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Recently, I've been forced to pay attention to the fact that Canada’s Blue Jays are the real deal and in competition for the East title of Major League Baseball’s American League East division.  Imagine the coverage the Blue Jays will get if they repeat history and win a championship. Like back in the day with Joe Carter in 1992, baseball would be thrust on to the Canadian scene to again to compete with hockey, soccer and lacrosse for our sports following attention and dollars.  No doubt we all care for more than just one sport, it’s just us laxers tend...

The Coquitlam Adanacs are the 2016 Minto Cup champions. A standout performance from goaltender Christian Del Bianco, who was named tournament MVP, helped guide them to a 6-5 overtime victory over the Orangeville Northmen in the deciding game of the best-of-five series.  Del Bianco, who played in the professional ranks with the NLL's Calgary Roughnecks this year, was far and above the best player on the floor. He turned away 60 shots and finished the tournament with a 5.49 GAA and .891 SV%.  While he made some unbelievable saves, his most talked about play will surely be the floor length shot that barely...

During the past two years of Canadian summer lacrosse I have grown closer to the box game than I have been since the 1980s and early 90s. For 25 years or more I was focused on playing and managing at the game's highest levels with that mindset. Senior lacrosse is a destination from years of playing minor lacrosse. It is quite a different game than the Junior game and levels below it.A new generation of lacrosse players has new gear and new choices, but the bottom line of passion for the game remains.Minor lacrosse is becoming more like hockey being...

The recent saga of Garrett Billings and the Toronto Rock was an eye opening gaze into the realities of what the NLL has become through evolution.  Here we had a player with a demand to play for a certain amount of pay plus bonuses and a team not willing to give in to any of his demands for its own reasons. Until a late offer from the Knighthawks, no other National Lacrosse League team came forward to offer the restricted free agent a contract. To me this was an indication that other NLL GMs didn't want to rock the boat...

In box or indoor lacrosse, multiple battles are fought just like in all contact sports. There are rivalries that run deep like a Bandits vs. Rock showdown and there are the wars waged inside the conflicts that take place with players standing up for the team flag or themselves.  Bad blood sells tickets, creates those rivalries and is good for the cause. I know it’s a slippery slope that we have to police what violence is taking it too far. It is true the National Lacrosse League has done a good job of getting rid of the head hunting and...