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Off the Crossebar Podcast with Kevin Alexander, aka ‘Alexander the Great’

When you ask people for the names of their top five athletes of all time, many will give you a laundry list of the who’s who in sports, the creme-de-la-creme and for the most part, while it’s fairly predictable, it’s still pretty subjective to their own personal memories and ideals. Well when NBA All-Star and 2-time MVP Steve Nash was asked during half time of an NBA game who his top five  faves were, he threw almost everyone for a loop.

This week on the Off the Crossebar Podcast, we go one-on-one with one of the greatest players you may never have heard of and that’s not a slap in the face to Kevin Alexander, it’s just that in the two years he played in Buffalo during the old MILL days, he was on a team full of Eastern all-stars, hall of famers in their own right and one guy who’s actually still playing, if you can believe it. But for Alexander, who’s already in the Canadian Lacrosse and Victoria Sports Hall of Fames, his most recent induction could be one of the most memorable. READ MORE »

CLA announces Team Canada roster for game against Ohio State on January 20

The Canadian Lacrosse Association has announced the 22 players that will represent Team Canada against Ohio State University on Sunday, January 20. This will be the second game in a series of events leading up to the selection camp for the 2014 World Field Lacrosse Championships. Team Canada defeated the United States, 11-9, at the ‘Duel in the Denver” in September. The game is at 1 p.m. at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center in Columbus. READ MORE »

Off the Crosse-Bar Podcast with 4x Hall of Fame member Tom ‘Hollywood’ Marechek

His lacrosse career spans both coasts, has taken him all over the world and allowed him to play in some of the biggest venues in lacrosse, played for some of the biggest trophies, with the best of the best and managed to score a highlight real goal or two. He gave goaltenders fits and brought fans, especially those in Victoria and Philadelphia to their feet over and over again with his patented behind the back shot.

Now the Victoria, BC native who resides just outside of Baltimore continues to mold future lacrosse stars at the Friends of Baltimore school as well as with his All-Pro lacrosse camps for over a decade. You could debate for hours who’s the greatest to ever play the game, and there are many factors to each argument however when it comes to creativity and stick skills, Marechek is right at the top of everyone’s list. This week on the OTCB podcast we go one-on-one with Hollywood! READ MORE »

Let’s show how strong the Lacrosse Family really is- Help Kyle Miller BEAT IT

Dear Friends and Family,

As some of you know, Kyle Miller has been battling a rare form of sarcoma bone cancer and he needs our help.  Over the last year Kyle has undergone several types of chemotherapy treatment, but unfortunately he’s had little success in shrinking his tumours.  Kyle is desperate to seek treatment that will cure him from this deadly disease; however surgery is not an option for him at this point and he’s already exhausted the most promising treatments available within Canada and the US.

Over the last few months, Kyle has researched treatment options abroad that show promise in treating sarcoma cancer.  He believes that a treatment called Immunepheresis, only offered by oncologist Dr. Rigdon Lentz in Germany, gives him the best hope (please visit:www.immunologyfoundation.org/Immunepheresisprogram for more detailed information on Immunepheresis). READ MORE »

Team Canada makes history as they hand Team USA their first ever loss at the U19 World Field Lacrosse Championships

If you were to head over the U19 World Field Lacrosse Championship home page and check out the Team USA team preview, the headline reads “Unbeatable? Team USA is a big favorite”. Well that may have been the case coming into the tournament, but a 24 year unbeaten streak might have been weighing on the young shoulders of the defending champs who had never lost a game in the U19 tournament since the first one back in 1988 in Adelaide, Australia.

Well the round robin game between Team USA and Team Canada, was an instant classic and has really set the tone for the rest of the tournament. Team Canada only trailed once and that was a 9-8 score early in the first overtime period as the teams battled for every inch of turf in Turku, Finland today.

Team Canada seemed to have the game in complete control but the gritty Americans out scored the boys in Red and White 4-1 in the fourth quarter to send the game to extra lacrosse. In the International game, they play two four minute periods to decide and winner and if its still tied, they would then move to sudden-victory. Bu that wouldn’t be the case. READ MORE »

Chris Sanderson’s Funeral Monday; Information for Donations

The funeral for the late Chris Sanderson will be Monday at 2 p.m., at Princeton University Chapel in Princeton, N.J., with a reception following at Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart on The Great Road in the Manor House. Both are open to the public, though Chris’s wife Brogann has requested through their CaringBridge page that people respect the privacy of her and daughters Stevie and Clementine as they go through this trying time.

Sanderson passed away early Thursday morning after battling brain cancer since late 2008. He was 38.

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