Jim Donaldson: The great sport of lacrosse is gaining popularity
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By JIM DONALDSON "I feel about lacrosse the way I would about a little restaurant with great food where you don't have to wait for a table. I feel about lacrosse the way I would about owning a beach house on a secluded stretch of sand. Should such delights be shared? Or kept a secret? Lacrosse is one of the best-kept secrets in sports. It's a great game - fast-paced, hard-hitting, often high-scoring - that very few people know about because very few have ever seen it. They don't know what they're missing. And I don't know if I should tell them." FOXBORO - That's what I wrote 13 years ago, the weekend in 1995 that Brown hosted the Fleet Invitational, which featured three top-10 teams, including the ninth-ranked Bears. The highly exciting and extremely enjoyable sport of lacrosse continues to grow rapidly in both participation and popularity every year. "I feel I should tell people to go," I wrote back then. "To sit in the stands on a sunny spring day and see how swiftly and skillfully the players pass the ball across the field. I know that, if people see lacrosse, they will like it. And that's the problem. Because then the secret will be out. My quiet little restaurant will be like the one described by Yogi Berra, where 'nobody goes any more, because it's too crowded.' My strip of secluded sand will resemble Daytona during spring break. Click here to continue reading. Your Turn: What do you like, or not like, about lacrosse? 
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