Inside Lacrosse Podcasts

John Paul, who oversaw Michigan's men's lacrosse team's transition from club to varsity, has a relevant point of view for a lot of reasons these days. First, he has a unique perspective on the formation of lacrosse at SMU and what coach Jim Mitchell is facing at the moment. He catches up with IL's Terry Foy about the ways in which his team's process converged and diverged with the Mustangs', what to expect and what comes next.Also, he coach newly elected Michigan senator Abdul El-Sayed and, having stayed close with the former longstick middie over the intervening years, shares his perspective on the former Wolverine's rise to the upper chamber of the U.S. Congress.

It's been 24 days since the formal announcement of SMU men's lacrosse, and coach Jim Mitchell has hired assistant Donal Mullane, taken commitments from 14 grad transfers and flipped five players in the high school Class of 2027.IL's Matt Kinnear, Kevin Brown and Terry Foy jump on the mic to discuss that, plus Johns Hopkins and Notre Dame's initial grad transfer commitments, then end with a discussion about the speed and volume of Class of 2028 recruiting and a European Lacrosse update.

On the heels of a busy weekend as fallball winds down, IL's Kevin Brown, Matt Kinnear and Terry Foy hop on to discuss a boatload of action. After a brief SMU update, they dive into Syracuse's 13-7 scrimmage win at Rutgers as Brown breaks down the Orange's attempt to go up-tempo, then Kinnear dives into his Sunday morning at Loyola with Villanova, Drexel and Air Force. From there, they comment quickly on Penn State vs. Virginia and end with an assessment of the Canada men's team's win at the Atlas Cup as well as Team USA's women's dominance, including a bit of news.

A day after SMU's official announcement that they'll be adding a men's lacrosse team for the 2028 season, IL's Matt Kinnear, Dan Aburn and Terry Foy jump on the mic to discuss how the decision came to be, Kinnear's interview with Mustang AD Damon Evans, what to make of rampant speculation about who the coach will be and the role that 5-in-5 and the Ivy League grad students in the NCAA Transfer Portal made in the timing of the announcement.

What up Prep Nation! IL's Ned Forbush and Terry Foy are back to discuss the commitment of No. 1 Landen O'Neil, who announced his verbal to Duke on Saturday. They dive deeper into the Blue Devils' class, including subsequent commitments from Joey Murphy and David Giuriceo. From there, they discuss No. 4 Ben Hristoforatos's commitment to Virginia, bolstering an already eye-popping class. They then move to a group-by-group breakdown of some of the most interesting teams' commits, including Penn State, Syracuse, Maryland, Johns Hopkins, Yale, Bucknell, Utah and more.

What Up Prep Nation! IL's Dan Kaplan and Terry Foy hop on the mic to break down the first 15 days since DI coaches have been allowed to contact players in the Class of 2028. They discuss the first 253 commitments in the class, including 87 of the Top 100.On the heels of Sawyer Bligh's commitment announcement Wednesday, Virginia has set a record for seven 5-Star commitments in one class. They discuss how the group came together in the context of a coaching change, a lawsuit and controversy around the preceding recruiting class. From their, they talk about Princeton's recent flurry that vaulted the defending champs to No. 2 in IL's Recruiting Class Rankings, then talk about the remaining uncommitted players, notably No. 1 Landen O'Neil.

Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown welcome MVP CJ Kirst and back-to-back champion Gavin Adler back to the PLL Happy Hour Podcast. From the lore behind the midweek practices on Long Island with their Waterdogs teammates to breaking down the lopsided title game to how the culture at Cornell made them who they and to what made the championship celebrations so epic, Kirst and Adler cover a lot of ground on how Philly got the job done in 2026.

IL's Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown return for the title game preview podcast featuring Waterdogs head coach Bill Tierney and Outlaws head coach Tim Soudan to set the stage for the 2026 PLL Championship, set for 12:30 p.m. ET on ABC.From Tierney's can't-miss anecdotes and quips to Soudan's perfect sell to the masses of why to tune in on ABC at 12:30 p.m., this episode serves as the perfect appetizer before the title game collision course main dish.

By now you’ve probably seen this stage-setting video.It’s championship week and the Denver Outlaws and Philadelphia Waterdogs meet Sunday at 12:30 p.m. ET to decide the 2026 PLL championship. To mark the occasion, the league dropped one probably the most artfully crafted hype videos the sport has ever seen.Written and directed by Paul Rabil, starring Emmy, Tony and Golden Globe winner (and Oscar nominee) Jeffrey Wright, who’s a 1987 Amherst lacrosse alum. “Jeffrey Wright [is a] longtime friend and I've always been like, ‘Man, I want to do something with Jeffrey. I want to direct him. I want to write something for him,’” Rabil told IL in an interview last week. Check out that interview here, and head to InsideLacrosse.com to see the video in full.

IL's Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown are back to recap the PLL semifinal action, for which Kevin was in the building. They then turn their attention to the title game collision course between Philadelphia and Denver that has been awaited all summer and is now officially set.From the bummer of Tom Schreiber missing out on a comeback to the 30-day rest for Utah to the defensive matchups causing issues for Boston, Rosie and KB analyze how the Outlaws and Waterdogs got the job done in Salt Lake City.From there, Rosie gives his offseason outlooks for the teams who have been eliminated before they set the stage for what promises to be an incredible championship matchup on Sept. 20.