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Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:

1. Ireland Lacrosse drew widespread praise Thursday following the organization’s decision to withdraw from The World Games 2022 to make room for the Iroquois Nationals.

“When I got the call from World Lacrosse, I knew what they were going to ask before they even asked,” CEO Michael Kennedy said in an interview with Lax Sports Network. “I said, ‘Look guys, I’m going to make this very easy. We want the Iroquois to take up the position which is rightfully theirs.”

The Iroquois Nationals, who must still receive a formal invitation from the International World Games Association to the event in Birmingham, Ala., demonstrated their appreciation for the gesture by posting a green-and-orange version of their logo on social media. Ireland Lacrosse reciprocated, coloring its logo in Iroquois purple and yellow.

“We are storytellers,” the Iroquois Nationals said in a statement. “But today, we are without words as we contemplate the generosity of spirit shown by Ireland Lacrosse.”

Ireland Lacrosse noted that the expression on the back of its players’ helmets, “I dteannta a chéile,” means “together as one,” which has been the rallying cry of the Iroquois Nationals since they initially were told the Haudenosaunee Confederacy did not meet the Olympic eligibility criteria used by the IWGA.

It’s now that much likelier that the originators of the sport will be represented on the world stage in 2022. World Lacrosse and Ireland Lacrosse announced the decision Wednesday night.

2. Former UMass women’s lacrosse player Hannah Burnett, the first female full-time scout in New York Giants history, spoke to US Lacrosse Magazine about the milestone and how she has fulfilled her dream of working in the NFL.

3. Dan O’Connell, an overshadowed part of the Duke men’s lacrosse team’s incredible offseason haul, opened up about the atypical path that led the faceoff specialist to South Carolina, Holy Cross and ultimately Durham.

4. ESPN’s Anish Shroff opined on the five best NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse rivalries in the latest installment of our “5-and-5” series.

WHAT WE’RE READING

  • The 2012 NLL draft class was absolutely loaded. Lacrosse Flash gave it a redo.

  • The Syracuse Post Standard on the role former Onondaga Community College and Le Moyne lacrosse player Aaron Cahill played in calling attention to the plight of the Iroquois for Ireland Lacrosse.

  • Bro Bible identified lacrosse as the next sport likely to pop off and go mainstream.

  • Grant Ament reflected on his rookie season in the Premier Lacrosse League for the Daily Collegian, saying his Penn State experience prepared him well.

  • Bowdoin men’s lacrosse player Kendall Rogers is president of the school’s Athletes of Color Coalition and was quoted in an article by the Orient on the anti-racism movement.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

The best of PLL MVP (and US Lacrosse Magazine cover story) Zed Williams’ performance in the Championship Series.

 

 

Mikey Diggs of @diggstape fame,, now host for The Lacrosse Network’s “Weekly Watch,” with a blast from the past — literally. Anyone else remember the air horn?

 

WHAT’S ON TAP

  • Paul Ohanian checks in with the latest installment of “The Vault,” our series that finds former US Lacrosse Magazine cover subjects where they are now.

  • Matt Hamilton caught up with the elder statesmen of college lacrosse, Robert Morris’ Jimmy Perkins and Rutgers’ Adam Charalambides, both of whom are seventh-year seniors.

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