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Terry Foy and  Larken Kemp are back for a Tuesday edition of The Tailgate, ready to dive into Villanova's overtime win at Penn State, Virginia's late separation from Colgate and Maryland's impressive showing vs. Loyola.From there, they hit on Carolina's uninspiring win vs. Jacksonville, ’Cuse's dispatching of St. Joe's, Friday's slate of games — highlighted by Drexel's dispatching of Delaware, Duke's doubling up Utah and Fairfield's dramatic double-OT snow celly vs. Lehigh — and finish up by diving in on Michigan's new-look O.

Despite Mother Nature’s best attempt to sabotage the start of the 2026 season, D-Fly & Dixie are back in the saddle to soothe your soul, make sense of the madness and get you excited for the new year. The prolonged cold weather continues to wreak havoc on the schedule with many games moved, postponed or cancelled for the second week in a row. But fear not. There are still many games to look forward to this weekend, and the guys preview the top matchups as usual, set the table for the season and interview a fascinating guest. Let's get it!This week’s interview is with Georgetown’s All-America goaltender, Anderson Moore. For the second week in a row, the Hoyas had their game postponed. The guys start by addressing the disappointment of postponing and then discuss his journey from Birmingham’s Briarwood Christian school to the highest levels of lacrosse, the rules for wearing sweatpants, Coach Warne’s shoe game, the high expectations for the 2026 Hoyas, friend of the pod and Hoyas assistant coach, Ted Moon,

In the Week 0 episode of The Tailgate, Terry Foy and Chief Tailgate Officer Larken Kemp are live from the New England Youth Lacrosse Convention! They begin by discussing the prudence of scheduling college lacrosse games, then dive into Utah's win at Delaware, Army's performance vs. UMass and Rutgers' overtime dramatics vs. Jacksonville.From there, they roll it back into a preseason podcast, discussing the themes for 2026, their preseason Final Four, champion and Tewaaraton predictions, then are joined by Mass Youth Lacrosse's Lars Kiel to discuss the NEYLC and getting the season started.

Episode 1 of the 2026 season is officially live for the DIII Podcast. Hosts Dan Kaplan and Caleb Abney link to discuss preseason while reminiscing a bit on the 2025 season. They dive into the KANE Men's DIIII preseason Top 20, highlight non-Top 20 before concluding with a batch of season predictions. 

Chloe Humphrey and Madison Taylor are the best women's college lacrosse players this year, and we're here to talk about it. Alyssa Murray Cometti and Emily Considine Mullaney talk about the process, choices and challenges of compiling IL's Top 50 Women's NCAA players for the 2026 season with host Kevin Brown. Don't miss our takes on the decision to name Humphrey the No. 1 player, some in-depth analysis of all players in the Top 10, the positional groups inside the Top 20, plus Alyssa and Emily highlight a few players who could potentially overperform their ranking this spring.

On the eve of the 2026 season, IL's Matt Kinnear, Kevin Brown, Dan Aburn and Terry Foy sit down around the roundtable to discuss the top 50 players in college lacrosse. They start with a discussion of No. 1; do they settle on the best offensive player in Syracuse, the playmaking lockdown defenseman in College Park, the beast of a shortstick with a knack for the clutch in Durham or someone else altogether?

Founded by Michael Mabry and John Rothenberger nearly five years ago, One Play Development “saw the brokenness in the youth sports space and an opportunity to serve families and players in a really impactful way.”They say transformational coaching is at the heart of everything they do and they want to help people get to where they want to be. So, in order to achieve that goal, they tapped former Gonzaga (D.C.) head coach Casey O’Neill, Director of Mental Performance Alec Wortman and Marquette head coach Andrew Stimmel.Over the past year, One Play has taken a significant step forward, welcoming former Virginia assistant Kip Turner, former Rutgers assistant Eric Seremet, former High Point assistant Pat Tracy, former Hampton head coach Chazz Woodson, former Denver assistant Trevor Tierney, former Virginia Tech and William & Mary Head Coach Brooke Ireland, current PLL Whipsnakes midfielder Roman Puglise and development specialists Mugs Mickum and Dr. Abby Latona.To learn more about what One Play is, Mabry, O

Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown convene for an offseason edition of the PLL Happy Hour podcast to discuss the new player movement period timeline, news around potential schedule changes and salary cap increases, as well as discussing the best fits for some of the free agency market's top available players. Rosie and Kevin wrap up with some big picture team needs and even throw in a few fun Championship Series-only contract options, too.

With fallball competition in the rearview, IL's Kevin Brown, Dan Aburn and Terry Foy hop on to discuss all the scrimmages and exhibitions IL attended over the last two months: Syracuse, Army, Princeton Hopkins vs. Army Saint Joseph's, Lehigh, Harvard, Maryland Penn State, Penn, Bucknell, Drexel Michigan vs. Virginia Johns Hopkins vs. Delaware Maryland vs. Cornell Plus, Fall All-Access visits to: Lafayette Lehigh Loyola Yale Add an update on the latest news, and that's this edition of The Source.

