Non-hockey alumni in the pros

[Roy 82]

Now THIS is annoying. Yes, I know he is not alumni.

What part(s) of it are annoying? (a) Mark Cuban, (b) Jeremy Lin, (c) Lin's parents, or (d) all of the above.

I vote for
e) including a link with no explanation of what you might expect to find.

Clicking is such hard work. I might get RSI.

[phillysportsfan]

Now THIS is annoying. Yes, I know he is not alumni.

What part(s) of it are annoying? (a) Mark Cuban, (b) Jeremy Lin, (c) Lin's parents, or (d) all of the above.

D. all of the above

[Josh '99]

The MLL All-Star Game will be played Thursday July 8th at 7pm at Harvard Stadium and televised on ESPN2; the game will be played between the MLL All-Stars and the US Men's National Team (most of whom also play in MLL).  After playing in the MLL ASG, the USMNT, which includes Seibald and Ryan McClay, will travel to Manchester, England, for the 2010 edition of the quadrennial FIL World Lacrosse Championships, starting July 15th.  The team will attempt to recapture a championship it won six times in a row from 1982-2002 before being defeated by Canada in 2006.

The MLL All-Star Game is in the books; Max Seibald and Ryan McClay's USA National Team beat the MLL All-Stars 13-12.  Seibald had a goal in the game and also was narrowly edged by Paul Rabil in the hardest shot event in the skills competition, which was held at halftime of the game.  (Both shot 111 mph, tying a record previously held by Rabil; in the tie breaker, Rabil hit 111 again but Seibald only managed 109.)

[Josh '99]

Thanks to Elie for reminding me that the World Lacrosse Championships are going on now.  Max Seibald and Ryan McClay and the USMNT are 4-1 in group play; they have blown out Australia (21-5), Germany (22-4), England (17-5) and Japan (19-5), but suffered a close loss (10-9) to Canada (their only real competition for the championship, it would seem).  Seibald, like many of the USA players, has put up a fair number of points against weaker competition (8 goals and 3 assists including the USA's first two goal of the tournament just 11 seconds into the game against Australia), but had just one assist against Canada.  McClay is listed as having played in all five of the USA's group matches, but I'm not sure how much time he's seeing; he's one of three players, along with backup goalie Brian Dougherty (Maryland '96) and defenseman D.J. Driscoll (Notre Dame '06) not to have any points or penalties.  (Still, there are only six defensemen on the roster, so it'd be surprising if he weren't logging at least SOME time.)  The USA and Canada were the top two finishers in the "Blue Division" (consisting of the strongest teams) and are in opposite semifinals to be played on Thursday.  Most likely they'll meet again in the championship game on Saturday.  (I believe this will be televised on ESPNU.)  

Additionally, as Elie mentioned in the 2011 lacrosse thread, recruit Sten Jernudd is playing for Sweden; he leads the team with 15 goals through five games, and has added 5 assists and 6 penalties.  (If I'm reading the tournament format right,) Sweden finished second in their division (which also included the Czech Republic, Italy and Mexico), were placed into a second round (called the "intermediate round" ) matchup with Ireland (who'd won their division), lost that game, then got the Czech Republic again and beat them after losing to them in divisional play (the Czechs had lost their second round matchup with Scotland, who'd also won their division).  This puts them in the 9th-12th place bracket, where they'll play Wales (group winners, beat Finland and lost to Holland in their second round bracket) and then either Ireland, Poland or Slovakia.  (The format of this tournament is complicated.)

Speaking of Poland, Brad Kamedulski '10, who played in three games for Cornell this past season, is part of the Polish team.  I don't know much about Kamedulski, but I'm assuming he's a defenseman since he has no points and 8 penalties through Poland's first four games.  Poland finished second in their group (which also included Finland, Bermuda and Denmark), won both of their intermediate round games against Bermuda and Slovakia, and now have a play-in game later today (1:30pm BST/8:30am EDT) against Finland (who won the division, beating Poland 12-11 in OT in the process), with the winner advancing to play Ireland in the semifinal of the 9th-12th bracket and the loser playing Spain in the semifinal of the 13th-16th place bracket.  (No, seriously, go on Wikipedia and take a look at the format of this tournament.  It's nutty, but then, you try coming up with a format for a tournament where there are two real contenders and 28 teams playing for third place.)

