Lacrosse News

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) _ Duke University has reached an undisclosed financial settlement with three former lacrosse players falsely accused of rape, the school said Monday. Duke suspended Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty and Dave Evans after they were charged last year with raping a stripper at an off-campus party. The university also cancelled the team's season and forced their coach to resign. ``We welcomed their exoneration and deeply regret the difficult year they and their families have had to ...

The National Lacrosse League will expand to Boston for the 2008 season, the league announced Wednesday. The league's 14th franchise will play at TD Banknorth Garden, the home arena of the NHL's Boston Bruins and the NBA's Boston Celtics. ``Our league and its member clubs are excited to be in Boston,'' NLL commissioner Jim Jennings said in a statement. ``We have a lot of NLL fans throughout New England, and ...

A leaner and faster lineup is what new head coach Glenn Clark has in mind for the Toronto Rock. Most of the players were retained despite the first-round elimination from the National Lacrosse League playoffs last spring, and they get into their first pre-season action in the Metro Centre in Halifax against the Philadelphia Wings on Saturday night. In assessing what they had, Rock executives asked Clark to take over ...

Mike MacLeod, Toronto's first pick in the 2006 National Lacrosse League entry draft, has signed a one-year deal with the Rock. The Owen Sound, Ont., product was selected 15th overall. Earlier this month, he helped the Brock Badgers win the Canadian intercollegiate field lacrosse title. He scored four goals and assisted on 30 in 22 OLA junior games with the Orangeville Northmen last summer. Brad MacArthur and Matt Carroll also ...

The woman who said she was raped after performing as a stripper at a Duke lacrosse team party was clearly impaired and ``talking crazy'' afterward, the second dancer at the party said in an interview broadcast Monday. ``The trip in that car from the house ... went from happy to crazy,'' Kim Roberts told ABC News, which aired the interview on ``Good Morning America'' Monday and posted details on its ...

John Tavares, the all-time leading scorer in pro lacrosse, has re-signed with the Buffalo Bandits, director of operations Dave Zygaj announced Monday. It's a one-year renewal worth US$25,552 _ the maximum for a franchise player under the National Lacrosse League's collective bargaining agreement with the players' association. ``John is one of the best players to ever play the game,'' Zygaj said. ``We're excited to have him lead our team again ...

Calgary Roughnecks defender Ryan McNish will return for another season with the National Lacrosse League team. The Roughnecks expected McNish, an aviation systems technician and full-time member of Canada's Armed Forces, would soon be sent to Afghanistan. However, the team announced Wednesday that his Edmonton unit will not be placed under a state of high readiness until next July. ``As a member of the Armed Forces I am quite prepared ...

The Colorado Mammoth re-signed goaltender Gee Nash and forward Ben Prepchuk to one-year contracts on Monday. Both were key members of the Mammoth squad that won the National Lacrosse League championship last May. Nash, a 28-year-old native of Ajax, Ont., was 6-3 last season with a 10.29 goals-against average. He also went 2-0 in the playoffs and made 41 saves in the championship game against the Buffalo Bandits. Nash is ...

The grand vision commissioner Jim Jennings has for the National Lacrosse League includes expansion to 24 teams. It is a daring plan, and Jennings might just pull it off. To that end, the 45-year-old native of New Jersey has been given a contract extension through 2009 to try and turn the NLL into a big-time attraction. He's been the commish since 2001 and has overseen the league's growth from a ...

A stripper who performed at a Duke lacrosse team party where another dancer said she was raped was sentenced to four months of house arrest Monday for an unrelated probation violation. Kim Roberts was arrested nine days after the March 13 party, and charged with violating the terms of a probation agreement stemming from her 2001 conviction for embezzling US$25,000 from a photo finishing company where she worked as a ...