All these blizzards sweeping across the United States can mean only one thing:

[mahatmakanejeeves]

The college lacrosse season has started.

College Lacrosse is Back: Goldsmith, Dooley, Klepper Lead Scoring in Decisive Mercer Win

Saturday January 29th, 2022 4:00pm

The 2022 lacrosse season has officially begun in men's Division I, as Mercer took down rival Bellarmine, 9-4 on Saturday afternoon in Macon, Ga.

For the second-straight season, the matchup hailed the return of lacrosse — [link:hhttps://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/bellarmine-overcomes-face-off-deficit-smothers-mercer-o-in-9-7-win/57213ttp://|last year's being a rallying cry for the sport after the pandemic shutdown 2020]. This year, it's a new Rite of Spring — a curtain-raiser to the season with the lacrosse die hards scrambling for a live stream after waiting since Memorial Day.

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[House of Roberts]

1. Or you could say that the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona ending yesterday afternoon...

means the 2024 racing season has started!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. Why do they start with the biggest event of the year?

I've never understood that.

[House of Roberts]

3. To that crowd, Lemans is the biggest event of the year, although

it's not on the IMSA calendar. The finale is a ten hour event at Road Atlanta.
Having the Daytona 24 hour race at the end of January allows a number of high profile drivers from other types of racing to join in before getting dedicated to their own series, such as Indycar and Nascar.

Usually it's warmer but this year most of the race was run under 40 degrees. Cold tires don't grip as good.