Last, Kamedulski and Seibald have both done some writing about the tournament for the Cornell athletics website.
 
(Also, does anyone know the in-game rules they use in this tournament?  If I'm reading these box scores right, they play 80 minute matches; is that correct?)

Edit to add:  And as I learned after reading Seibald's article, the legendary (I think I'm justified in using this word here) Richie Moran is the "Team Leader" of the Ireland national lacrosse team, and the President of the Irish Lacrosse Federation.

[Jim Hyla]

Thanks to Elie for reminding me that the World Lacrosse Championships are going on now.  Max Seibald and Ryan McClay and the USMNT are 4-1 in group play; they have blown out Australia (21-5), Germany (22-4), England (17-5) and Japan (19-5), but suffered a close loss (10-9) to Canada (their only real competition for the championship, it would seem).  Seibald, like many of the USA players, has put up a fair number of points against weaker competition (8 goals and 3 assists including the USA's first two goal of the tournament just 11 seconds into the game against Australia), but had just one assist against Canada.  McClay is listed as having played in all five of the USA's group matches, but I'm not sure how much time he's seeing; he's one of three players, along with backup goalie Brian Dougherty (Maryland '96) and defenseman D.J. Driscoll (Notre Dame '06) not to have any points or penalties.  (Still, there are only six defensemen on the roster, so it'd be surprising if he weren't logging at least SOME time.)  The USA and Canada were the top two finishers in the "Blue Division" (consisting of the strongest teams) and are in opposite semifinals to be played on Thursday.  Most likely they'll meet again in the championship game on Saturday.  (I believe this will be televised on ESPNU.)  

Additionally, as Elie mentioned in the 2011 lacrosse thread, recruit Sten Jernudd is playing for Sweden; he leads the team with 15 goals through five games, and has added 5 assists and 6 penalties.  (If I'm reading the tournament format right,) Sweden finished second in their division (which also included the Czech Republic, Italy and Mexico), were placed into a second round (called the "intermediate round" ) matchup with Ireland (who'd won their division), lost that game, then got the Czech Republic again and beat them after losing to them in divisional play (the Czechs had lost their second round matchup with Scotland, who'd also won their division).  This puts them in the 9th-12th place bracket, where they'll play Wales (group winners, beat Finland and lost to Holland in their second round bracket) and then either Ireland, Poland or Slovakia.  (The format of this tournament is complicated.)

Speaking of Poland, Brad Kamedulski '10, who played in three games for Cornell this past season, is part of the Polish team.  I don't know much about Kamedulski, but I'm assuming he's a defenseman since he has no points and 8 penalties through Poland's first four games.  Poland finished second in their group (which also included Finland, Bermuda and Denmark), won both of their intermediate round games against Bermuda and Slovakia, and now have a play-in game later today (1:30pm BST/8:30am EDT) against Finland (who won the division, beating Poland 12-11 in OT in the process), with the winner advancing to play Ireland in the semifinal of the 9th-12th bracket and the loser playing Spain in the semifinal of the 13th-16th place bracket.  (No, seriously, go on Wikipedia and take a look at the format of this tournament.  It's nutty, but then, you try coming up with a format for a tournament where there are two real contenders and 28 teams playing for third place.)

Last, Kamedulski and Seibald have both done some writing about the tournament for the Cornell athletics website.
 
(Also, does anyone know the in-game rules they use in this tournament?  If I'm reading these box scores right, they play 80 minute matches; is that correct?)

Edit to add:  And as I learned after reading Seibald's article, the legendary (I think I'm justified in using this word here) Richie Moran is the "Team Leader" of the Ireland national lacrosse team, and the President of the Irish Lacrosse Federation.

