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Lacrosse National Championship

by John Cole|  May 25, 201512:44 pm| 43 Comments

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Denver v. Maryland on ESPN2 at 1pm, for those who care. Mom is at the games, as she is every year.

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  1. 1.

    Mudge

    May 25, 2015 at 12:51 pm

    Anyone but Notre Dame. Glad they lost in the semis.

  2. 2.

    Davebo

    May 25, 2015 at 12:54 pm

    Considering this an open thread of sorts since, well it is about Lacrosse..

    Congratulations to John Scalzi!

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/25/business/media/science-fiction-writer-signs-a-3-4-million-deal.html?_r=0

    He talks about it on his blog here.

    http://whatever.scalzi.com/2015/05/25/about-that-deal/

  3. 3.

    Brother Shotgun of Sweet Reason

    May 25, 2015 at 1:01 pm

    Denver! Denver?? How did somebody east of the Appalachians learn the game?

  4. 4.

    Xboxershorts

    May 25, 2015 at 1:27 pm

    Wow, Wesley Berg is a freakin beast!

  5. 5.

    Xboxershorts

    May 25, 2015 at 1:31 pm

    @Brother Shotgun of Sweet Reason:

    Denver! Denver?? How did somebody east of the Appalachians learn the game?

    The Former, multi-championship winning, lacrosse hall of fame, Princeton coach moved to Denver.

  6. 6.

    Brother Shotgun of Sweet Reason

    May 25, 2015 at 1:34 pm

    @Xboxershorts:

    The Former, multi-championship winning, lacrosse hall of fame, Princeton coach moved to Denver.

    Ah ha! I haven’t been paying attention. That would also have helped recruiting and building a team, too.

    Terps down 4-1? Sheesh.

  7. 7.

    JPL

    May 25, 2015 at 1:40 pm

    The French Open is on NBC.

  8. 8.

    PurpleGirl

    May 25, 2015 at 1:50 pm

    @Davebo: Yay! Although I’ve not read any of his novels, I do read his blog and love the blog. Scalzi also wrote blog posts about growing up poor and about white privilege. Both are incredibly good pieces.

  9. 9.

    DesertFriar

    May 25, 2015 at 2:10 pm

    @Brother Shotgun of Sweet Reason:

    Well they are in the Big East!

  10. 10.

    Brother Shotgun of Sweet Reason

    May 25, 2015 at 2:14 pm

    @Brother Shotgun of Sweet Reason:
    Duh. WEST of the Appalachians.

  11. 11.

    ruemara

    May 25, 2015 at 2:21 pm

    is lamh36 about? I have a little Dwayne Johnson retro stuff for you. http://www.buzzfeed.com/mrloganrhoades/dwayne-johnson-at-15-totally-looked-like-a-high-school-narc#.iggMK9E77G

  12. 12.

    srv

    May 25, 2015 at 2:46 pm

    Ft. Lauderdale bouncy house vs waterspout

    Kid’s outcome unknown.

  13. 13.

    Chet

    May 25, 2015 at 2:54 pm

    Another NFL offseason, another player arrested for domestic violence. Knock me over with a goddamn feather.

  14. 14.

    srv

    May 25, 2015 at 3:08 pm

    Texas imprisons 115 who have no criminal record. For being at a bar.

  15. 15.

    Tommy

    May 25, 2015 at 3:11 pm

    @JPL: And maybe the best person to ever play, Willams on the court. Pains me I went to college on a DI tennis scholarship and nobody likes tennis. Lacrosse, no ill-will that gets a thread and not the French Open!

  16. 16.

    jeffreyw

    May 25, 2015 at 3:14 pm

    Chillin’ & grillin“

  17. 17.

    Tommy

    May 25, 2015 at 3:22 pm

    @jeffreyw: Can I come over for dinner? I am having a roast beef and swiss sandwich. That looks a lot better.

  18. 18.

    Cckids

    May 25, 2015 at 3:24 pm

    Woot! Yay DU! My daughter is in her 2nd year there

  19. 19.

    jeffreyw

    May 25, 2015 at 3:28 pm

    @Tommy: Sure, come on down! Mind the crocs in the moat, now.

  20. 20.

    Amir Khalid

    May 25, 2015 at 3:28 pm

    @jeffreyw:
    Are those beans in the pan? With the, er, non-halal meat on top?

