Category: Premier Lacrosse League
via PLL press release
The Weekend Preview: Championship Edition
Happy Friday!
The Premier Lacrosse League makes its 14th and final stop of the 2022 season on Sunday.
The No. 5 seed Waterdogs are set for a 3 p.m. ET faceoff with No. 7 seed Chaos on Sunday at Subaru Park just south of Philadelphia. The game will air on ABC and...
ESPN Films Announces Release of a Documentary on the Founding of the PLL
via press release
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ESPN Films announced today that ‘Fate of a Sport’ will stream exclusively on ESPN+ on August 29th, followed by a debut on ESPN this September 15th at 7pm ET, and on ABC this September 18th at 1pm ET, just ahead of our 2022 PLL Championship Game.
The movie unveils the making of the PLL over the...
PLL: The Weekend Preview – Week 4
via PLL press release email
Happy Friday!
The boys are back in town. Yes, the PLL hits Homewood Field in Baltimore this weekend, which is notorious for its 2019 sellout crowd. But more importantly, a few PLL teams will be arriving to the land of crabcakes and Old Bay seasoning armed with some scoring reinforcements.
2020...
IL Interview with PLL CEO Mike Rabil
I found this a very good read, so here’s an excerpt and link to the rest.
Q&A With PLL CEO Mike Rabil: Reflections Heading Into Year 4
by Kevin Brown, photo by James Beaver for IL
Excerpt:
A couple days removed from the Opening Weekend, Premier Lacrosse League co-founder and CEO Mike Rabil spent a half hour chatting with...
ESPN announces 2022 Premier Lacrosse League television schedule
via PLL press release
BRISTOL, CT (May 4, 2022) – ESPN announced today the television and streaming schedule for the 2022 Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) powered by Ticketmaster season, featuring coverage of 47 games across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN+.
The 2022 Premier Lacrosse League season schedule will include 12...
PLL: 2022 College Draft Scheduled for May 10 at 8 P.M. on ESPNU
via PLL press release
LOS ANGELES, CA (April 26, 2022) – The Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) powered by Ticketmaster announced today that the 2022 College Draft fueled by Gatorade will air live Tuesday, May 10 at 8 p.m. ET on ESPNU and will be simulcast digitally on ESPN+.
Chris Cotter will host the College...
IL Interview with Paul Rabil on the ESPN Deal
Note: A number of answers to the questions readers have on the new ESPN-PLL deal is in here, great job by Terry Foy on the interview! (Photo from PLL)
Paul Rabil Q&A on the PLL’s Four-Year Broadcast Rights Deal with ESPN
Excerpt:
About six hours after the Premier Lacrosse League announced its new four-year deal with ESPN on...
The Premier Lacrosse League and ESPN Announce Multi-year Media Rights Agreement!
via PLL press release
By PLL | Mar 23, 2022
LOS ANGELES, CA. (March 23, 2022) – The Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) powered by Ticketmaster and ESPN have reached a four-year media rights agreement that will span the network’s broadcast, cable and streaming platform. The League’s fourth season is scheduled to begin on...
Former Launch Star Casey Powell 1st Inductee to the Professional Lacrosse HOF!
Congratulations to Casey for this award. PLL is overseeing this new HOF and there were 10 named in the class.
Chris Rosenthall and Kyle Devitt have penned this tribute to Casey and we are linking to it:
Hall of Fame Inductee: Casey Powell
Excerpt:
People like to separate players in other sports into eras. Lacrosse does that to a...