourdan Bennett-Begaye/Indian Country Today via AP)

Friendship between Ireland, tribes lives on in lacrosse

By Dalton Walker, Indian Country Today Sep. 15, 2020 09:57 PM EDT

Batter up! New York City ready for youth sports to resume

Aug. 28, 2020 01:16 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City youth sports teams will soon be able to get back on the field after being sidelined for months by the coronavirus pandemic, Mayor...

Owen Estee, Acalanes High School Varsity Lacrosse player, coaches 8-year-old goalie Beckett Vegas on Tuesday, July 28, 2020 in Orinda, Calif. Owen and his friend Zach Appel have launched Lacrosse Against Hunger, to offer lacrosse coaching sessions to 7-14 year olds in exchange for a charitable donation to White Pony Express. All money raised goes directly to White Pony Express through Lacrosse Against Hunger's GoFundMe page. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

2 teen lacrosse players score goal in fight against hunger

By Luis Andres Henao Aug. 03, 2020 10:00 AM EDT

Premier Lacrosse League ready to showcase its stuff on NBC

By John Kekis Jul. 21, 2020 02:43 AM EDT
Paul Rabil is on pins and needles as the Premier Lacrosse League gets set to decide its second champion amid the coronavirus pandemic. “We...

Northwestern moves Wisconsin game from Wrigley to Ryan Field

Jul. 08, 2020 02:39 PM EDT
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Northwestern's game against Wisconsin scheduled for Nov. 7 at Wrigley Field in Chicago is being moved to Ryan Field because of...

1 case at nursing home; lacrosse tournament canceled

Jul. 08, 2020 11:56 AM EDT
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A new resident under quarantine at a Burlington nursing home has tested positive for COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus. ...

Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press Jun. 19, 2020 05:13 PM EDT
Editorials from around New England: CONNECTICUT Congress should protect Dreamers from deportation ...

Rutgers to have paperless-entry for all sports events

May. 13, 2020 01:09 PM EDT
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers is doing away with paper tickets to sports events in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The state's...