What's good YB Fam? I hope you all have been well. I know it's been a minute since the last time I wrote, but with the loss in the playoffs a little over week ago, I took a little time to myself. I've got all kinds of things to fill you all in on. I'm still gathering all of my thoughts about the season, and last weekends abrupt ending, so I'm going to stay away from that for now, but in my next few post I'll make sure to give a complete recap of the season and my thoughts on it. Shout out to fellow YB blogger Colin Doyle on his Championship run last weekend, he definitely played well and deserved it.

Things have been fairly hectic recently. Spent some time in Long Island last week doing some things for STX, and then headed to my boy Brett's girlfriends house in AZ for the weekend. I had forgotten how hot it is in AZ in the summer. It was 105 degress one morning I woke up! out of control. Kirby's family has a beautiful house on this hot golf course, so it was a relaxing weekend by the pool. They also had this ridiculous room in the house that had a HUGE projection screen and these monstrous lazy boy reclining chairs, so I took about 4 naps in there through out the weekend watching football. It was definitely a relaxing weekend, and one I needed for sure.

As far as music these days, I'm all about Gym Class Hero's Cookie Jar, and Swagger like US (Kanye, Wayne, Hov, and TI). How's everybody feel about Games Album? I haven't listened to it enough yet to form an opinion, but I'll let you know once I do.

When I got home I had the Jordan 19's, 18's, 5's and 4's so I was all smiles yesterday. Ordered those joints awhile ago, so I was happy to finally get them!

We were loungin' last weekend and Brett pointed out something in Transformers that literally had me in tears from laughter for a good 10 minutes. Anyone notice how stereotypical they make the "black" Transformer? This cat hops on the scene break dancing and says "What's crackin' @$#%^^$, this looks like a cool place to kick it!" and proceeds to sit cross armed on a car! You HAVE to watch it again if you don't remember this part, it's absolutely hilarious. And then in true black people in scary movie fashion, at the end my man gets ripped in half, and clearly won't be in the sequel next year. It's out of control how funny it is, so make sure to check it out if you get a chance.

Speaking of movies, anyone seen Traitor? I'm a huge Don Cheadle fan, and the movie looks legit, so I'm looking forward to making that happen at some point this week. I'v got to head to NYC on Tuesday for a Nike shoot on Wednesday, then down to Baltimore for some work with STX on Thursday, so it should be a busy, but productive week. I actually have an engagement party for one of my boys back in Baltimore for the weekend, which is a bit strange. I guess I'm getting to that age (25) though where all my boys are going to start getting married. A bit awkward, but I guess I need to get used to it.

Anyone watch Heroes? I watched the first few episodes a few years back, but when I started traveling a lot, I got out of the loop completely. I bought season one and two a few days back and this show is off the chains! If you remember back to my first few blogs on here, I absolutely obsessed with super heros, so it's right up my alley. I watched 11 episodes yesterday...I know, need to get out a bit more.

Anyway, time to go walk down to the beach and enjoy this beautiful day in Hermosa Beach. I'll catch up with you this week and get back to writing regularly.

Talk soon,

Kyle

What's going on? I hope you guys had a good Monday! I had a GREAT Monday back here in Baltimore.

I'll fill you in on the past week or so before I get to to my excitement about the opportunity I've got this weekend.

I spent last week in San Fran doing a few clinics with my boy Joey Walters and had a blast. The kids were great, worked extremely hard and actually improved in our short time with them, so it was good to see. The culture up in San Fran was completely different from anything I've ever been around, as I've never really gotten to spend much time there. For starters, I saw entirely too many dudes rocking woman's jeans and big clunky sneakers but apparently I'm behind and that's the style now. Not sure I'm ready to make that jump yet. Either way, we ended up grabbing dinner one night at this little spot and the live music was CRAZY good! They were playing the piano, little bit of bass, and Lauren Hills drummer was killing the drums. It was definitely entertaining, and ridiculous that these 3 people would just get together and rock this little 30 person maximum restaurant. It was a great start to the night for sure. We went on to the next spot and there was a hip hop show and open mic that was absolutely out of control. There was a dude on the drums, dude with the trumpet and a mic being passed around the whole place and people were just rippin' it up! I debated grabbin' the mic and getting down, but, my rap game is WACK and they would have asked me to leave. Either way, it was definitely a GREAT night of live music.

The next day I actually made it over to the Yardbarker offices and got some time in the office with everyone! Thanks for having me, and I had a blast! Hopefully I'll make it back to the area soon.

