Sometimes, in the heat of the excitement around a trade being completed, we can forget that those future picks in a deal actually turn into players. And for GMs who did an exceptional job of tracking those picks over time, they're a valuable roster building asset. Several trades from the past two seasons, dating as far back as the Pat Kavanagh deal from November 2024, were finally completed last night. Meaning all the picks that changed hands now have a player attached to th

Fan complaints about college lacrosse games all sharing a noon start time have been heard loud and clear, and answered. Today, the NCAA has announced a seismic shift in the rules around broadcast times for lacrosse games that should, just like whenever any lacrosse rules are changed, completely solve the targeted problem with no collateral damage to the sport whatsoever.  The new rule dictates no men’s D1 college lacrosse games can share a start time. Ever. To comply, games w

The PLL Draft is set. On April 14th, live from Bristol, the names of the next 32 draftees will be ready on ESPN+. While mock drafts and big boards tend to be content for all seasons, there are some rising stars in the college game playing their way into the draft conversation who may have slid down the list. First round picks tend to be anointed almost a year ahead of time, and it can be easy to overlook players who may play themselves into a draft spot through on field perfo

The team with the best goalie wins. The championship results in each year of the Championship Series so far: 2023, Chrome over Atlas. Chrome goalie Sean Sconone led the event in save percentage among regular starters, Atlas goalie Jack Concannon was second.  2024, Boston over Philadelphia. Philadelphia goalie Matt DeLuca led the event in save percentage, Boston goalie Colin Kirst was second. 2025, Boston over Utah. Boston goalie Colin Kirst led the event in save percentage, U

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