We're back! The 2025-26 Sticks In lacrosse year is underway, and we're catching up on what's happened since our last episode.

NLL season is nearly here. With training camps underway, we talk about the three teams I'm most excited to watch this spring, and how every club in the league has a reason for fans to tune in.

Then we get to the PLL news. We talk about the Philadelphia Waterdogs hiring Dave Cottle as the GM, the job of improving the roster, and some larger thoughts on the PLL's approach to hiring GMs and Coaches. Then, I give offer some light criticisms of the new PLL player movement calendar.

Finally, we talk Street Lacrosse. Another edition went down in Atlanta, so I take you through my favorite and least favorite things about the event and the idea of street lacrosse as a whole.

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We're back! It's Labor Day Weekend, an unofficial bookend to summer, but we've still got plenty of lacrosse going on.

We start with some talk about the U20 Men's World Championships. Canada took the gold with an upset over USA, we talk about how Canada pulled it off, and why club lacrosse has nothing to do with it. We also talk the streaming options for the games and why streams are worth paying for. Finally, we take on the notion that international events aren't worth watching because they're so top heavy, and why lacrosse desperately has to shed this feeling before 2028.

Then, it's PLL Semifinal weekend. Denver is taking on California, and New York plays Philadelphia, all at Subaru Park in Philly. We talk through how each team got here, what they do well, and the anatomy of an upset for Philly and California.

Finally, the Stars and Stripes Classic is back. We talk about the importance of this game and the way it benefits the Green Beret Foundation and Navy Seal Foundation.

Special episode today. This weekend at the PLL Semifinals, part of the festivities includes the Stars and Stripes Classic. It benefits the Green Beret Foundation and the Navy Seals Foundation, with a game between servicemen from both branches that gets underway at 6pm in Philadelphia. Army Head Coach Joe Alberici will coach the Green Berets, Navy Head Coach Joe Amplo will coach the Navy Seals.

I talk with Charlie Iacono, the President and CEO of the Green Beret Foundation, about the event. How it got started, what fans can expect on and off the field, the level of competition, and all the good the event does for both foundations.