I spent the weekend down in Ocean City Md watching my little cousin and a bunch of my other buddies play. I stayed in a condo with my boys Benson Erwin, Joe Walters, PJ Gilbert, and my two little cousins Maxx and Mario. I got to see a bunch of my old Hopkins teammates, and got to spend a little time with my family down there as well. All in all, it was definitely a relaxing weekend.

Now I'm back in Baltimore shooting and working out everyday getting ready for the playoffs this weekend! I can't wait! This is my first trip to Championship weekend and I'm fired up man. We play Denver on 3pm on Saturday afternoon, and it's going to be a tough match up, but it's definitely going to be exciting. This is what we've been working for all off season long, a chance to play on Championship weekend. Had my boy Walters string me up a new stick last week, and I'm DIGGIN it! Been shooting a lot with it, can't wait to use it in the game this weekend!

That's about it for now! I'm diggin' the Put On for my City Remix with Hov, along with Jockin' Jay-Z as well. Both songs have quickly jumped to the top of my playlist.

Anyway, time to go get some work done, but I'll get at you all soon.

Kyle

What's going on? I hope all is well and you've gotten off to a great start of the week! I'm not a huge fan of Monday's, but I'm making the most of it! I've got to get packed up, as I'm going to hop on the road for a bit to end out the summer. I need to pick up Joe Walters from the airport in a few hours, and pretty much spend the rest of the day running errands and working out. Shouldn't be too bad of a day! Then I'm heading to San Fran tomorrow.

Well, the weekend went exactly the opposite of what we were hoping. As a team we felt it was important to come in to our final regular season game, play well, and build some momentum heading into the playoffs in two weeks. Unfortunately, we came out a little flat, and San Fran went up by 4 or 5 heading into half time. Every team in this league is packed with talented players, so if your not bringing it for 60 minutes straight, your bound to go down by a few goals at some point. We weren't able to recover from a huge second quarter they put on us. Personally, I wanted to go into the game, shoot it well and get up and down the field and make plays for my team. I was extremely disappointed in my shooting, shot the thing terribly! Got to give credit to Vallone (San Fran goalie), as he made some great saves for them. I felt good out there for sure, in terms of getting up and down the field and playing defense. It's time to work as hard as possible the next two weeks and prepare for the playoffs in Boston on August 23rd. We've got Denver, and it's going to be an exciting and intense game. I can't wait.

It's going to be a pretty busy few weeks, but it's all good. Tomorrow I'm heading to San Fran for a few days with Joey to do a few STX clinics. Then Thursday, I'm heading back east to watch my cousin play in the Ocean City lacrosse tournament in MD. My two little cousins Maxx and Mario are like my little brothers, so anytime I get to spend with those cats I take it. Benson Erwin, Joe Walters, Maxx, Mario and I have a place down there for a few days, so it'll be fun. The following week, I'm going to stay in Baltimore with my family and work out hard to prepare myself for the playoffs that weekend. So it's a busy few weeks, but it'll be fun for sure, so I've got no complaints.

I was laying around yesterday, turned to HBO and the movie Anger Management (Adam Sandler) was on. I had forgotten how funny that movie is! I'm not sure that movie got the credit it deserved, I definitely don't remember it being as funny as I thought it was yesterday. The part in the car when those two cats were singing had me in tears.

Been checking out the Olympics at all? Catch Phelps whilin' out last night? He was fired up, and it was definitely good to see. Haven't seen him show that type of emotion before.

That's about all I've got for now, but I'll catch up with you all in a few days,

Kyle

What's good? I apologize for the delay in writing, it's definitely been a busy 11 days or so! I hope all is well and I've definitely got a lot of updates for you.

For starters, we beat San Fran last weekend, so we clinched a playoff spot! I couldn't be more excited about the opportunity to head into the post season and have a shot and winning this thing. In my three years in the league with Jersey we were never even close to being in the playoffs, so this is definitely new and exciting for me. We've got our final regular season game this weekend, the following weekend off, and then the very next weekend (23-24), we head to Boston for the playoffs! If you've got some free time, you'll have to check out the games on ESPN and ESPN 2, but I'll update you on that a little closer to the date.

The Nike Elite Lacrosse camps last week were the best camps I've ever had the opportunity to be a part of. We had most of the top players from all around the country all on one field working out and competing against each other. We had 4 different locations, and our best talent in my opinion was at Hofstra. Connor English (UVA commit) and Matt White (UVA commit) were two of the better high school players I've ever seen. It was definitely a successful tour and there's no doubt in my mind that the Nike Elite Lacrosse Camp will become the premier camp for our country's top high school lacrosse players to attend.

