Maybe Canada’s male professional sports participants should consider a change of the ‘National Game’?
You know, one they’re actually good at. One they can actually win.

FIFA will let us know about one option very soon, but we should look further afield, perhaps.

History suggests lacrosse, but Tiddly-winks might be as good as it gets.

#professionalsports #stanleycup #nationalgame #Canada #soccer #lacrosse

Who is going to win the Men’s D1 #Lacrosse championship? I don’t know but Notre Dame should win 402 of 1,000 championship weekends. Wrote something up on predicting the games.
#NCAAMLax #NCAAWLax

https://sprestridge.net/data%20science/python/lacrosse/2026/05/22/Monte-Carlo-Lacrosse.html

Toronto Rock Secure Seventh NLL Cup in Sweep of Halifax

Toronto Rock win 7th NLL championship by sweeping Halifax Thunderbirds 12-7. Fans in Halifax see their team lose at home. What happens next for the NLL?

#TorontoRock, #NLLChampionship, #HalifaxThunderbirds, #Lacrosse, #NLL

https://newsletter.tf/toronto-rock-win-7th-nll-cup-halifax/

The Toronto Rock have won their 7th NLL championship, beating the Halifax Thunderbirds 12-7 in the final game. This is their first title since 2011.

#TorontoRock, #NLLChampionship, #HalifaxThunderbirds, #Lacrosse, #NLL
https://newsletter.tf/toronto-rock-win-7th-nll-cup-halifax/

Winter #lacrosse is over, but summer lacrosse now starts!

Premier Lacrosse League (#PLL) is already underway. That’s field lacrosse, the type they play in Ivy League schools. I will only be sporadically pay attention to this since there’s no Canadians teams, and there’s something about the touring model that I don’t like. Nevertheless, I respect it for what it is.

What I will definitely be paying attention to is Canadian Senior A box lacrosse. Specifically, the Western Lacrosse Association (#WLA)—which is a local British Columbia phenomenon.

Since the Whitecaps and Lions won’t be playing in Vancouver any time soon, I’ll be splitting my live game experiences between the Vancouver Rise, Vancouver Canadians, and Metro Vancouver WLA teams. Debating whether I should catch a World Cup game but I hear that’s selling for $1,000.

And this year, I hope we find it in us to win the Mann Cup against our Major Series Lacrosse (#MSL) rivals.

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That was a very emotional #NLL Final.

I am done with watching sports today. And actually, all these Finals are just tuckering me out.

But to close all this out, support your local #lacrosse team! It’s a great sport. The athletes put so much on the line for not a whole lot of pay. And it’s a great community built upon the oldest sport in North America—invented by indigenous peoples, who are still the heart and soul of the game.

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TORONTO ROCK ARE NEW 2026 #NLL CHAMPIONS!!!

Halifax fought hard. It was a Cinderella story. But Toronto proved their mettle winning the series 2-0.

Toronto Rock 12-7 Halifax Thunderbirds

#lacrosse

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End of 3rd quarter.

This game has settled into defensive chess. Still anyone’s game but Halifax is running out of time.

Toronto Rock 9-7 Halifax Thunderbirds

#NLL #lacrosse

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Half-time.

2nd quarter was a rollercoaster. Lots of back and forth momentum. Halifax waged a comeback and had a two goal lead. Then a double penalty to Halifax resulted in four straight goals for Toronto..

Anything can happen in this game.

Toronto Rock 8-6 Halifax Thunderbirds

#NLL #lacrosse

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