  21. 21.

    danielx

    May 25, 2015 at 3:31 pm

    Observation made while buying beer yesterday: when you see a guy wearing a sport coat in combination with shorts, expensive loafers without socks and a button down shirt, odds are that the wearer is a douchebag. Only time you should wear a suit/sport coat with shorts is if your name is Angus Young and you’re about to go onstage in front of a howling mob of fans.

  22. 22.

    Tommy

    May 25, 2015 at 3:35 pm

    @jeffreyw: Spent many years as a Yankee in Lousiana. I don’t fear gators. In fact grilled they do taste a little like chicken. I’d step over your moat and ask politely could I have some of that chicken :).

  23. 23.

    jeffreyw

    May 25, 2015 at 3:38 pm

    @Amir Khalid: yep, beans and bacon

  24. 24.

    Amir Khalid

    May 25, 2015 at 3:38 pm

    @danielx:
    What Angus Young wears onstage is actually an Aussie school uniform, like he had on when, as a kid, he went straight from school to band practice. He’s not a big guy so it’s probably not hard to find school uniforms even at his age.

  25. 25.

    srv

    May 25, 2015 at 3:44 pm

    @efgoldman: It’s Florida, the WordPress of states. Currently here:

    http://www.wpbf.com/news/waterspout-hits-land-flips-bounce-house-with-children-inside/33206486

    In other news, Hodding Carter apologizes to Glenn Greenwald

    Statist reporters and the lackey bloggers of the left are now trying to get on the right side of history.

  26. 26.

    Roger Moore

    May 25, 2015 at 3:47 pm

    @danielx:

    Only time you should wear a suit/sport coat with shorts is if your name is Angus Young and you’re about to go onstage in front of a howling mob of fans.

    I think it is also acceptable if you are from Bermuda; it’s the national dress there.

  27. 27.

    Tommy

    May 25, 2015 at 3:47 pm

    @Amir Khalid: I didn’t know that. I had this guy that lived across me in the dorm (like 1989). He always played AC/DC. He said Thunderstruck was the song he’d listen to when he went to chain saw massacre a family. I found that kind of strange to say, but did like him introducing me to AC/DC.

  28. 28.

    srv

    May 25, 2015 at 3:53 pm

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two B.B. King heirs who’ve been most outspoken about the blues legend’s final days are accusing King’s two closest aides of poisoning him.

    Daughters Karen Williams and Patty King allege in documents provided by their lawyer to The Associated Press that King’s business manager, LaVerne Toney, and his personal assistant, Myron Johnson, killed their father.

  29. 29.

    p.a.

    May 25, 2015 at 4:07 pm

    Terps hit some iron in the 1st half to fall behind and couldn’t really break down Denver D, which for the most part packed it in close and dared Md to dodge for clear shots. They couldn’t. By the way, winning coach Tierney is known as perhaps the biggest WATB in the sport. He bailed from Princeton when a new admin. wouldn’t give him the support *cough*admissions*cough* to which he had been accustomed. (Full disclosure- as a Brown alum & lax fan I hate Tierney from his time there)

  30. 30.

    TaMara (BHF)

    May 25, 2015 at 4:15 pm

    @Brother Shotgun of Sweet Reason: I see you throwing shade at my state. Last summer I spent several days at the World Lacrosse Championships in…..Denver. Plus, besides DU, we also have the Outlaws. We know our Lacrosse.

  31. 31.

    TaMara (BHF)

    May 25, 2015 at 4:20 pm

    @srv: That was horrifying.

  32. 32.

    p.a.

    May 25, 2015 at 4:25 pm

    @TaMara (BHF): nice article on the Pios.

  33. 33.

    SFAW

    May 25, 2015 at 4:39 pm

    @p.a.:
    I DVR’ed the game, but given the outcome, and especially the “Let’s play pass-around for 13 minutes” fourth quarter, I may rethink that.

    @TaMara (BHF):

    We know our Lacrosse.

    Denver?

    Sure, because nothing highlights that more than most of both those teams being from elsewhere.

  34. 34.

    SFAW

    May 25, 2015 at 6:04 pm

    @efgoldman:

    Come on, ef, that’s a bullshit analogy, and you know it.

    Especially considering the Boston area is one of the bigger hockey areas in the country, with regard to yoots playing the game, and feeding into the college system. The Colorado area is not. Yet. But it’s better than it was 20 or 30 years ago, in that regard. Long Island, Maryland, Finger Lakes/Upstate are still the key areas (in this country – Canadia is a separate matter), although their dominance has ebbed significantly, and there are some other area s that have made advances.