I watched the movie Untraceable last night, anyone ever seen it? It's a pretty dark movie, not too sure I liked it too much.

Fired up for the olympics to start tomorrow? I know I am, been waiting for awhile for those to start. I've been digging all of the different promotional commercials that they've been running for the past month or so.

I'm pretty fired up because I finally stopped being lazy, went to the store and grabbed a new PSP charger! I left mine in Italy about 4 months ago and I haven't had my PSP to play with on flights since then simply because I kept putting off going to get a new charger! Lazy, I know but I got it back, so hopefully flying will be a little less boring now.

Anybody watch that new show Buzzin' on MTV? Those two cats are hilarious and pretty talented as well. Not even going to try and front, I had no idea who they were before the show. And to be honest, I probably wouldn't have even known they had a show, but it comes on after Run's House and you know I get down with Run's House! The new season has been GREAT! Catch it last night? If not, check out how Diggy handles himself in a few meetings. Pretty impressive for a 13 year old. I'm definitely excited to see what this cat comes up with for his clothing line. If it's hot I'll have to make sure to hook up my younger cousins with some of it!

That's it for the most part. Just hanging around California this week catching up with everything, or at least trying to. We play our game down in Orange County this weekend which should be exciting. We normally play at the Home Depot Center (Carson), but we're playing in OC at a new venue, as I think we're considering moving down there next year! We'll see how it goes.

Well, time to get out and get things going for the day, but I'll get at you soon.

Have a great rest of the week,

KH

What's going on everybody? I hope you guys got off to a good start of the week. My Monday has been pretty crazy and I've got all kinds of stuff to talk about! I'll rewind for a minute and fill you guys in about the weekend first.

At our last home game of the season last Saturday, we were able to beat Philly 13-9, which was a HUGE win for our team. We had a very average first half, and were able to pick it up in the second half and grab a W. Jarboe did his thing in goal man, and it was incredible to watch. Watching a goalie get hot is definitely one of the best things to watch in our sport (as long as he's on your team, had a bad experience with a goalie getting hot on the other team in the National Championship game my Sophomore year...). Mickey was seeing everything, and when he's playing like that, it gives the rest of our team so much confidence. Everyone on our team flew around in the second half, and while we made a few mistakes, we definitely played our hardest half of the year. We've got an even bigger game against San Fran this weekend, and I can't wait.

Sunday, Greg Bice, Anthony Kelly, Brett Hughes and I hopped on a plane back east to head to Syracuse to run the first ever Nike Elite Lacrosse Camp on Monday. Unfortunately, we had to circle in the air for 2 hours, then ran out of gas and had to stop in Harrisburg before landing for our connection in Philly. I was tempted to be a little annoyed by the stop, but I guess it's better we stopped to get gas, the alternative definitely wouldn't have been that sweet. After a 10 hour trip (that should have been 5 hour trip), we got to Syracuse, had a meeting to prepare for the camp, got some rest, and knocked the camp out of the park today at Syracuse. The kids worked extremely hard, coaching staff was energetic, and it was definitely the best camp I've had the opportunity to be a part of. Having the opportunity to be trained by some of the top trainers around (Doug and Chris Gizzi (Zoneready.net), Jay Dyer(insidelacrosse.com)) and be coached by some of the top players around (Stephen Brooks, Brett Hughes, Anthony Kelly, Greg Bice, etc) is something I was never exposed to as a player. What an incredible opportunity for these players. While there were ton's of talented dudes there, the kid I think has got crazy potential is a kid named Austin Wright. Keep your eyes out for him.

Few quick thoughts from the past few days...

Anyone watch the USA basketball team play Canada on Friday? I know it was a few days ago, and they've played another game since then, but those cats are looking kinda smooth, and I think we're back....

If you get a chance, pick up the last ESPN the Magazine, there were two articles in there I liked. The article on Freddy Adu was a good one and really gives insight to who he really is (kids been in the spotlight since he was 12). There's another great article on Ryan Sheckler, which gives insight into this cats crazy life (been in the spotlight since he was 6). I enjoyed both articles, definitely helped pass some time on the plane. Grab Time as well and check out the top 100 olympians that will make an impact on August 8th.

Anyone see Stepbrothers yet? I'm hoping to catch that sometime in the next few days. I'll be on the road until I head back to San Fran for my game on Saturday afternoon. Tomorrow we're at Hofstra for the NELC, then UVA on Thursday, Hopkins Friday, and then right to the airport to head to San Fran.