To many of us in Syracuse, the main headline from this tourney, as reported here by IL, is that they would not let the Iroquois team enter the country, so they could not participate in the game they started. I thought it would have been interesting if the teams from the US and Canada refused to play.

[Josh '99]

Thanks to Elie for reminding me that the World Lacrosse Championships are going on now.  Max Seibald and Ryan McClay and the USMNT are 4-1 in group play; they have blown out Australia (21-5), Germany (22-4), England (17-5) and Japan (19-5), but suffered a close loss (10-9) to Canada (their only real competition for the championship, it would seem).  Seibald, like many of the USA players, has put up a fair number of points against weaker competition (8 goals and 3 assists including the USA's first two goal of the tournament just 11 seconds into the game against Australia), but had just one assist against Canada.  McClay is listed as having played in all five of the USA's group matches, but I'm not sure how much time he's seeing; he's one of three players, along with backup goalie Brian Dougherty (Maryland '96) and defenseman D.J. Driscoll (Notre Dame '06) not to have any points or penalties.  (Still, there are only six defensemen on the roster, so it'd be surprising if he weren't logging at least SOME time.)  The USA and Canada were the top two finishers in the "Blue Division" (consisting of the strongest teams) and are in opposite semifinals to be played on Thursday.  Most likely they'll meet again in the championship game on Saturday.  (I believe this will be televised on ESPNU.)  

Additionally, as Elie mentioned in the 2011 lacrosse thread, recruit Sten Jernudd is playing for Sweden; he leads the team with 15 goals through five games, and has added 5 assists and 6 penalties.  (If I'm reading the tournament format right,) Sweden finished second in their division (which also included the Czech Republic, Italy and Mexico), were placed into a second round (called the "intermediate round" ) matchup with Ireland (who'd won their division), lost that game, then got the Czech Republic again and beat them after losing to them in divisional play (the Czechs had lost their second round matchup with Scotland, who'd also won their division).  This puts them in the 9th-12th place bracket, where they'll play Wales (group winners, beat Finland and lost to Holland in their second round bracket) and then either Ireland, Poland or Slovakia.  (The format of this tournament is complicated.)

Speaking of Poland, Brad Kamedulski '10, who played in three games for Cornell this past season, is part of the Polish team.  I don't know much about Kamedulski, but I'm assuming he's a defenseman since he has no points and 8 penalties through Poland's first four games.  Poland finished second in their group (which also included Finland, Bermuda and Denmark), won both of their intermediate round games against Bermuda and Slovakia, and now have a play-in game later today (1:30pm BST/8:30am EDT) against Finland (who won the division, beating Poland 12-11 in OT in the process), with the winner advancing to play Ireland in the semifinal of the 9th-12th bracket and the loser playing Spain in the semifinal of the 13th-16th place bracket.  (No, seriously, go on Wikipedia and take a look at the format of this tournament.  It's nutty, but then, you try coming up with a format for a tournament where there are two real contenders and 28 teams playing for third place.)

Last, Kamedulski and Seibald have both done some writing about the tournament for the Cornell athletics website.
 
(Also, does anyone know the in-game rules they use in this tournament?  If I'm reading these box scores right, they play 80 minute matches; is that correct?)

Edit to add:  And as I learned after reading Seibald's article, the legendary (I think I'm justified in using this word here) Richie Moran is the "Team Leader" of the Ireland national lacrosse team, and the President of the Irish Lacrosse Federation.

To many of us in Syracuse, the main headline from this tourney, as reported here by IL, is that they would not let the Iroquois team enter the country, so they could not participate in the game they started. I thought it would have been interesting if the teams from the US and Canada refused to play.

You're right, that's probably the big news item to catch the eye of non-lacrosse fans as well, and I was going to mention that as well except that the discussion of our alumni got longer than I thought it would be once I decided to include Jernudd and Kamedulski (and had to start trying to parse the format of the tournament), and it was late and I was tired.  ::snore::

[ugarte]

Now THIS is annoying. Yes, I know he is not alumni.

