Dialed In: Your Lacrosse Fix for Wednesday, Oct. 25

Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:

1. LeBron James is the Paul Rabil of basketball.

The converse of that statement, of course, has been used ad nauseam to describe Rabil’s preeminence in lacrosse. But what about LeBron the lacrosse player?

King James ruminated on that very subject Tuesday in a video posted by Uninterrupted, the athlete empowerment brand he owns.

GOAT Status. Certified by @KingJames himself pic.twitter.com/dueFewUy2q

— UNINTERRUPTED (@uninterrupted) October 24, 2023

“If I wasn’t the GOAT in basketball, what other sport would I be the GOAT in? Lacrosse,” James said. “And I’d be a beast out on the field. It’s fast. It’s physical. I got pretty good accuracy when it comes to things.”

2. Speaking of Rabil, he’s adding published author to his resume. The three-time U.S. Men’s National Team midfielder, two-time pro lacrosse MVP and co-founder of the Premier Lacrosse League has written “The Way of the Champion,” a book relating sports to business and life that includes lessons from Bill Belichick, Mark Cuban, Serena Williams and others.

The book comes out May 7, 2024.

“How often do we find ourselves using sports metaphors to make sense of what's complex. That's why sports transition so well into business. There are common principles that I attempted to bring out of these passages and short chapters that anyone can apply to whatever they're doing,” Rabil told Inc.

3. The Navy men’s lacrosse team’s fall ball trip to New York went beyond scrimmages with Bryant and Penn. The team also conducted a clinic in the city and visited the 9/11 Memorial and Museum, finding Welles Crowther’s plaque and hearing about Eamon McEneaney’s legacy from Navy alum and renowned naval aviator Michael Canders.

Guys also found Welles Crowther “The man in the Red Bandana” who was a hero that day, and got to walk around the museum and see how many people answer the call to help save lives.

A trip we will never forget for a day we will never forget https://t.co/6DS4iXeD8U pic.twitter.com/zxAyV8iQhQ

— Navy Men's Lacrosse (@NavyMLax) October 24, 2023

WHAT WE’RE READING

• The New York Times on the elephant in the room: whether the Haudenosaunee national team will be allowed to compete in the 2028 Olympics.

• More Olympic coverage from NBC Sports (featuring U.S. U20 Women’s National Team coach Kelly Amonte Hiller) and the Syracuse Post Standard (with Gary Gait’s reaction to the news).

• Irish Illustrated on lacrosse and football sensation Bodie Kahoun, a 2024 commit who intends to play both sports at Notre Dame.

• The Crimson caught up with Logan Ip for a story on what he gleaned from his experience with the Hong Kong national team at the world championship this summer.

• From the American Heart Association, the incredible story of how both Mercyhurst men’s lacrosse player Ryan Scoble and his father, Steve, received heart transplants.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

The reaction is almost as good as the shredding of the net.

Going to need a new net. #lax #lacrosse #fallball #mcla

⁦@MCLA⁩ ⁦@mittenstatelax⁩ pic.twitter.com/qejogLAUUC

— GVSU Men's Lacrosse (@GVSULAX) October 24, 2023

WHAT’S ON TAP

It’s the 25th, and in our continued observance of the 25th anniversary of USA Lacrosse, we’re getting ready to share one of our favorite covers (and cover stories) of the USA Lacrosse era. Stay tuned.

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