We're in a pretty ridiculous bus right now driving to Hofstra with reclining chairs, tv's and wireless internet, so I'm not complaining!

Anyway, have a great night and I'll get at you in a day or so!

KH

What's good everybody? I hope you all had great weekends.

My past 4 days or so have been pretty hectic. Last Thursday, I flew to Denver to play in the All Star game which was a lot of fun as I got to see a lot of my old college teammates and go to play in front of a pretty big crowd. We (West Team) were able to jump out to a pretty big lead and held on to it for the entire game. I think the final score was 31-15, so it was definitely nice to get a W. The past few All Star games I've played in, I didn't take any pictures, so this time, I made sure to bring my camera and get lots of pictures of the experience so one day I'll be able to look back and show my kids! I got some pretty good ones I think, I'll make sure to post a few to get your opinion. All in all, the all star experience was a good one, and Kevin Leveille of the Chicago Machine may very well be the best and most creative player I've ever had the opportunity to watch.

After the All Star game, it was off to Chicago to play in a HUGE game on Sunday. We came out playing extremely hard ad got up to an 8-1 lead in the first half, and went into half time at 10-5. Unfortunately, we ended up taking an L in the end 16-13. I'm not sure what happened exactly. Offensively, we struggled to get it going in the second half. I'm extremely disappointed in myself as I needed to be A LOT more aggressive and get things going for my team and I wasn't able to. We've got 3 game left and we need to play our best lacrosse and try and pick up a few wins here and see what happens. It's just frustrating because we definitely should have had a W yesterday in Chicago, but they outplayed us in the second half.

That's about it for the most part, I'm back in L.A. which I couldn't be happier about. A full week to work out, shoot, sleep in my own bed and get mentally prepared for our biggest game of the season this Saturday against Philly.

Anyone catch the ESPY's? I wanted to watch pretty badly, but instead sat on a flight from chicago with a baby screaming behind me for 3 hours straight, it was awesome...

Going to see the new Batman tonight! Can't wait for that and I'm sure I'll have a lot to say about it in the next few days.

Check out my man Chazz Woodson jumping over these two kids! I took the picture from kind of far away, but it actually turned out ok!

Have a GREAT Monday and I'll get at you all after I see Batman tomorrow.

Kyle

What's good everyone?

Just giving you guys a heads up, the MLL All Star game comes on live on ESPN 2 tonight at 8PM in Denver(10PM back east and 7PM out west)! Check out the game if you've got some free time!

I wish I had a bit more time to write more, but we've got all kinds of stuff to do today and I've got to squeeze in some time to get by one of my favorite shoe stores.

I'll get at you al after the game,

KH

What's good? I hope everyone had a great weekend!

Well, we had a GREAT weekend back in L.A.! We were able to play as well as we've played all year and picked up a HUGE W against Denver on Saturday 16-6. I think there were two reasons that we were able to win. Offensively, we had balance. We had huge games from all of our rookies, Kevin, Kevin and Mike, and got great production from Downing (as usual) and Chazz as well. Everyone was involved in the offense. No one cares who gets credit on this team, and when you've got offensive players who are ALL unselfish, your going to generate a lot of opportunities and that's exactly what happened on Saturday. Secondly, I thought we played as hard as we've played all year. Diving after ground balls, diving to get a trail check, riding the ball back numerous times, and staying on doubles and putting the ball on the ground. Our team definitely feeds off of our goalie play and defense. Those guys are fun to watch man when they get going. DJ, Bice, Brett and Mickey set the tone for our team,and when we see them fired up, flying all over the field it makes everyone else play harder. Either way, it was definitely a big win for us, but it's time to forget about that and move on to Chicago this weekend. They're a tough team, so it'll be another big game, but that's why we play right?

Other then that, I don't have too much else going on! Run N' Gun camps are over for the summer! It was a VERY successful tour and we want to thank everyone for coming out and support us! We had great kids, a great staff and it was definitely me and Joey's best summer tour yet. We're looking forward to picking our locations for the winter and announcing them in the next few weeks! I'll definitely keep you all updated there.

I was fortunate enough to make the All Star tam, so make sure if you've got some free time on Thursday night, check out ESPN 2 and watch the game! It's not often we get to be live on ESPN 2, so it's definitely an exciting event for our sport.

Anybody else ridiculously excited for Batman to come out this weekend? I'm fired up for sure. Not exactly sure how I'm going to make time to see if with the All Star game in Denver Thursday, then flying to Chicago Friday morning for our game for the weekend, but I'll make sure cause it's going to be hot!

