Inside Lacrosse
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[edit] Inside Lacrosse Overview
Inside Lacrosse is considered to be the leading lacrosse media entity. It is the only lacrosse media company that provides a printed magazine and yearbook, online video, fan forum, ESPN television shows and news website. The company is currently located in downtown Baltimore in the Columbus Center. The staff is made up of 15 full-time employees, numerous freelance writers and photographers, interns and various other volunteer workers.
[edit] Inside Lacrosse Properties
Inside Lacrosse Main Website
Currently published 11 times a year. The magazine is an oversized glossy format, similar to Rolling Stone and ESPN the magazine. The page count averages anywhere from 136-172 pages depending on the time of year. Main topics of interest are the men's college and high school lacrosse. Also receiving coverage is the MLL, NLL, club and women's lacrosse. Of the 11 issues the most popular is the recruiting issue, followed by the college season preview issues.
Inside Lacrosse TV IL.TV
Inside Lacrosse TV is made up of two media outlets. The first is the website which provides high quality online videos, free of charge. Topics include: high school, college and pro lacrosse, instructional, behind the scenes and player features. The second part of IL TV is our two part, one hour ESPN specials which air just before and after the college season.
Inside Lacrosse Lacrosse Forums Lacrosse Forums
The largest online lacrosse forums. As of July 1st, 2007 the site had 28,991 members and over 1,000,000 posts.
IL Mobile insidelacrosse.com/mobile
Officially launched March 20, 2008, IL Mobile provides real-time scores and news stories to users who have web-enabled phones.
Face-Off College Yearbook
Printed once a year the Face-Off College yearbook is a comprehensive review of the upcoming men's lacrosse season. The yearbooks contents include team and player previews for DI, DII, DIII lacrosse. Also included is the previous seasons stats. The yearbook is considered by most in the media to be the bible. The yearbooks contents are not only used by fans but also by media broadcasters and coaches. The Face-Off Yearbook has been in publication for 13 years as of 2007. It underwent a comprehensive redesign last year and in 2006 was completely color for the first time ever.
[edit] The Magazine’s Early Years
The company was founded in 1996 by Robert Carpenter, a Duke lacrosse and Vestal, NY High School graduate. Knowing that fans cannot be truly invested in a sport if they don’t have access to the news and the personalities surrounding it, Inside Lacrosse was born. A ham and egg operation run out of Carpenter's spare bedroom in Towson, Maryland was all about printing and sending weekly score bulletins to lacrosse junkies nationally, in first-class envelopes so nothing was out of date. The maiden issue was a 16-page black-and-white newspaper consisting mostly of box scores and stats. Among the content was the news of Michigan State and New Hampshire dropping their men's varsity programs and Syracuse's epic 22-21 win over Virginia.
[edit] Awards and Honors
1998- USILA Media Award
2003- IWLCA Media Award
2003- IWLCA Service Award
2005- USILA Media Award
