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78 · Last edited by 78 on Wed May 02, 2012 10:54 pm; edited 1 time in total

And let them know that the #1 in the nation, 14-0 State U lacrosse team is hosting its league championship game Saturday night.

*Thanks to Kosty for pointing out the error of my ways. I initially had Friday night.
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Kosty · Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 9:38 pm Post subject:

Or Saturday night.....whatever......

InnervisionsUMASS · Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 10:46 pm Post subject:

Why do you let this bother you? They barely cover the b-ball and football team, and you expect them to cover lacrosse?!?!?!?!
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78 · Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 10:53 pm Post subject:

InnervisionsUMASS · Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 8:42 am Post subject:

Are you really comparing lacrosse to basketball and football?
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LS71 · Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 9:16 am Post subject:

^ 78 is right.

In addition to what he posted, given that the NCAA tourney is in eastern Mass., they should be all over this.

Too often, it seems, the question as to why the Globe fails to cover UMass is a two part answer, first, they don't seem to know what's happening in the 413 and second they don't care.

That said, if there was some sort of scandal or "riot" on campus, guess what...they'd lead with the story! Twisted Evil

Massachusetts is a small state but the gap between Boston and western Mass. is much wider than the 90 or so miles that separate the two geographically. Sad

The Boston media, TV and newspapers, need to be in Amherst Saturday night to cover this game...period!
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InnervisionsUMASS · Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 9:28 am Post subject:

78 isn't right. Lax is a 3rd (maybe 2nd) tier sport. I love the game and it is big at the high school level (or getting big, I should say), but that doesn't make it worthy of the Globe's reporting when the Globe barely covers the tier 1 sports (b-ball and football) and tier 2 sports (hockey, wbball, maybe lax). The Globe doesn't give a fuck.

I wish they would put more coverage into it, especially since we are the #1 team in the country, but I'm not at all surprised by their lack of coverage.
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Swampy · Hall of Fame Joined: 02 Apr 2003 Posts: 2446

The Globe LOVES college hockey but that's probably because it's such a huge sport in Boston.

LS71 · Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 11:08 am Post subject:

InnervisionsUMASS · Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 11:09 am Post subject:

And then you both hit the nail on the head regarding the other reason! Well done Very Happy

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78 · Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 10:54 am Post subject:

Innervisions: with all due respect, you are dead wrong. UMass is now 15-0, the CAA champion and number 1 team in the country, yet still not a word from the Globe. However, this morning's paper has a lengthy story on the incredibly popular (insert sarcasm) Boston Cannons professional lacrosse team. So they can find lots of column inches for a team in a league that basically no one cares about, but they can find no space for the number 1 college lacrosse team in the country?
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Kosty · Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 4:58 pm Post subject:

You mean the Cannons who continue to draw north of 9K to their games every week? The same Cannons who are the only team in Boston right now that can actually repeat as champions of their sport? By the way, there were maybe 5 sentences about the men's lax team on the bottom of the back side of page 1 in the Sports section today.

Chris20 · Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 5:04 pm Post subject:

You want to be friends with Kosty? It's pretty simple. Spell Siena correctly. Respect the Boston Cannons. And don't mention any western mass sportswriters whose name might rhyme with Don Flameelis. Follow these three rules, and you're all set.

InnervisionsUMASS · Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 7:40 pm Post subject:

npt3 · Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 8:09 pm Post subject:

Meanwhile, the otherwise execrable Herald continues to show up the Globe: http://bostonherald.com/sports/college/general/view.bg?articleid=1061129584&srvc=sports&position=2
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