who were the co-founder of the league in which the Boston Storm are a professional women's field lacrosse team?
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Boston Storm (UWLX) The Boston Storm are a United Women's Lacrosse League (UWLX) professional women's field lacrosse team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They have played in the UWLX since the 2016 season. In the 2017 season, the four teams in the UWLX will play on a barnstorming format, with all four teams playing at a single venue.
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United Women's Lacrosse League The United Women’s Lacrosse League is a professional women's lacrosse league in the United States. It was co-founded in Boston, Massachusetts by Digit Murphy and Aronda Kirby of the Play It Forward Sports Foundation, under the ownership of United Women's Sports LLC in a strategic partnership with STX. Penn State alum and former United States national team player Michele DeJuliis was appointed as the league’s commissioner.
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Washington Power The Washington Power were a member of the National Lacrosse League during the 2001 and 2002 seasons. After the inaugural championship in 1987 in Baltimore (as the Thunder) through 1999 and an unsuccessful stint in Pittsburgh (as the CrosseFire), the franchise moved to Washington, D.C. in 2001, with a new ownership structure that included Eugene Podsiadlo, a New York investment executive, and star play Gary Gait. After two seasons of low attendance in Washington, the franchise moved, this time to Denver, Colorado, as the Colorado Mammoth. In Colorado they have seen success both on and off the field, culminating in 2006, when they had the highest attendance in the league, and also won the Champion's Cup.
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Halifax Hurricanes The Halifax Hurricanes are a professional basketball team playing based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The team competes in the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL) and are a part of the Atlantic Division. The Hurricanes were founded to replace the Halifax Rainmen, who declared bankruptcy in July 2015 ultimately leading to the club folding.
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Ryan Cranston Ryan Cranston is a professional lacrosse player and advocate for cancer patients. A native of West Chester, Pennsylvania, Cranston attended B. Reed Henderson High School, and later attended Lynchburg College, where he was a four-year stand out lacrosse player and a 3-x Division 3 lacrosse all-American. In 2008, after graduating from college, Cranston was drafted in the 4th round of the MLL draft by the San Francisco Dragons. Later he joined the LXM pro tour. Using his lacrosse pedigree, Cranston is the creator and founder of the lacrosse tournament "Care 4 the Cure", in which all proceeds go to the fight against leukemia and lymphoma.
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Philadelphia Wings (1974–75) The Philadelphia Wings was one of six teams from the original National Lacrosse League. This team mimicked Philadelphia's NHL counterpart, the Flyers with its "Broad Street Bullies" style of play. The Wings played at the home of the Flyers, the Spectrum, and played their first game in that arena on May 19, 1974, mere hours after the Flyers won the Stanley Cup. The Wings were one of three teams that did not go bankrupt prior to the 1976 season cancellation.
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London Lightning The London Lightning is a Canadian professional basketball team based in London, Ontario, Canada. The team was a charter member of the National Basketball League of Canada which began play with the 2011–12 season (of which they are the inaugural and three-time champions). The Lightning plays its home games at the Budweiser Gardens.
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2014 Colorado Mammoth season The Colorado Mammoth are a lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2014 season was the 28th in franchise history and 12th as the Mammoth (previously the Washington Power, Pittsburgh Crossefire, and Baltimore Thunder).
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Mitch Belisle Mitch Belisle (born November 9, 1985) is a professional lacrosse player for the Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse and for the Georgia Swarm in the National Lacrosse League. Belisle was named to the 2014 U.S. Men's National Lacrosse final 23-man roster for the FIL World Championship in July of the same year.
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Bill McGlone Bill McGlone (born April 24, 1984 in Ridley, Pennsylvania) is a professional lacrosse player. McGlone plays for the Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse and the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League.
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2005 Minnesota Swarm season The Minnesota Swarm are a lacrosse team based in Minnesota playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2005 season was the Swarm's inaugural season in the NLL.