Anybody picked up the new iphone? Thoughts? Thinking about checking that puppy out today.

Just heard Entourage is starting back up on September 7th, so I'm all kinds of fired up. I feel like I've been waiting for that show to start back up forever!

Anyway, time to get some stuff done, but I'll get at you all soon.

KH

What's good?! I know it's been a little while since my last blog, and I apologize! As usual, been bouncing around all over the place!

Our camp in Rochester ended well, and I flew right to Chicago for my game on Sunday! We're continuing to improve every time we step on the field which is exactly what we need to be doing. We were able to grab a tough W over a good Chicago team 18-16. They've got some of the best players in the league on that team, they are definitely fun to watch. With Brooks, both Leveille's, and more, they are a dangerous team. So it was good to be able to go in there, play well and get a W. We've actually got to play then next week as well, so that should be another tough game!

We just had our biggest Run N' Gun camp of the summer the past 3 days in Holland Michigan! The kids in Michigan are so excited and eager to learn about this sport, it definitely makes camp a lot of fun to be a part of. We had a GREAT staff with Joe Cinosky (MD/New Jersey Pride), Jeremy Blevins (UMBC Goalie), Dan Groot (MD Middie), Shamel Bratton (UVA Middie), Maxx Davis (UMBC Middie) and Evan Kay (UMBC and STX). We had the camp at Hope College and had an absolute blast. The facility was great, the kids worked hard, the counselors worked hard, and it was a great end to our best summer of camps yet. We're going to start planning some new locations for next summer and this winter, so if you've got any idea for a good location, let us know!

It's nice to be back in LA, that's for sure. I slept in my own bed last night which was incredible! Been awhile since I've been able to do that. We've got a HUGE game against Denver this Saturday in L.A., so we're fired up to try and get our first win against those guys this year. They are playing well, so it's going to be difficult, but I'm excited for the challenge. It'll be nice to see my best friend Benson Erwin as well.

That's about it for me, nothing else too exciting going on. I saw WANTED, which was entertaining, but not a great movie which I wasn't too thrilled about. Can't wait for the new Batman to come out in a week or so, now that's going to be off the chains!

I couldn't sleep on my flight home yesterday, so I started thinking, what's the worst movie you've ever seen and why? I definitely came up with a list of a few that were terrible! Oh yeah, any good new music? My ipod is getting kind of wack...let me know!

Well, time for me to get up and get some errands done, but I'll check in again before the day is over.

KH

What's good everybody? It's been another crazy week of camps for me, Joey and the Run N' Gun Staff, but I'm not complaining. I actually really enjoy our Rochester camp because we have it at a great indoor facility that has a full field. The kids don't get as hot, we don't lose balls, and everyone seems to have a lot more fun, so I've got no complaints. Tomorrow will be out last day of camp here for the summer, so we're going to blow it out and end it the right way.

Last weekend we had a HUGE win over Rochester. We played easily our best game of the year on both sides of the ball. For the first time all year long we were able to put it ALL together. Had GREAT goalie play, the defense played solid, and offensively we shared the ball and put points up. I think we're finally starting to get comfortable with each other and really trust each other on the field, and we're starting to have some success. But, last weekend is over and now our sites are set on Chicago this Sunday. They've got some momentum right now after a solid win over Denver and they've got some of the most talented players in the league. We've got to focus on coming out, playing our game, and playing as hard as we possibly can on EVERY SINGLE PLAY. We're a work in progress, but it's coming together.

I'd say there have definitely been a few high lights of my trip in Rochester so far. For starters, a few days ago, I woke up from a nap after camp and walked down stairs to what everyone else was up to. I walked down to see Maxx Davis killing the guitar, Mike Gvozden (with shades on) killing the base guitar, Matt Casey in a full sweat on the drums and Brett Hughes singing as loud as he possibly could with his shirt off playing Rock Band. Strangely enough, they weren't half bad. Maxx is actually pretty ridiculous (and it annoys me) at the guitar and I'm not sure there are many people that are willing to get as into the singing portion as Brett is. So outside of Mike's wack shades, they actually form a pretty good band. It was definitely entertaining. I tried to record it, and of course, my battery died half way through the first song. Typical.