Dana Dobbie, one of the legends of Canadian lacrosse and a pioneer across multiple disciplines of the sport, is announcing retirement from her playing career. “We're hanging up the cleats, we're folding up the jersey and we're throwing out that bad word ‘retirement,’” Dobbie said. “But at the same time, I feel like I've given everything I possibly can to the sport as a player. And I'm so excited about that next chapter and what that looks off the field, off the floor, and even if it's just being a fan.” Check out the ILWomen Podcast for more reflections on one of the best playing careers in women's lacrosse history.

On the heels of being honored at Bronx Lacrosse's annual fundraiser, Chair of the USA Lacrosse Foundation Board and Johns Hopkins alum joins IL's Terry Foy to discuss the many different aspects of the sport that he touches, from Team USA's Olympic aspiration to grassroots development, from being the dad of a ’27 who just committed to North Carolina to being a PLL investor and NLL team owner. Check out the wide-ranging conversation with one of lacrosse's most interesting and influential voices.

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?" In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of men's lacrosse coaches about their process, continuing with York head coach Brandon Childs. The first DIII coach Foy has brought on for this series (though Dan Kaplan has previously spoken to Amherst's Sean Woods and Dickinson's Dave Webster on the topic), Childs says he wears four hats in the recruiting space: college coach, club coach, dad and fan. They hit on all four topics, illustrating not just what makes Division III distinct from DI, but his broarder views on the topic.

IL’s Terry Foy, Dan Kaplan and Dan Aburn chat September panned out for the 2027 class. With nearly all of the Top 100 players committed and North Carolina establishing itself as the top class, there’s a ton to chat about.

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?" In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, continuing with St. John's head coach Justin Turri. Entering his fourth year in Queens, Turri talks about what it's like to be so close to the biggest city in the United States, being part of a basketball rich department, how his own recruitment taught him about recruiting, what it's like to work with his brother and much more.

On the heels of bringing on former Penn head coach Micke Murphy as a strategic advisor, IL's Terry Foy talks to him and Harlem Lacrosse CEO Mike Levin about the latest with the organization, especially the need to increase its capacity for coaching coaches and helping place future college lacrosse players — two things Murphy is uniquely skilled to aid.

Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown welcome original Atlas player and current assistant coach/assistant GM Steven Brooks to the show to discuss getting over the hump and winning New York's first championship. From the disappointing first round exits to the crushing semifinal defeats to now champions, there is no better guest to discuss the Atlas rise to the top of the mountaintop than the man who had a say in drafting and constructing every singe player on the title-winning roster that has been there for it all. Brooks helps Rosie and Kevin relive the 2025 epic championship clash in all of its glory with insights on the hectic dramatic final minute, a hot offensive start, and some key words from Xander Dickson that stuck with him. Whether it's the story behind his Carolina kicks or getting some behind the scenes on the guys who celebrated hardest and danced the most, this is a must-listen podcast for all Atlas/PLL fans. From there, Rosie and Kevin put a bow on the seventh PLL season, sizing up how epic the title

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?" In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, continuing with Le Moyne head coach Dan Sheehan. Entering year three of the athletic department's transition to Division I, Sheehan discusses what the differences are between recruiting to a "Roman numeral," what it's like to have six trophies in his office, how he's given 99% of campus tours to lacrosse recruits over the last near-three decades, what he learned going through the recruiting process as a father and more.

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?" In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, continuing with Loyola head coach Charley Toomey. Returning to his alma mater, this is a unique conversation given Foy has known Toomey longer than any other college coach (aside from Greyhound assistant Matt Dwan, who he met at the same time). As a result, they chart the evolution of the Greyhounds' recruiting over the last 20 years, from how they built the 2012 NCAA champion team to how building a stadium and joining the Patriot League changed their fortunes. From landing Pat Spencer to how the end of early recruiting impacted their ability to find diamonds in the rough. And from how opting out and the arrival of alum Justin Ward as offensive coordinator seem to be impacting things going forward.

IL's Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown welcome on a handful of guests during the league's championship media day to get their thoughts on the title game tilt between the New York Atlas and Denver Outlaws. For New York, head coach Mike Pressler, defenseman Gavin Adler, attackman Jeff Teat, and midfielders Reid Bowering plus rookies Hugh Kelleher and Matt Traynor join the show to answer a range of compelling and comedic questions. For Denver, a Terrapin theme emerged with veteran defenseman Jesse Bernhardt, rookie goalie Logan McNaney, middie Jonathan Donville before SSDM of the Year Ryan Terefenko and former Richmond great Dalton Young rounded things out.

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?" In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, continuing with Penn State head coach Jeff Tambroni. The conversation focuses on how to build culture through recruiting, and Tambroni traces his experience from Cornell to State College, where the project has been more intentional. He tooks about finding a balance between giving his players the opportunity to take advantage of everything Penn State has to offer while pursuing their goals on the field. He dives into the new realities of big-time college sports, the academic challenges and benefits of being a Nittany Lion and how the trends of the last three years have developed.