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Dallas Suffers First Home Loss & Locks in First Playoff Appearance 8/3/18

August 3, 2018

Tom Coyne, Beat Writer Dallas Rattlers Lacrosse is Awesome Featured Image Photo Credit: Jerome Miron, Pretty Instant On Sunday July 23rd the Dallas Rattlers (10-3) played host to the NY Lizards (7-7) in the Ford Center, at The Star in Frisco, TX. Dallas had not lost a game yet in their home venue (5-0) and was looking to make it their eighth consecutive win and sixth home victory of the…

Another of Many Firsts for Dallas 7/18/18

July 18, 2018

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Tom Coyne, Beat Writer Dallas Rattlers Lacrosse is Awesome The Dallas Rattlers (9-2) are the first team to clinch a playoff berth for the 2018 MLL playoffs after avenging both of their defeats this season, the first by beating the Ohio Machine (3-8) on June 17th in a thrilling OT comeback 17-16; and by beating the Charlotte Hounds (6-6) Saturday afternoon July 7th by a score of 14-9, giving them…

Dallas Does it Again 6/23/18

June 24, 2018

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Tom Coyne, Beat Writer Dallas Rattlers Lacrosse is Awesome Major League Lacrosse was busy Saturday June 23 and so were the Rattlers or as I like to refer to them as the “Battlers”. If you have not been paying attention, there is a new sheriff in town. The Dallas Rattlers (8-2) the first team to win eight games in 2018. They won their third in a row and continue to…

Rattlers Keep Shakin’ 6/17/18

June 22, 2018

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Tom Coyne, Beat Writer Dallas Rattlers Lacrosse is Awesome On Father’s Day June 17, 2018 the Dallas Rattlers (7-2) hosted the league’s defending 2017 MLL champs the Ohio Machine (2-6) in front of 3,011 Rattlers fans at the Ford Center at The Star. This is the same venue where the struggling Machine (The ‘Sheen), won the Steinfeld Cup in August 2017. The Rattlers were in sole ownership of first

Cannons Can’t Fire on the Rattlers 6/7/18

June 9, 2018

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Tom Coyne, Beat Writer Dallas Rattlers Lacrosse is Awesome On Thursday, June 7th the MLL had a doubleheader on the schedule. First game up was the Denver Outlaws (4-4) hosting the league’s defending champs the Ohio Machine (2-4); and in the nightcap, the Dallas Rattlers (6-2), hosted the Boston Cannons (2-6). The Dallas Rattlers home field, the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, TX is an indoor venue and…

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Lax Year 5/28/18

May 28, 2018

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Tom Coyne, Lacrosse Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome Lacrosse is awesome, especially this time of the year. The NCAA lacrosse Final Four occurs on Memorial Day weekend, and if you have cable TV you were able to watch some of the greatest lacrosse of the year. Right from your favorite couch everyone was able to tune in on this great holiday to watch the 2018 NCAA Championship game between Yale and…

Machine Defend the Fortress 5/12/18

May 17, 2018

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Tom Coyne, Beat Writer Dallas Rattlers Lacrosse is Awesome On May 12th the Ohio Machine (2-1) played host to the Dallas Rattlers (3-2) at the Fortress Obetz in Ohio. The Fortress is one of the MLL’s premier venues, built and billed as a lacrosse-only stadium. There were 2,068 Machine fans in attendance to watch their 2017 MLL Champions go head to head against the newest team in the league. The…

Rattlers Moving; Shaking; and Scoring 5/5/18

May 5, 2018

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Tom Coyne, Beat Writer Dallas Rattlers Lacrosse is Awesome The MLL’s newest franchise, the Dallas Rattlers (2-1), have had a busy week, and will be back at it again tonight, when they travel to Boston to face the Cannons (0-2) at Harvard Stadium. On Friday April 27, they were in Charlotte to play the Hounds, the team that dismantled the Cannons 25-7 in their season opener. Dallas managed to score 12…

Dallas has a New Pro Sports Franchise in Town

April 29, 2018

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Tom Coyne, Beat Writer Dallas Rattlers Lacrosse is Awesome The Major League Lacrosse Dallas Rattlers, formerly the Rochester Rattlers have moved to Dallas. The Ford Center at The Star, in Frisco will be the Rattlers new home. In case you hadn’t heard this is where the Dallas Cowboys new practice facility is located.

The Battle at the Hive 4/8/18

April 11, 2018

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Tom Coyne, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome A great game of lacrosse happened at the Infinite Energy Arena in Atlanta when the Toronto Rock (7-8) came down to Georgia to face off against the Swarm (8-7) hoping to avoid a season sweep and joining New England in the NLL’s Eastern Division cellar. This was the NLL/Twitter Game of the Week. Both teams entered the contest with identical records (7-7) and…

The Swarm Halts the Bandits 3/18/18

March 20, 2018

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Tom Coyne, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome The last time the Buffalo Bandits (6-7) played the Georgia Swarm (6-7); they were at home in February and won big over the Swarm 19-8. Sunday March 18, they had to play away at “The Hive” in Georgia where 3,863 fans were buzzing on Hero Night. The Swarm needed this win but so did Buffalo. A win for Georgia would get them out…

Covering the Dallas Rattlers, Lacrosse is Awesome Welcomes Tom & Nick Coyne 12/15/17

December 14, 2017

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Tom Coyne, Beat Writer Dallas Rattlers Nick Coyne, Photographer Rochester Rattler Lacrosse is Awesome Logo Property of the Dallas Rattlers Tom Coyne grew up on Long Island; played Lacrosse at Ward Melville High School; and was a member of the 1978 New York State High School LAX Championship squad (24-0). He was also the Team Captain for Suffolk County Community College 1980. Tom participated in tournaments from The World Cup…

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