    Using Lubbock or Armadillo, instead of Boston, might have been a more legitimate attempt at a parallel. And I would hazard a guess that the hockey intelligentsia (wow, I never thought I’d use that word, vis-a-vis Tejas) in Texas are few and far between – the Stars fans notwithstanding. And I’d bet that a lot of them are transplants from colder climes.

  35. 35.

    SFAW

    May 25, 2015 at 6:10 pm

    @efgoldman:

    On an unrelated note: is you nym supposed to be e-f-goldman? Or e-f-g-old-man? That’s a serious question. I have been assuming for years that it’s the former, but just realized – after my response above – that it could be the latter as well. Especially when you factor in that you often talk about your (allegedly) advanced years.

    My apologies if you’ve already explained this numerous times, and I missed it/them. (Light dawns on marble head?)

  36. 36.

    SFAW

    May 25, 2015 at 6:35 pm

    @efgoldman:

    Thanks. Now that you re-explained it, I vaguely remember you doing so before. Which, of course, means I will probably ask again, sometime down the road.

    @efgoldman:
    Yes, I know. But since you’ve been in these parts long enough, I figured you knew the expression. Besides, in cosmic terms, Providence (or thereabouts) is a mere ruble’s-throw from Marblehead.

  37. 37.

    TaMara (BHF)

    May 25, 2015 at 7:01 pm

    @SFAW: Your argument makes no sense to me. Don’t most teams recruit from elsewhere? Name me a team filled with locals. Also, name a small city Denver sized that supports a healthy Lacrosse habit,including the World Lacrosse championship (which was my original point). Kthnx.

  38. 38.

    ThresherK

    May 25, 2015 at 7:11 pm

    @efgoldman: I thought your name was really EFGoldman, and that was somehow related to you name, or a joke on EF Hutton and Goldman Sachs.

  39. 39.

    SFAW

    May 25, 2015 at 8:11 pm

    @TaMara (BHF):

    Lacrosse has been, until relatively recently, a fairly provincial sport. The MLL is on NOBODY’S list of major sports leagues, even among lax-lovers. Because of that, it’s still a sport largely local-driven, both high school and college, and that’s where you get the “centers” of lax knowledge. Baseball, football, hoop, even soccer/fussball are much more ubiquitous than lax. Having a professional team in one’s city is nice, but it doesn’t necessarily make that area a hotbed of lacrosse. I love Boston, and the lax there is much-improved over 30 years ago, and my guess is that there’s more lax going on around Boston than around Denver (pulling a Jonah on that one), but it’s not clear that it means that “They know their Lacrosse,” except in maybe 20-30 towns in the area.

    And having the World Lacrosse Championships is fun, but I don’t think that it suddenly made Manchester, England, England into a center of lacrosse expertise. Unless they recently made lacrosse their national sport, to try to keep up with Canada.

    And, yes, I know the Outlaws have been a top team for awhile – I saw them beat the Cannons awhile back, their goalie was pretty great, might have been Kessenich? (Don’t remember)

  40. 40.

    SFAW

    May 25, 2015 at 8:23 pm

    @SFAW:

    Re: Denver goalie mentioned: Just did some research, not even close on Kessenich.Oh well.

    No matter, their goalie for that game was pretty good.

  41. 41.

    Bill Murray

    May 25, 2015 at 9:44 pm

    @SFAW: Denver has been the western hotbed for lacrosse for the past about 20 years. It’s maybe not east coast prep school, but it’s gotten pretty good

  42. 42.

    SFAW

    May 25, 2015 at 10:34 pm

    @Bill Murray:
    Who’s talking about prep school? Public schools on Long Island are where it’s at (as the hippies say). [No, I realize a ton of players do the prep thing.]

    Thanks for semi-educating me, re: lacrosse in Denver.

    But, if you look at the roster for the Final Four, the number of Colorado-bred players totals about 10, maybe fewer, and six of those are at Denver. That’s out of more than 150 players. One would think that, if Denver were the latest incarnation of Carthage (NY) or similar, there might be more representation.

    But, as far as I’m concerned, the more lax territory expands, the better.

  43. 43.

    MaryRC

    May 25, 2015 at 11:16 pm

    @Davebo: That is great. I love that guy.

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