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Baltimore Tribe The Baltimore Tribe was a member of the American Lacrosse League, a short lived professional lacrosse league in 1988, that was based in Catonsville, Maryland. The Tribe played their home games at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. The original General Manager was Bob Griebe. Mark Glagola replaced Griebe, who resigned c. May 14, 1988. Frank Messanotte was the head coach. Brooks Sweet and Brian Wood played for the Tribe. Other players were Peter and Brent Voelkel, Chris Walker, Brad Kotz, Todd Curry and goalie Gavin Moag. The team colors were Carolina Blue and White. The Tribe had a 2-2 record when the league folded.
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Boston Pride The Boston Pride are a professional women's ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They are one of the four charter franchises of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL). They won the inaugural Isobel Cup in 2016, defeating the Buffalo Beauts.
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North East College Lacrosse League The North East Collegiate Lacrosse League (NECLL) was a regional organization of non-varsity men's club field lacrosse programs in the Northeastern United States. The league was founded in 2006 by club teams from Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Connecticut. Like the Great Lakes Lacrosse League (GLLL) and the National College Lacrosse League (NCLL), schools that have a varsity lacrosse program may join the league. The league ceased operations prior to the 2014 season.
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Surrey Storm The Surrey Storm are an English netball team based at the Surrey Sports Park in Guildford, Surrey that compete in the Netball Superleague. They were formed as the Brunel Hurricanes in 2005 and played at Brunel University in London, before they moved to Guildford and played their matches at the nearby Guildford Spectrum for two seasons before they were rebranded as the Surrey Storm in August 2009 and moved to the Surrey Sports Park.
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Timiskaming Professional Hockey League The Timiskaming Professional Hockey League (TPHL) was a minor professional ice hockey league based in the area of Lake Timiskaming, Canada. Founded in 1906, the league is notable for providing teams and Ambrose O'Brien, the founder of the National Hockey Association, which became today's National Hockey League.
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2011 Colorado Mammoth season The Colorado Mammoth are a lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2011 season was the 25th in franchise history and 9th as the Mammoth (previously the Washington Power, Pittsburgh Crossefire, and Baltimore Thunder).
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Liz Hogan Liz Hogan (born July 1989) is an American women’s lacrosse player. Having played with the Syracuse Orange at the collegiate level, she was named to the US national team for the 2015-16 season. In 2016, she was selected by the Boston Storm as their first-ever selection in the inaugural United Women's Lacrosse League Draft.
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Toronto Maple Leafs (NLA) The Toronto Maple Leafs were a professional box lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse Association. The team started out in the senior A league in 1966. In 1968, the professional NLA was launched and the Maple Leafs joined the league, playing their home games at Maple Leaf Gardens. Stafford Smythe and Harold Ballard, part owners of the National Hockey League's Toronto Maple Leafs, were two of the five founding partners of the pro club, but financial difficulties forced Maple Leaf Gardens Ltd. to take over ownership of the club midway though the season. The NLA suspended operations prior to the following season. However, the eastern division of the NLA reconstituted itself as the Eastern Professional Lacrosse Association, in which the Maple Leafs competed in 1969. By 1970 the pro league league had disbanded. Toronto would be without pro box lacrosse until the arrival of the Toronto Tomahawks in 1974.
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Massachusetts Stingers Massachusetts Stingers was an American women’s soccer team, founded in 2004. The team was a member of the Women's Premier Soccer League, the third tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada. The team plays in the North Division of the Eastern Conference. The team folded after the 2007 season.
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Global Hockey League The Global Hockey League was a proposed intercontinental major professional ice hockey league in 1990, spearheaded by former Winnipeg Jets owner Michael Gobuty and World Hockey Association founder Dennis Murphy.
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Chris Schiller Chris Schiller (b. January 18, 1977 in Rochester, New York) is a lacrosse player for the Rochester Knighthawks in the National Lacrosse League. In 2006, he was named the team's Unsung Hero. Schiller also plays for the Toronto Nationals of Major League Lacrosse (MLL).