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Lauren Merola

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Q&A with Charlotte North: One of the best in the women’s game and a true sports junkie

By Lauren Merola | February 17, 2024
By | Charlotte North is one of the most decorated women’s lacrosse players in the United States. She first picked up a stick at 13 years old and was offered the final recruiting spot of her year on Duke’s women’s lacrosse team roughly three years later. She played her first two seasons there before transferring…
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Q&A with Unleashed All-Star Sammy Jo Tracy: Sixes, fashion and her relationships with Greg Gurenlian and Trevor Baptiste

By Lauren Merola | February 6, 2024
By | Sammy Jo Tracy is an Athletes Unlimited attacker and Unleashed All-Star playing in the women’s Sixes exhibition game during the Premier Lacrosse League’s 2024 Championship Series on Feb. 17 at The St. James in Springfield, Va. The Sixes format debuted in The World Games in 2022 when Tracy suited up for Team Israel,…
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Brett Makar carried a piece of New York with him last season. Now it’s part of Atlas’ new identity

By Lauren Merola | January 8, 2024
By | Brett Makar had nearly two weeks from the time the New York Atlas selected him with the third pick in the 2023 College Draft to report to training camp in Albany, N.Y. Unsure of everything to pack, Makar – a 2023 graduate of Maryland – asked other former Terp lacrosse players in the…
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How Danny Logan joins Jets’ Sauce Gardner as elite lockdown defender in New York

By Lauren Merola | December 11, 2023
By | Danny Logan grew up strictly as a two-way midfielder. He won two Ohio state high school championships playing both sides of the ball for Upper Arlington High School. He was named the Ohio Division I Midfielder of the Year for high school lacrosse, twice, and was recruited to Denver in such capacity. He…
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‘I need a gold medal:’ Travis Kelce jokes he ‘could play’ for Team USA lacrosse in 2028 Olympics

By Lauren Merola | October 31, 2023
By | Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is looking to represent Team USA in the 2028 Olympics, and it might not be with the flag football team. On Travis and Jason Kelce’s podcast, “New Heights,” Travis said he could suit up for Team USA lacrosse when it rejoins the Olympic games in 2028…
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‘It’s not about the X’s and O’s:’ Why Cole Kirst, the 2023 Teammate of the Year, stays present

By Lauren Merola | October 24, 2023
By | There are two places Cole Kirst is always trying to be faster than those around him: the lacrosse field, and the Starbucks closest to that lacrosse field. When Cole and Redwoods teammate Rob Pannell grabbed coffee before Premier Lacrosse League games or practices in whichever city they were playing in during the 2023…
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Brett Dobson always wanted to be like Dillon Ward, now he wants to beat him

By Lauren Merola | September 18, 2023
By Flying is a breeze for Brett Dobson. Before the Archers goalie boards flights at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport for Premier Lacrosse League games, he spends time in the Delta Sky Club lounge enjoying complimentary drinks, meals and wifi. The lounge access, courtesy of his Delta SkyMiles, is Dobson’s favorite byproduct of having a Chase…
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Atlas vs Cannons

How can Atlas upset Cannons in the PLL Cash App Playoffs?

By Lauren Merola | September 4, 2023
By The Cannons and Atlas seem to be living the other’s projected storyline.  The Cannons, a team that went 1-9 and missed the playoffs in 2022, ascended into championship contention this season while Atlas, a 6-4 squad last season that seemed one or two offseason moves away from a trophy, struggled to scrape together two…
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Myles Jones Atlas

Myles Jones is ‘getting back to the old me’ with help of Atlas teammates

By Lauren Merola | August 30, 2023
By On Aug. 8, Atlas did a one-for-one midfield swap with the Redwoods, trading Romar Dennis for Myles Jones. With the Redwoods, Jones’ production tapered off this season, averaging 0.6 points per outing. He was scratched from the lineup after the fifth week of the season and traded to the baby blue three weeks after…
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Atlas could’ve been 6-3 by now: What went wrong?

By Lauren Merola | August 25, 2023
By | Atlas didn’t fall to a lonely 2-7 record easily. The Bulls found themselves in a handful of winnable, tight games that went down to the wire this season. They could’ve been 6-3 heading into Week 10. Instead, Atlas is as much in the playoffs as it is out of them. In seventh place,…
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