College Crosse Prospectus - August 22, 2016: John Grant, Jr. Gets Key To City Of Peterborough, CityLax Southampton Shootout Highlights.

Change.Org petition to get lacrosse in the 2024 Olympics, and plenty more!!

By Eri_Barrister Aug 22, 2016, 8:46am EDT

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GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD MORNING, College Crosse Nation! Thanks for making us a part of your day! Here are your links for August 22, 2016.

College Crosse News.

Busy weekend for John Grant, Jr. He had the MLL title game on Saturday and then he “became the 13th recipient of a Key to the City of Peterborough in a small reception at the Peterborough and District Sports Hall of Fame” on Sunday. Here’s another post about the ceremony.

Lacrosse All Stars with a great video from the 8th Annual CityLax Southampton Shootout at Southampton High School on August 20th.

Nice article on Saint Michael's College BALLER Taylor Wallace and his experience at the European Lacrosse Championship with Team Ireland.

There's a Change.Org petition to get lacrosse in the 2024 Olympics. “The results of this Change.org campaign will be submitted to the International Olympic Committee Executive Board for review on October 1st, 2016.” It has 76 signatures so far.

Nick Sakiewicz talks with Sports Business Daily about the league's future.

What’s Up, Philly?

Philly Mag does a lengthy piece on Urban Outfitters, a Philly-based company that has grown significantly over the years.

Weckerly’s Ice Cream to release an ice cream sandwich inspired by the world famous Barnes Museum here in Philly.

World/National News.

The closing ceremony for the Rio Olympics was last night.

Your GIF for August 22, 2016: That’s actually quite impressive.

That’s it for today!! I’ll see you out there!!