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Lois Garlow of the Haudenosaunee Nationals lacrosse team heads toward the sideline during a match against Canada at the World Games in Birmingham, Ala., July 24, 2022. Members of the Haudenosaunee are hopeful they will have a chance to play the sport their people invented when lacrosse returns to the Olympics in 2028 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Paul Newberry)

Lacrosse at the Olympics gives Native Americans a chance to see their sport shine

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

Kim Russell, head coach of the Oberlin women's lacrosse team in Ohio, said school officials harangued her and pressured her to recant over a 2022 Instagram post expressing opposition to biological males who identify as female competing in women's sports. She appeared in an August 2023 documentary by the Independent Women's Forum called "Burned at the Stake: One NCAA Coach's Battle to Protect Women's Sports." (Photo courtesy of the Independent Women's Forum)

Oberlin coach says she was rebuked, shamed over post defending women in sports

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Jared Bernhardt (83) runs through a drill during the teams open practice in Atlanta, Ga. Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. Just two years after being honored as the nation’s top college lacrosse player, Bernhardt is trying to make it as an NFL receiver with the Atlanta Falcons. (AP Photo/Todd Kirkland, File) **FILE**

Former Terrapin Bernhardt goes from lacrosse star to NFL long shot

By Paul Newberry - Associated Press

Maryland attack Anthony DeMaio (16) celebrates his goal against Cornell during the first half of the NCAA college men's lacrosse championship game, Monday, May 30, 2022, in East Hartford, Conn. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

Maryland lacrosse continues dominance thanks to backyard hotbed

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

Professional lacrosse leagues PLL and MLL are merging

Associated Press

FILE - Fans cheer as the Michigan team takes the field at Michigan Stadium for an NCAA college football game against Wisconsin in Ann Arbor, Mich., Oct. 13, 2018. Michigan's Big House will be sitting empty when the leaves start to change this fall. From Ann Arbor to Los Angeles to Oxford, that most American of pursuits, college football, has either given up hope of getting in a traditional season or is flinging what amounts to a Hail Mary pass in a desperate attempt to hang on in the age of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Tony Ding, File)

Virus toll on sports: 3,000-plus football games, sport cuts

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Premier Lacrosse League ready to showcase its stuff on NBC

By JOHN KEKIS - Associated Press

List of college teams cut because of coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

UMass-Dartmouth cuts 8 athletic teams; not virus related

Associated Press

List of college teams cut because of coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2019, file photo, runners compete in the men's NCAA Division I Cross-Country Championships in Terre Haute, Ind. Four-year colleges facing budget shortfalls stemming from the coronavirus outbreak have eliminated a total of nearly 100 sports programs since March. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler, File)

List of college teams cut because of coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Maryland high school athletes lose vital time in pandemic

By KEVIN BROWN of Capital News Service - Associated Press

In this March 13, 2020 photo, Creighton NCAA college baseball pitchers Ben Dotzler, top center, and Tommy Steier, second right, watch President Trump declare a national emergency to combat the coronavirus pandemic, in the player lounge in Omaha, Neb. Dotzler was supposed to be in the bullpen at TD Ameritrade Park this weekend readying himself to pitch against Northern Colorado, Everything changed for hm and thousands of other college athletes when the NCAA announced March 12, 2020, it was canceling all spring sports championships, along with remaining winter championships, as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

For these athletes, this is a spring break they don’t want

By ERIC OLSON - Associated Press

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick takes questions from reporters before an NFL football practice, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) ** FILE **

Bill Belichick to be given key to the city of Annapolis

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

The 2019 DC Sports Hall of Fame class is inducted in a special ceremony on Sunday, June 23, 2019 at Nationals Park in Washington, DC. (Paul Kim/Washington Nationals)

Cathy Reese, Sasho Cirovski, Terrapin icons, honored

By Rina Torchinsky - The Washington Times

In this 2017 photo provided by Franky Jackson, members of the Lightning Stick Society lacrosse team pose with their 2017 Dakota Premier Lacrosse League championship trophy. The team is one of three that was kicked out of the youth league this year amid concerns about racial abuse. (Franky Jackson via AP)

Native American lacrosse teams leagueless in South Dakota

By BLAKE NICHOLSON - Associated Press

Former George Fox women’s lacrosse coach sues university

Associated Press

In this March 19, 2018 photo, Parker Nork's Toms River Blackhawks jersey is displayed on the safety glass of the ice rink at the Winding River Skating Center in Tom River, N.J. A year ago, Parker passed away at the age of nine from acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a cancer of the lymphoid line of blood cells. Parker's father stuck with the team as coach — to help heal his family, the team and the community. (Thomas P. Costello/The Asbury Park Press via AP)

Toms River hockey dad sticks with team after death of son

By DANIEL LOGIUDICE - Associated Press

Wisconsin man sentenced in Iowa to prison for enticing minor

Associated Press

Maryland's Connor Kelly moves past the defense of Denver's Christian Thomas (43) and Danny Logan (19) to score against goalkeeper Alex Ready (16) during the second half of an NCAA college Division 1 lacrosse semifinal, Saturday, May 27, 2017, in Foxborough, Mass. Maryland won 9-8 and will advance to face Ohio State in the championship final. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) ** FILE **

Maryland leads the pack as college lacrosse season begins

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times