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Monday February 1st, 2021 8:00am (Photo by Natalie Ledonne/Duke Athletics) You’ll be provided lots of excuses in 2021. The storyline of "who didn’t play because of COVID" will be a weekly lede. It’s everybody’s headline, but you’ll hear it conveniently used by losers, those that came up short. On gameday, you have all you need. Adapt. Be flexible. Overcome. Enjoy. A trio of games will be televised this weekend — 3 p.m. Friday, Denver at Duke;  4 p.m. Saturday, Towson at Virginia; a...

Penn State men’s lacrosse came in at No. 7 on Inside Lacrosse’s preseason top 20 ranking Tuesday morning. Penn State is one of two Big Ten teams to be given a top 10 preseason ranking by Inside Lacrosse. Maryland was given a national ranking of No. 2 The Nittany Lions 2020 campaign was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic last season, and the team lost many outstanding players during the offseason. The first name that comes to mind in that department is Grant Ament, who graduated and began ...

After posting the Ohio State preview, its only fair to do a rundown of the entire conference so we can contextualize what the Buckeyes are facing this season. With what will most likely be a conference-only schedule on the docket, Ohio State is going to be facing an absolute murderers row of talent every week. And it will certainly be a challenge to reach the 6 wins needed to get to the conference tournament. Especially since so much talent has coalesced at the top of the conference. Each team...

Typically, I avoid comparisons between sports and warfare. A lacrosse game is not “a war.” Players aren’t “soldiers.” It’s not life or death on Homewood Field — it is in the mountains of Northern Afghanistan. Serving in Northern Afghanistan only re-emphasized that and re-energized his love for lacrosse. There’s something about a team, everyone working to a common goal, everyone playing their part, sharing in glory and disappointments, having those shared experiences, that really...