What part(s) of it are annoying? (a) Mark Cuban, (b) Jeremy Lin, (c) Lin's parents, or (d) all of the above.

D. all of the above

I have to say, now that Lin is signing a contract with Golden State - with some guaranteed money, to boot - I think it is pretty cool. Good thing Amaker is a horrible coach (and Donohue was a great one).

I should also say that I was particularly peeved when I saw that Lin had a summer league deal but Wittman did not. Soon after, Wittman played for both the Celtics' (IIRC) and Knicks' summer league teams. According to a friend who is a summer league/NBDL junkie, Wittman did not impress but Lin did.

[Beeeej]

I should also say that I was particularly peeved when I saw that Lin had a summer league deal but Wittman did not. Soon after, Wittman played for both the Celtics' (IIRC) and Knicks' summer league teams. According to a friend who is a summer league/NBDL junkie, Wittman did not impress but Lin did.

The one time I saw a Knicks summer league game on TV, Wittman didn't get any playing time at all.  I caught a two-second glimpse of him going into the locker room at halftime, that was it.  Hard to impress when you're not on the court.

[ugarte]

I should also say that I was particularly peeved when I saw that Lin had a summer league deal but Wittman did not. Soon after, Wittman played for both the Celtics' (IIRC) and Knicks' summer league teams. According to a friend who is a summer league/NBDL junkie, Wittman did not impress but Lin did.

The one time I saw a Knicks summer league game on TV, Wittman didn't get any playing time at all.  I caught a two-second glimpse of him going into the locker room at halftime, that was it.  Hard to impress when you're not on the court.

If you don't impress in practice you don't get on the court. Playing time is a privilege, not a right.

[TimV]

(Also, does anyone know the in-game rules they use in this tournament?  If I'm reading these box scores right, they play 80 minute matches; is that correct?)

They play 4 20 minute quarters, but it's running time.  Like soccer without the add-on injury fall-to-the-ground-and act-like-a-fish-out-of-water time

[Josh '99]

As expected, the USA defeated Japan in the semifinals of the World Lacrosse Championships and will face Canada in the finals on Saturday.  The USA had defeated Japan 19-5 in group play two days ago, and won by a 20-5 score today.  Max Seibald had a goal and an assist in the game; Ryan McClay had two penalties, but I suppose he can be forgiven for distracted play as, according to the Lacrosse Magazine live blog of the game, his wife had given birth to the couple's first child earlier in the day.  Congratulations Ryan!

In the other semifinal, Canada downed Australia 15-6, also no surprise given that they'd previously beaten the Aussies 19-5 in group play.  As I mentioned previously, Saturday's championship game will be broadcast live on ESPNU starting at 11am EDT.

[Josh '99]

Congratulations to Max Seibald and Ryan McClay, who are world champions (McClay for the second time) after the USA's 12-10 win over Canada earlier today.  I didn't remember to record the game, but tuned in with a few minutes left to see Seibald be the guy the coach picked to have the ball in his stick off restarts late in the fourth quarter with the USA defending a slender lead.  He was held off the scoreboard, but I'm not sure why he wasn't credited with an assist for setting up Mike Leveille's late insurance goal.  Leveille and Paul Rabil each had hat tricks for the USA.

[Al DeFlorio]

Seibald and McClay named to the All-World team:  http://insidelacrosse.com/news/2010/07/24/fil-world-championships-paul-rabil-headlines-all-world-awards

[billhoward]

Team USA uniforms were colorful. Carl Sagan probably wore underwear like that, with all the stars.

[clear]

[Roy 82]

Team USA uniforms were colorful. Carl Sagan probably wore underwear like that, with all the stars.

That's a lot of stars. If Carl Sagan had to guess, how many stars do you think he would say are on the shorts?:-D