Now, the most entertaining part of the trip so far has DEFINITELY been Mike Gvozdn's performance at dinner last night. Walters took us to a wing spot last night that his Rattlers team is having a wing tasting (or something like that) and they had a karaoke there. Now, I'm not completely sold on Karaoke because I feel like there's no right way to do it. If you get up there and you absolutely kill it and have a great voice and get into it, people are like, why are you trying so hard and taking it so seriously? But if you get up there and are absolutely terrible, people are quick to hate and laugh (which isn't a bad thing). So I've never been a huge fan, but I'll definitely kick back and watch, that's for sure. Anyway, about 45 minutes into dinner, Mike Gvozden decides he needs to hop up on the mic and sing the Backstreets Boys, I Want It That Way. So, I start processing the whole thing. I've known Mike for a few years now, and I'd consider him one of my good friends, and I realized, I've never heard this cat sing before. So I was very curious as to what his voice sounded like, cause his confidence was out of control. I looked across the table at Maxx (whose heard Mike sing playing Rock Band) who was literally in tears laughing saying it was an awful idea. Either way, about a half an hour after putting his name down, that cat was on the Mic doing the WORST rendition of the song EVER. But, what made it great is how confident he was with his awful voice and more importantly that he couldn't have cared less what everyone else in the place thought! For some strange reason everyone was feeling it and singing it with him! For me, it was the hardest I've laughed in a few years. You know that laughter where you can't control it, and then you start coughing a bit and your stomach hurts? Well, that's what was going on. We made a very quick exit immediately after his performance.

That's about all I got for now. I've got to go run some errands and get ready to start packing my stuff up to head to Baltimore on Friday! Yes! been awhile since I been back to Bmore and I can't wait!

Have a great rest of the week!

KH

What's good YB? I hope you guys are doing well! I'm sitting in the Phoenix airport with with Joey and Maxx waiting to take the red eye back east to Rochester for our game this weekend. As I said in my blog earlier this week, we spent the week in AZ doing our third camp of the summer and it was easily the hottest camp I've EVER been a part of! Everyday it was over 105 easily! The kids were great though, never complained and gave amazing effort every night, which is all we could ask for.

We're playing Rochester in Rochester this week and this is a HUGE game for our team for sure. We're sitting at 2-3 right now and we definitely need to build some momentum heading into the second half of the season. We get Jesse Hubbard back this weekend (missed last weekend for his wedding), which is huge for us. He's one of our leaders and guy that can completely change a game, so it's nice to get him back. We've to come out and fly around Saturday night, and I think we will. I'm excited and it's going to be a great atmosphere in Roch. Apparently there's a pretty big tournament going on there all day, so I'm sue the attendance of the game will reflect the amount of people in town for the tourney.

Not too much else is new with me. Got some hot shoes and picked up a few hot t's in AZ, but that's it. I get to go home to my parents house in Baltimore on July 4th, so I'm pumped up about that! Haven't seen the fam in a few weeks, nor have I been in Baltimore for a good 2 months, so it'll be nice to get back for sure.

Anyone catch the European futbol games today? I was all fired up to watch, and fell asleep and miss the whole thing, typical. But I did catch the highlights.

Well, time to board this plane, but I'll check in after the game and let you all know how it goes.

Have a GREAT Friday and a GREAT weekend, and I'll talk to you soon.

KH

What's good everybody? I hope you've been well! Other then the 108 degree heat here in Arizona, I'm doing well! Things have been pretty crazy recently, so I'll fill you in.

We took an L this weekend unfortunately to a pretty solid Long Island team. The game went back and forth, but the bottom line, they made more plays then we did coming down the stretch, and that was the difference in the game. We lost 19-18, and it's definitely time for us to step up and start playing the way we're capable. We've got to start putting it all together. Offensively we broke out a bit which is definitely good to see. I shot the ball a bit better and was able to grab 4g's finally which was a step in the right direction. Just got to stay with it. This whole thing is far from over. We've got another shot at it this weekend against Rochester, in NY, so that will definitely be a tough game, but one we'll be fired up for.

I was able to make it to Hulk last weekend in Portland (had a camp in Portland), and I've never been a big Incredible Hulk fan, but I thought that movie was off the chains! Definitely enjoyed it, especially the ending. So, if you're into those types of movies, get out and see that joint ASAP. I'm fired up for WANTED this weekend, definitely going to be checking that out.

In Portland we actually stayed out at some camp site in a house and it was absolutely hilarious. It was me, Maxx (my little cousin), Evan, and Joe. Three of us are from Baltimore City and staying out on some random camp site in the country where we've got no cell phone service, no internet, no television, and nothing within 10 miles of us is definitely not something we're used to. The house we had was pretty nice, I think we counted 17 beds and 7 different rooms, but we somehow ended up all staying in the same area because we convinced ourselves that some awful horror movie type scenario could go down, and if we were all in the same area, we'd have a better chance of surviving. Embarrassing I know, but we didn't know what types of stuff went down in that place. I shot a few video's there which I'll post in a few days. Either way, we made it out! The kids were a lot of fun and played hard, so it was a good week of camp.

