Division 2 team shuts down

Grand Canyon university will be shutting down their men's varsity program. The team has been around since 2008 and has made strides in division 2. The team is part of the western conference with other teams in Colorado and California. The team had high hopes of the program going division one someday with the growth of lacrosse. The school is trying to make the jump and did not see lacrosse being financially able. The only division one men's lacrosse teams are Denver and the Air Force Academy. The school thought it would be way to hard to continue the program at any level. The coaching staff wants to become a varsity club team and still try and keep the team together. "The idea was if we're utilizing athletics as more of a marketing tool to show off our success, why are we offering programs we can't fully fund? Let's just [end the program] now and move on," said Baker. This just makes it sound that the AD is giving up and that is not good for the sport. It is a shame to see a program close its doors after a couple of years.

http://www.laxmagazine.com/blogs/author/coyne/03.10.11_at_6.15_p.m._by_Jac_Coyne

Better Way to follow the Sport

The premier online lacrosse magazine has revamped its website. US lacrosse is a membership magazine but has a free online version. It is updated everyday with scores and stories though the lacrosse world. In 2009 the magazine switched companies and has only seen its website soar. It knew it had to make the page more visually pleasing. You can now follow your favorite team online. This helps people who are die hard fans who only want the news about their team. There are more writers being added everyday and this helps the sport really to spread. Everyone has a different opinion on the sport and now it is more represented with all the new ways to blog on the website. The magazine is now has a mobile platform so you don't need a computer. The sport is taking off just like the way it is being covered.

http://www.laxmagazine.com/blogs/author/dasilva/03.02.2011_at_4.08_p.m._by_Matt_DaSilva

Rough times in Calgary

A team that is sitting in first place and has the fourth best attendance has a problem. This team is the Calgary Roughnecks of the NLL and they are in a finical crisis. The team might not have enough funds to complete the rest of their schedule. Owner/general manager Brad Banister made a plea to his fellow Calgarians. His team is about to go under if there is no help. He sent out a letter last week asking for help with his team. There needs to be finical backing so the team can even pay the players. For this team to even break even they need to sell 12,500 tickets to the rest of their home games. "It would be an absolute shame to see something that has impacted the youth of the community disappear" said the captain. This team has been around since 2001 and with the league always in flux that good.

http://www.laxmagazine.com/nll/2010-11/news/022411_national_lacrosse_league_notebook_banister_not_going_to_quit_on_calgary_whipper_wants_one_more_ring_finneran_supports_powell_bandits_sold

Better with age

At the HSBC arena there has been the same name yelled for the last twenty years, Johnny Tavares. He has been a staple on the team as long as I have walked this earth. Johnny is already the all time leading scorer in the NLL (National Lacrosse League) and just scored his 700th goal. Johnny has been a star in the league and all the coaches know it. When the record was set both coaches praised Johnny. They said he is one of the smartest players in the game and deserves everything that he has accomplished. Johnny after the game was very humble about the accomplishment. " It would of meant nothing to me if my team did not get the win". I have been spoiled by growing up in Buffalo and watching this great player play my whole life. He is one of the most respected players in the league and most intelligent. It is nice to watch someone master their sport week in and week out.

http://www.laxmagazine.com/nll/2010-11/news/021311_mr_700_tavares_hits_mark_and_then_some_in_buffalo_bandits_lacrosse_victory

Cal Women

What would you do if your funding has been cut for your program? What if all the hard work you have been putting in for the last couple of years was for nothing? This is how the Cal women lacrosse team felt after funding has been cut for their program. The reason for the cut was a statewide budget crisis. The team will continue with this last year of playing than will be eliminated in the fall of 2011. The girls on the team are devastated about the news. They were not the only team cut from the Cal program others were gymnastics, baseball, and rugby. This team is going to do everything to bring the program back but there are no promises. If I was a player on this team i would be devastated that all my hard work went towards nothing.

http://www.lacrosseplayground.com/post/cal-berkeley-womens-lacrosse-you-cant-put-a-price-on-dreams/20036

LR first season

The wait is over for Lenoir Rhyne lacrosse. The season is a week away and the school is going to see all of the hard work that this team has put in. This team was made in a year and is going to compete against other schools that have been doing this for four years, There are nine states represented on the team and that is an astonishing number for a first year program. Coach Paradine is the first ever coach and is very pleased with the team that he put together and loves the challenge in front of him and his team. This could have bigger implications because this puts four teams in the South Atlantic Conference. The others are Wingate, Mars Hill, and Catawba and there needs to be one more team to make it an official sport in the conference. This team has a bigger impact than being a new sport at Lenoir Rhyne, it is spreading lacrosse to a place where it wasn't a couple years ago.

http://www.laxpower.com/laxnews/news.php?story=21637

Pr sinner and winner

I totally agree with both of these selection in the article 2010 PR sinners and winners awards. The sinner is Julian Assange and he is the person with wiki leaks. This guy had the worst idea in releasing all of this information. He released secrets of the governments. People knew this was going to drop and nothing was done about it. This is a PR nightmare because of the mess this guy left. People were working around the clock to fix a major problem. The winner of the year went to the New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. This guy can talk he is very intelligent is ready to argue with anyone. There is a You tube video of him and he is asked a question from a hotheaded teacher and calmly responds to every part of the question. His calmness really made the message get across easier.