Dialed In: Your Lacrosse Fix for Thursday, Nov. 16

Thu Nov 16 2023 | Kenny DeJohn | Fuel
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Abby Bosco will captain a team at this week's AU exhibition at the IWLCA Presidents Cup. (Photo by Kait Devir)

Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:

1. Athletes Unlimited Lacrosse is testing possible rule changes.

At this week’s exhibition at the IWLCA Presidents Cup, the league is using the opportunity to explore achieving league goals of emphasizing safety, cleaning up the game visually, prioritizing elite skills and quality of play, and improving the flow of the game.

You can see the rule changes in the post below.

Athletes Unlimited Lacrosse plans to put new rules and scoring system changes to the test at the upcoming exhibition game presented by Nike

https://t.co/xtMjOXf5L6 pic.twitter.com/NnpPBm4G6I

— Athletes Unlimited (@AUProSports) November 15, 2023

2. The NLL is returning to Québec.

The NLL UnBOXed Series marquee event game will featured the Toronto Rock and New York Riptide playing on Friday, February 16, 2024, at the Place Bell in Laval, Québec.

More here.

3. It’s been a big month for NLL news, and it continued yesterday.

ESPN will broadcast 10 NLL games on linear channels, starting with a December 2 game between the Philadelphia Wings and the Riptide on ESPN2.

Every game in the regular season and playoffs will appear on ESPN+ in the U.S. and TSN+ in Canada.

Full broadcast schedule here.

WHAT WE’RE READING

In an interesting twist, the Penn goalie who was on the receiving end of the famous “Air Gait” in 1988 has founded a timepiece company — AXIA Time — that is helping Gary Gait make custom watches to commemorate Syracuse’s legacy.
We continued our 2023-24 team-by-team NLL preview with a look at the Calgary Roughnecks.
Inside Lacrosse dropped its “Power 100” incoming freshmen rankings.
Inside Lacrosse’s Terry Foy and Dan Kaplan caught the back end of a Princeton men’s practice and shared the sights and sounds.
Puzzle answers to our November/December edition’s “Free Play” section.