This week we're in Phoenix for our 3rd RG camp of the summer! It's going pretty well so far, I just had forgotten how hot it gets here! When me and my cousin hopped in the rental car this morning it was 98, and it was at like 745am, not sweet at all.

I had a Nike cold gear photo shoot in San Fran last Friday that went really well. Took a lot of cool shots, so I'm looking forward to seeing those in the next few months. Stay tuned....

When we were in Vegas two weeks ago, I shot a few short videos just walking around the house trying to annoy people, so I'll post those with this article. Look how disinterested Evan is in the whole situation.

I need to get organized for camp, but keep a look out the next few days for video's, I've got tons to post!

KH

YB!!! What's good everyone? I hope you guys all had great weekends! My weekend was a busy on as I was in Park City Utah doing an event for STX. There was a HUGE youth tournament, so I hung out at the STX tent, met some kids, signed some posters, gave some stuff away, and got to relax a bit. Strangely enough, I had never been to Park City before and I liked it a lot! Definitely a nice area.

Last night, Maxx Davis (UMBC), Evan Kay, Joe Walters and I flew into Portland to get ready for our second RG camp starting today around 1pm or so. Last week in Vegas went well, and was definitely a good start to the camp season. My only complaint would be the heat, and clearly we've got no control of that. It will be a little cooler in Portland this week, so that will be a nice change. We'll be able to get after it a bit more and not have to take water breaks every 5 minutes!

I think this bye weekend was definitely good for me and my team as it gave us time to step away for a second, and come back this weekend ready to go. I haven't shot the ball as well as I would like to, but I am getting to the spots on the field I want to. Shots just haven't been falling, but they will, just have to stay with it. Got 8 games left to get after it and play as hard as we possible can and put this whole thing together. We're excited, and we definitely haven't played anywhere near our best lacrosse yet, we're still a work in progress, which isn't a bad thing. I can't to see my teammates on Friday and go back to work on Saturday night.

I finally got to watch a finals game last night! Saw the whole thing! I know, not that exciting for you all because you've seen them all, but with it being my first one of the series, I was pretty fired up.

Still haven't picked my favorite Weezy track yet. I'll keep you updated there. Any thoughts on N.E.R.D's new joint? Not sure how I feel quite yet.

I read a pretty good article on Andy Roddick in Outside magazine, it's definitely worth checking out. I've definitely followed his career and been a fan for years, so it was good getting some insight into his career and life the past few years.

Got another random Q. What's going to be the best movie of the summer? I've got a few in mind. I've definitely been waiting to see WANTED with Angelina Jolie for awhile. I want to see Will Smith's new joint as well. I still think Forgetting Sarah Marshal was one of he funniest movies I've ever seen.

That's all I've got for now, I need to go for a run, then wake all these cats up and get ready for camp.

I'll catch up with you all in a few days.

KH

What's good YB? I hope you guy's have been well! I apologize for the delay in writing, thing have been hectic recently with the game last weekend, and then getting to Vegas to run our first camp of the summer. I've got a lot to fill you guys in with!

Well, last weekend Denver came in to L.A. for our rematch and unfortunately, we weren't able to knock them off. They beat us 16-13. We played a pretty bad first half, but you've got to give them credit, they are definitely playing well early in the season. Though I haven't been in the league too long, it seems to be like Denver always gets off to a great start. With the season being so short (12 games), every game is extremely important, so we've got to back on track next weekend. We've got a bye this weekend, so it'll be nice to reevaluate, work hard all this week, and get prepared to play LI next weekend. A few positives things came from our loss against Denver. For one Jesse Hubbard showed why he's one of the best players to ever play this sort scoring 6 huge goals for us and literally keeping us in the game. Secondly, we battled back. We had a pretty bad first half, maybe the worst we've played all year, and were able to go in the locker room, regroup and come out and play as hard as we possibly could go to get back in the game. We've got to find a way (personally I definitely need to) to play with the same intensity and sense of urgency all game that we played with in the second half of the Denver game. Anyway, as I mentioned, it's early in the season, but it's time to turn it up and make big push going into the next stage of the season next weekend against LI.

