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Justin and Friends NLL Picks Week 3 -12/14/2019

December 14, 2019
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Justin Ivey, NLL CorrespondentLacrosse is Awesome© Standings: Shawn Palmer 5-1 Justin Ivey 4-2 Chris Vale 4-2 Stephonya Hunter-Penner 2-4 Pretty straight forward Week 2 for the NLL.  The expansion New York team struggled as expected against Halifax, a team whose core has been together for years.  New England showed that they are a team to be watched this year, beating the Rock in Toronto.  San Diego kept it close, but…

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National Lacrosse League and B/R Live to Offer Live “Game of the Week” Available for Free Across B/R Live, Twitter & Facebook 12/11/19

December 11, 2019
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 All 13 NLL teams to be featured to a global audience starting on Saturday, December 14 Philadelphia, December 11, 2019 – The National Lacrosse League (@NLL), the largest and longest-standing professional lacrosse league in the world, and its global media partner B/R Live today announced a wider expansion of NLL live game coverage across multiple platforms, with the launch of the NLL “Game of the Week” streaming for free across…

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Georgia Swarm’s Over Rochester in Inaugural Home-Opener 11/30/19

December 1, 2019
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Christopher Crane, Correspondent Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Credit: Micheline V/ Rochester Knighthawks The Rochester Knighthawks (0-1) would begin their inaugural season by playing host to the Georgia Swarm (1-0) at the Blue Cross Arena in front of a crowd of 5,642.  Unfortunately for Rochester; Georgia would be a bit much for them to handle as the Swarm would go on to win 14-4.

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Justin and Friends NLL Picks Week 1 – 11/29/2019

November 29, 2019
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Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The new season is upon us!  With two expansion teams added for the second year in a row, the field has changed yet again – including division realignment.  Just means more picks for us this year, our second year doing weekly picks.  I invited some fellow writers to help me with the playoffs last season, and this season they will be here each…

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Toronto Shuts Out the Lights in Georgia, Advance to Round Two 5/6/19

May 7, 2019
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Shawn Palmer, Correspondent Toronto Rock Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Georgia Swarm On May 6, the Toronto Rock (1-0) travelled to Georgia (0-1) to face the Swarm in the Eastern Semi-Final for a rare Monday night lacrosse game.  Playing in front of 8,862 fans at the Infinite Energy Arena the visitors escaped with a win as Toronto pulled away in the second half and held on during a…

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Justin and Friends Playoff Picks – Round 1 5/3/19

May 3, 2019
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A few of us at Lacrosse is Awesome are here to deliver our predictions for the first round of the NLL playoffs.  In this first round, it is win or go home! West Division Colorado Mammoth (4) at Saskatchewan Rush (1) Friday, May 3 at 9:30 PM EST Justin Ivey These two teams are meeting for the second week in a row.  In the last week of the regular season,…

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The Wings Were Keeper of the Hive in Georgia 4/20/19

April 21, 2019
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Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© On a warm night in Georgia, the Swarm (12-6) would host their Eastern Division rivals, the Philadelphia Wings (4-14) in front of a crowd of 8,735 hometown fans for their final game in the regular season.  Georgia looked sloppy in last night’s contest, especially for a team that needed the win to clinch the number one seed in the NLL East, and Philadelphia…

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NLL Playoff Clinching Scenarios 4/18/19

April 18, 2019
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MEDIA ADVISORY April 18, 2019 Philadelphia, April 18, 2019 – The National Lacrosse League has released playoff clinching scenarios ahead of the final two weeks of the regular season. Both the Colorado Mammoth (6-10) and Vancouver Warriors (5-11) can still clinch playoff berths. •      Colorado Mammoth (6-10) can clinch a postseason berth with one win, either vs. San Diego on Friday or vs. Saskatchewan on April 27 or with one…

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The Dobbie & Dickson Show in Roughnecks Victory 4/12/19

April 17, 2019
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Marcelo A. Sagüez, Correspondent Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Candice Ward The Calgary Roughnecks (9-8) put together back-to-back wins over the last two weekends, this time against the visiting Eastern Division Georgia Swarm (12-5) in a back and forth scoring game. Over 11,800 in the seats and a multitude of event dressed fans attended Hero Night in Calgary all the while enjoying an edge of your…

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Justin’s NLL Picks Week Eighteen 4/12/19

April 12, 2019
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Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Weeks 1-9: 25-19 Week Ten: 4-2 Week Eleven: 2-1 Week Twelve: 4-0 Week Thirteen: 3-1 Week Fourteen: 4-2 Week Fifteen: 4-3 Week Sixteen: 2-2 Week Seventeen: 4-1 Season Total: 52-31 Last week the picks did not get in with enough time to post.  I blame my wife and her birthday on Saturday, but don’t tell her that.  I was confident in my selections,…

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Swarm Don’t Let Rock Clinch Just Yet 3/22/19

March 23, 2019
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Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Toronto Rock The Toronto Rock (8-4) visited the Georgia Swarm (11-4) with the hopes of clinching a playoff berth.  With a win in either of their two games this weekend, they’re in.  The two-day stretch couldn’t have started any worse.  Toronto struggled mightily and Georgia led from start to finish in a blowout as Randy Staats finished with 10…

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