Sports Illustrated Feature On Iroquois Lacrosse Out This Week
7/13/2010 1:40:25 PM | Men's Lacrosse
The July 19 issue of Sports Illustrated hits newstands Thursday. Included in the magazine is a feature story by S.L. Price detailing the relationship between the game of lacrosse and Iroquois culture entitled "Pride of a Nation."
Price talked to several current and former Syracuse players and coaches for the story and visited the Onondaga reservation last month. Among those Price interviewed were rising senior midfielder Jeremy Thompson, Orange head coach John Desko, Brett and Freeman Bucktooth, Oren Lyons, Sid Smith, Roy Simmons III and Roy Simmons Jr.
The Bucktooths, Thompson, Smith and departed SU attackman Cody Jamieson are members of the Iroquois Nationals entry into the 2010 Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Championship being held in Manchester, England. The Nationals are scheduled to open the tournament Thursday against the hosts, but have not yet reached Manchester due to a dispute with the U.S. goverment over their passports.