On Monday of this week we began our first Run N' Gun (runngunlacrosse.com) camp of the summer. Joe Walters and I started this company together about 2 years ago, and it's been great being able to run our own business and really learn the process. This week, we're in Vegas and it's been HOT. Yesterday it was 105!! I'm talking so hot you don't feel like walking, talking, even being anywhere near outside is a bad idea. We have camp in the evening so it's a little cooler (5-9), but it's definitely still a bit warm out. The kids are a lot of fun, and working hard for us, so that's all we can ask for. I think they're learning a lot, and will be better lacrosse players when they leave on Thursday. We've got a great staff on hand with Maxx Davis (my little cousin, UMBC), Evan Kay (Former UMBC star), Maxx Ritz (former MD star), Mike Grvozden (Hopkins starting goalie), and myself and Joey. So, the kids are definitely getting some great instruction. All these counselors are great dudes so it's fun getting to kick it with them for a week. It's especially nice for me to be able to hang out with Maxx for a week as he's like a little brother and since I've moved out west and he goes to school back east, we don't get to see each other much. After this camp, we've got 5 more left! One in Portland, AZ, Michigan, Rochester, and one in York Pennsylvania! So, it'll be a busy, but productive summer.

So, I've got a few questions I need answers to! One, what do you with of Weezy's new joint? I've listened a few times, but haven't formed my opinion yet. What do you guys think? Secondly, what is going on with the NBA finals? Whose playing well? With camp being at night I've literally missed every game so far! Not too happy about it. Fill me in!!!

We finish up camp tomorrow, then I head to Utah for the weekend to do a few events for STX, so it should be a pretty fun rest of the week/weekend.

I'm going to shoot some video's today at camp, so hopefully I'll be able to get those up in the next few days. As I said up top, I apologize for the delay in writing, things were hectic leading up to camp, but I got everything organized now and, so I'm back to posting a few times a week baby!

Talk to you all soon, and have a GREAT Wednesday.

KH

How comfortable does my niece look sleeping? My sister sent this pic to me yesterday and I haven't been able to stop laughing every time I look at it. She looks far too comfortable! And, what kind of 2 year old sleeps with her hands behind her head?!

What's good YB family? I hope you all had great weekends! Mine was a good one for sure!

We played up in San Jose against the San Fran (Dragons) team. We got our second W which is nice. I definitely haven't been 2-1 since college to start a season, so it's a nice feeling for sure. It was a tough game, and another great atmosphere. The Dragons organization did a great job putting together the game as the fan support was great, and it was very organized after the game in terms of meeting all of the kids at the game.

The game went back and forth at the beginning, San Fran's got some ridiculously talented players. One of my favorite players to watch in this league is Jake Byrne (former Hop teammate) because he's stick work and shot are so unique. He's capable of scoring from anywhere on the field and he's crazy accurate as well, so it's fun to watch him play. Just got to make sure you don't give him too many opportunities because he doesn't miss often. He definitely got a couple on us on Saturday night.

Our defense played well, and Mickey Jarboe did his thing in the goal as usual. As I mentioned last blog, I think our defense is one of the best in the league for sure and I think once again they proved why. I'm not sure I've seen a defender 'd-stick' someone as much as D.J. Driscoll (defender on our team) does every game.

Offensively, we're still not there yet, but this weekend was definitely a step in the right direction. The key for us is going to be balance. We don't rely on one person to score all of our points or goals, we've got a lot of talented guys on the field and we're all slowly finding our roles. In our game against San Fran, we picked up the midfield scoring a bit which will be extremely important the rest of the way. I had 2 goals, Chazz had 3, Casey had 3, Downing had 2 and Buckely had 1. Our attack of, Hubbard, Riorden and Watson will score a lot of goals for us, so it's our job as middies to take some of the pressure off of those guys by opening it up from the midfield. We're still not shooting the ball great, but with each game that passes, we're slowly improving.

It was a great win on the road for us, and we've got another big game against Denver this weekend in L.A.. They definitely smacked us in our first game against them at the beginning of the season (ha, 2 weeks ago). So, we've got to get in a lot of shooting this week and be ready to go when those guys come to L.A.. this weekend.

Last night before I left, I was sitting in my hotel room waiting to go grab dinner and I ended up catching a show called "100 most hilarious moments of all time" and I watched the whole thing and nearly wet my shorts I was laughing so hard.

I was able to find two of the funnier clips on Youtube, so check them out....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztr2bOtdByA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG_VrXvqoMY&feature=related

Apparently, both people in the videos were ok, so it's ok to laugh. You know it's funny!

I'll catch up with you all soon, I need to go get a run in and get some shots on the goal!

KH

Oh yeah, who's winning the NBA title?