As week six of the PLL’s inaugural season headed to the nation’s capital, the Chrome found themselves sitting at the bottom of the standings winless through five games. Out of their five losses four had come by a single goal, and the other by just two. “I think at that point in...
This Week In Pro Lacrosse History: Denver Outlaws set MLL attendance record
A Denver Outlaws home game has become a sort of tradition in the Mile High City for July 4. Since 2006 the MLL club has hosted Mile High July, featuring an Outlaws game followed by fireworks. Each year the game has drawn more than 25,000 fans, but July 4, 2015 was one for the record books. With the...
This Week in Pro Lacrosse History: Maryland-Hopkins rivalry goes pro
Week four of the PLL’s inaugural season saw the league head to Homewood Field on the campus of Johns Hopkins University. The main attraction of the weekend was the professional version of the Johns Hopkins and University of Maryland rivalry as the Blue Jay-heavy Atlas took on the Terp-heavy...
This Week in Lacrosse History: John Grant Jr. breaks MLL all-time scoring record
Week three of the 2019 Major League Lacrosse season was a big one for John Grant Jr. as the Denver Outlaw attackman set the MLL all-time scoring record as his team topped the Atlanta Blaze 18-16 in Atlanta on June 8, 2019. Grant Jr. headed into the game with 595 career points, only one point shy of...
This Week in Lacrosse History: Stephen Kelly and Taylor Quinn score first goals in PLL and WPLL
Taylor Quinn Nets First Goal in WPLL History | June 2, 2018 The WPLL kicked off the inaugural season on June 2, 2018 with four of the league’s five teams in action. The New York Fight and New England Command got the honors as the league’s first game as they kicked things off in...
Lacrosse History: A look back at the National Lacrosse Association of 1968
Steve Holroyd of CrosseCheck.com delves into the National Lacrosse Association of 1968 as part of Pro Lacrosse Talk’s “Lacrosse History” series. In 1959, the world of professional sports was pretty easy to navigate. Major League Baseball had 16 teams—equal numbers in the National...
