Sports
Long considered an elite East Coast niche game, lacrosse has gained a foothold in the L.A. market with a pro team, the AEG-owned Riptide.
June 4, 2006
Growing popularity of lacrosse brings college showcase to Southland
March 11, 2005
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James Balagot, 13, of Irvine and Mitch Fenton, 33, of Rancho Santa Margarita both learned how to play lacrosse from their older brothers in Long Island, N.Y.
Nov. 23, 1990
Lacrosse’s lineage traces to the era of the birch canoe.
June 16, 2011
Los Angeles is more than 800 miles away from the nearest professional lacrosse team, the Denver Outlaws, one of three Major League Lacrosse teams outside the East Coast.
Nov. 9, 2018
High School Sports
People, places and things associated with lacrosse: sticks, helmets, fast feet, finesse, near-naked Indians, beer, Jim Brown, Canada, the Eastern Seaboard, Johns Hopkins University and Whittier College.
May 1, 1986
Ranked last among the nation’s high school boys’ lacrosse teams, the Rams of Wilmington (Del.)
Feb. 3, 2006
Olympics
The IOC votes to include baseball, softball, flag football, cricket, squash and lacrosse as official sports for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games.
Oct. 16, 2023
Adam Ghitelman thought the quarter was over.
July 6, 2017
The Whittier College men’s lacrosse team is making its way out of obscurity.
April 14, 1993