Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. U.S. men’s national team head coach John Danowski finalized the 37-player roster for the 2020 Spring Premiere in San Antonio happening Jan. 4-5.
The roster includes 10 players who were on the final 23-man roster that won gold at the World Lacrosse championship in the summer of 2018 in Netanya, Israel. Ten other players have never won a Team USA uniform in competition before.
Check out the full roster here.
2. US Lacrosse has created an online training tool designed to assist lacrosse organizations in further educating coaches, parents and athletes about the impact of diversity and inclusion.
.@USLacrosse has created an online training tool designed to assist lacrosse organizations in further educating coaches, parents, and athletes about the impact of diversity and inclusion.
— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) December 11, 2019
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3. The National Lacrosse League and B/R Live announced a wider expansion of NLL’s live game coverage. The NLL “Game of the Week” will stream for free across B/R Live domestically and on Twitter and Facebook worldwide. All 13 teams will be featured.
WHAT WE’RE READING
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College Crosse previewed UMass’ 2020 men’s lacrosse schedule.
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Jim Scherr, chief executive of World Lacrosse, told SportBusiness that World Lacrosse is considering outsourcing its social media output to the Premier Lacrosse League’s in-house team.
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Tim Roessler of LacrosseBucket.com made his way-too-early picks for championship weekend.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
The Michigan women's lacrosse team took us behind the scenes of its holiday party.
Florida alumna Lindsey Ronbeck showed us how to get low while practicing wall ball.
Can you get as low as @lindsronbeck ⁉️ #WallBallWednesday
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WHAT’S ON TAP
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We take a look at a dynamic warmup for athletes featured in phase one of LaxFit, which is featured in the December edition.