Category Archives: Playoffs
Matt Landis Defends Notre Dame Lead
Matt Landis’ outstanding defensive performance helped prevent Albany from catching up to Notre Dame’s lead in the NCAA lacrosse quarterfinals. Albany’s Thompson was a threat to the Fighting Irish throughout the game, but Matt Landis controlled his defense by not allowing the Albany strategy to lure his teammates out of position. A timely lightning delay […]
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Matt Landis and the Fighting Irish Own Lacrosse This Year
Matt Landis, lacrosse player of note for the University of Notre Dame, has won the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) 2015 Defensive Player of the Year. As previously reported on PR Newswire, what is even more telling is this nomination is voted by the league’s head coaches, perhaps no greater honor. Previously Mr. Landis had won […]
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Oakland Acquires Clippard from Nats
Oakland A’s infamous GM Billy Beane showed on Wednesday that he is not done molding his 2015 roster. Bean continued an offseason of wheelin’ and dealin’ by completing another trade. This time it was with the Washington Nationals. The A’s have acquired reliever Typer Clippard from the Nationals in exchange for shortstop Yunel Escobar. Escobar […]
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Giants beat Cardinals in the 10th, Lead the NLCS 2-1
St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher Randy Choate’s wide throw to first base in the 10th inning allowed Brandon Crawford to score the winning run for the San Francisco Giants. The Giants won 5-4 in 10 innings. The best-of-seven NLCS is now 2-1 in favor of the Giants. The inning started out with a walk by […]
Wounded Soldier Honors Fellow Veterans With First Pitch
Ahead of Game 2 between the Washington Nationals and the San Francisco Giants, we saw one of the most touching tributes ever done for the first pitch ceremony. Wounded veteran, Sgt First Class Brian Keaton, threw out the first pitch in the same way a soldier would throw a grenade, while taking enemy fire. The […]