The initial 2026 Tewaaraton Watch list was released during Tuesday night’s game between Johns Hopkins and Towson on ESPNU. Considered to be the Heisman of lacrosse, the Tewaaraton is given annually to the nation’s most outstanding college lacrosse player in both the men’s and women’s game. Historically, the men’s award skews heavily towards attackmen. Of the initial list of 50 players, 14 are attackmen. The only two sophomores on the list, Hunter Aquino (listed at midfield th

The Bandits need to come back to Earth but in a different way Look, nothing lasts forever. What goes up must come down. All that good stuff. But I thought the Bandits had come back to Earth after their three year run LAST week. THIS week, the losing streak stretched to four in a row. They lost on their home floor in front of a sold out crowd to a Wings team that came in with a 1-6 record. The Bandits haven’t lost four in a row since 2018 (that might sound recently but folks i

Welcome back to earth, Buffalo The Bandits got smacked by Colorado on Saturday, 20-9. Not a typo. They gave up 20 goals. It’s their third straight loss. The three time defending champions have just one other three game losing streak in that span. Since 2022, they lost three straight once in 2024, and now their current losing streak. Sustained success in pro sports, any sport, is hard to achieve. Just making it to back to back NLL Finals would have been an impressive measure o

This is what happens when you start the season in January! Last weekend most of the country had snow and ice dumped all it, with some places in the northeast and New England pushing two feet of powder. Regular season play is set to start this weekend, and mother nature has decided to intervene. Another storm is brewing that should bring frigid temperatures and yet more snow and ice. As a result, several games have already had their venue or time adjusted. Hofstra and Towson h

Ottawa is doing things slightly differently this year Even back to the Riptide days, this Black Bears team had a pretty standard MO from year to year. Jeff Teat produces like one of the best players in the world, and then they miss the playoffs. In fact, this franchise has yet to make the playoffs. Last year they got close, and were in the mix for a playoff spot in the final week of the regular season. In 2026, Jeff Teat is once again playing like one of the best players in t

They finally got the kid some run support A few weeks ago I made a Brett Dobson : Gaylord Perry comp.  Perry was an MLB pitcher who put up some truly incredible pitching stats, including in 1968, a year in which he lost 19 games. Brett Dobson currently owns the best save percentage in the league at 86.9%, and the league’s best GAA at a miniscule 6.71. Georgia entered the weekend with a 2-3 record. They have a 7-4 loss to the Rush and more recently a 7-5 loss to the Mammoth. T

Roy Colsey will not be returning to the PLL sidelines in 2026. For the second straight offseason, the Carolina Chaos are searching for a new head coach. Members of the team were informed by Colsey earlier today. Colsey was announced as Chaos head coach on January 30th of last year. He signed a one year contract, although all indications are that he had every intention of coaching beyond that. A new media rights deal with network partner ESPN brought an influx of revenue to th

It can be tough to go home again Vancouver made the trip to Calgary on Saturday and came away with an OT win. The game winner came of the stick of Superman himself, Curtis Dickson. It was Dickson’s fourth goal of the night and his seventh point. The assist came from Jesse King, his fourth of the night and sixth point. Dickson is in his 15th NLL season and, barring a two year stint in San Diego, every year of that career before this year was spent in Calgary. He was drafted by

Welcome to what is, and this is a technical term, the thick of it. We’re into week seven of the NLL season, identities are being formed, the goals appear to be flowing once more, and with every game we get closer to learning who the contenders and pretenders are. The slate this week is packed, and includes the first double dip of the season as there are eight games on the schedule. Here’s the rundown: FRIDAY Who: Halifax Thunderbirds (2-2) vs Ottawa Black Bears (3-2) Where: C

Goals are back Goals scored in the NLL: Week 6 - 123 (24.6 per game) Week 5 - 110 (22 per game) Week 4 - 70 (17.5 per game) Week 3 - 132 (18.8 per game) Week 2 - 42 (21 per game) Week 1 - 87 (21.7 per game) We had quite the dip there! We had some games with goals in the low-mid teens, some that barely broke double digits, but this week the big scoring was back. Two games in Week Six broke the 30 goal barrier, including Ottawa/Oshawa which oddsmakers picked to be the lowest sc

