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Lacrosse Links: College Lacrosse 2010 Now On Sale

In case you haven’t already heard, College Lacrosse 2010 has been released to the XBox Live Indie Game Channel. The cost for the game is $5 and can be downloaded by going into “game marketplace” on your XBox Live, scrolling up to “indie games” and selecting CL2010 from “new arrivals.”

So far, comments about the game seem pretty positive, as fans have sounded off on the official Facebook fan page, which has more than 55,000 fans. Get more information about the game by visiting collegelacrosse2010.com.
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The life & times of Curt Styres, John Grant not going anywhere, plus the links

Curt Styres at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena in Six Nations. (Photo: NY Times)

“If you wanted to eat tomorrow, you had to work.”

That quote was pulled from an extensive retrospective on Rochester Knighthawks owner and general manager, Curt Styres, who was profiled in The Rochester Business Journal earlier this month.

Styres talks about growing up in Six Nations, working for everything he had throughout his life both young and old, his recent venture into the professional sports scene through both the Knighthawks and American Hockey League’s Rochester Americans, and as The Rochester Business Journal puts it, a promise for a Champion’s Cup in Rochester this upcoming season. After the jump, check out more from the Styres feature, plus the links. READ MORE »

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Lacrosse Links: Greer chats it up with Rand Ball

Newly-signed Minnesota Swarm forward Zack Greer has been all over the Twin Cities in recent days promoting the upcoming season (Hey, if you’re the poster boy for the franchise, you’d better believe you’re going to hustle during the press tours). READ MORE »

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Lacrosse Links: Thompsons to Albany

In one of the biggest bombshells in the short history of high-profile recruiting in NCAA lacrosse, IL’s Geoff Shannon reported last night that No. 1 ranked rising junior Lyle Thompson verbally committed to the University of Albany and coach Scott Marr. Thompson, a middie who faces off, finished his sophomore season at LaFayette (N.Y.) in a championship game loss to Manhasset. He’s also been a staple for Akwesasne and was a member of the Iroquois U-19 Team.

Miles Thompson, a senior attackman and Lyle’s brother, signed a National Letter of Intent to Albany yesterday, as well, as did cousin Ty, an attackman from Salmon River (N.Y.). The decision comes as a surprise to many who expected Miles and Lyle to follow older brother Jeremy, a former NJCAA All-American middie at Onondaga CC (N.Y.), to Syracuse.
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Lacrosse Links: Greer signs contract with Minnesota

Big news out of the Land of a Thousand Lakes, as the Minnesota Swarm officially inked Zack Greer, the No. 3 2009 Entry Draft pick, to a three-year contract. READ MORE »

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Cory Bomberry signs with Rochester, Bruce Urban helps out, plus the links

Cory Bomberry with the Champion's Cup in '08. (Photo: Larry Palumbo)

There were a couple days after the second Gavin Prout trade last week when the Rochester Knighthawks didn’t come up on the league’s transaction rundown, so the Hawks fixed that faux pas by signing Cory “The Bomber” Bomberry to a two year contract, changing their offensive landscape once again on the heels of the start of the 2010 National Lacrosse League season.

“Cory is a great team player and we are glad that he will be playing with the Knighthawks,” said Rochester Owner and GM Curt Styres last Friday when the signing was officially announced. “We look forward to him getting his share of goals. He has a great outside shot and is a good passer.” READ MORE »

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Lacrosse Links: Vote for your favorite NLL’ers in IL’s Card Showdown

It’s bracket time over at IL.Com, as they start the vote-off for the favorite card from the December Issue Team of the Decade spread.

There’s a bunch of NLL’ers in contention, so check it out and vote for the first round today and check back for the results and second round voting in a week! Bracket READ MORE »

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Geoff Snider, Elev8 Lax stop by the IL offices

Geoff Snider and Elev8 Lax

Philadelphia Wings/Toronto Nationals face-off star Geoff Snider and his Elev8 Lax team stopped by the IL offices Friday (posing her under former Wings great Tom Marechek’s sweater).

Snider and his Elev8 team wer in the region competing in November Fallball tournaments, including the Lehigh event that’s scheduled for this Sunday. The boys stopped in for a quick tour before hitting ESPNZone. Geoff, meanwhile, has been rumored as the cover boy for IL’s NLL Preview edition.  READ MORE »

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For Your Friday: Not Your typical Links Post

TGIF, right?! Since it’s a light day on the links and we can only beat Gavin Prout’s travels across North America into the ground so much, here’s something a little different than what you’ll usually find in one of these posts.
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Lacrosse Links: Talking about the Prout trade

The internets (at least in Edmonton and Rochester) are buzzing with news of yesterday’s blockbuster trade that sent Gavin Prout west to Edmonton along with Dean Hill in exchange for draft picks. READ MORE »