ACC The Favorite: Syracuse The Runner Up: North Carolina The Totally Slept on Disrespected Dark Horse: Virginia The ACC is almost emblematic of the entire country when it comes to lacrosse this year. There’s a lot of talent, it’s dispersed well, and definitely saying “they’re the best” about anyone is a dicey proposition at best. As we sit here in January, Syracuse is the team that most looks the part of heavyweight. They were in the Final Four a year ago, and they return t

Welcome to 2026. New beginnings, fresh starts, resolutions to attempt to keep, it’s a great time to try and focus on what you want to change in your life. Some NLL teams will be looking to turn the page and start fresh after some tough sledding early in the year, others will lean into what has led to success so far and stick to it. Whether your team is in need of a fresh outlook or not, the first weekend of the new year has plenty of quality games to watch. Here’s the rundown

Power plays with games If you wanted to really get nit picky, you could knock the Rush schedule a bit. They were 2-1 through their first three games, but the opponents were Calgary, Ottawa, and Georgia. Not exactly murderer’s row. No easy games in the NLL, but that’s a trio of games the Rush would be expected to win. This week, things got considerably tougher. They made the trip to Halifax to play a Thunderbirds team that had just notched an OT win in Banditland and looked th

It’s the season of giving. Or maybe also taking a little bit. Whether that’s assists, goals, big hits, or maybe those grinchy goalies stealing all the cheer from the offense, it’s the holidays in the NLL. There are five games on the slate, no Friday night this week but a stacked Saturday and then a fun game on Sunday night.  SATURDAY Who: Saskatchewan Rush (2-1) vs Halifax Thunderbirds (2-0) Where: Scotiabank Centre, Halifax When: 6:00pm, EST The Spread: Halifax favored by 1.

There’s a lot of season left but there’s nothing left to say about Oshawa… The futility is staggering. In fact, it’s historic.  According the Graeme Perrow and NLLStats, Oshawa’s 21 goals through four games is the lowest total in NLL history. In the early going this week it looked like maybe they had bucked the trend. The FireWolves were out to a 3-0 lead, and up 4-1 after the first quarter. And then they went right back into the deep freeze. They went scoreless in the second

The PLL has released the entirety of the annual Top 50. Voted on by the players only, it ranks the top 50 players in the sport. It’s always an interesting list, because of it gives fans a glimpse into the how the players see their peers. Unlike postseason awards, this is ONLY picked by PLL pros; there are no votes from media, coaches, anyone else. You’ll have instances where a player who is voted attackman of the year finishes behind other attackman, things like that.  My fav

After three weeks, we have rapidly arrived at the “are we sure we actually know who is good and who isn’t” portion of the NLL season. Everyone has now played at least one game, though some clubs still haven’t had their home opener.  Rochester and Las Vegas will both play their home opener this weekend, while Philly and Vancouver go on the road for the first time. Last week we had the full gamut of seven games with all 14 teams in action, this week it’s just four games. Here’s

Day one of PLL free agency is in the books. While the Gavin Adler signing was without a doubt the headliner, plenty of other moves were reported as the offseason shuffle begins.  With the recent increase in player compensation, raised salary cap, and expanded schedule, teams are able to offer meaningful money to players, enough that in some cases players will see five figure differences in offers.  The deals of day one were almost entirely players choosing to stay with their

Everyone loves attendance talk Lacrosse fans, media, players, pundits, everyone wants the same thing. Bigger TV ratings, more tickets sold, more fans engaging with the sport. The barometer for that is obvious because it’s measured. Nielsen ratings and attendance numbers. When it comes to the NLL, TV ratings are tougher to come by because streaming figures aren’t part of Nielsen and leagues rarely release the raw data. But attendance is published by the NLL every game (please

Now we’re talking. It’s week three in the NLL, and we’ve got a packed slate to watch. All 14 teams are in action, seven games on the docket this weekend, including a Sunday matinee on the west coast. There are three teams left who have yet to take the floor (Las Vegas, Rochester, and Philadelphia) who are in action this weekend. For the outdoor fans, that means we likely get a look at players like Brennan O’Neill, Blaze Riorden, Jon Donville, reigning NLL MVP Connor Fields. W