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New Balance H710 Ivy League Collection

By Lacrosse Playground | December 16, 2010 |
New Balance offers a peek into its upcoming Ivy League Collection for Spring 2011. The collection will include mid and low top versions of its H710 hiker. The shoes are inspired by the Ivy League schools, which obviously include Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, and Yale. They've taken a classic approach with an "outdoors" feel. They feature buttery suede uppers with special laurel wreath tongue branding to mimic the schools' crests. The release is expected to come in January 2011 via select New Balance accounts worldwide. Keep Reading...

Some Thoughts on The IVY League Jerseys

By Lacrosse Playground | April 19, 2010 |
The Ivy League has a deep lacrosse tradition. The league captured the first USILA championship in 1881, the first NCAA Championship in 1971 and remains one of the premiere leagues today even with the absence of athletic scholarships. As far as jerseys, there is an emphasis on the classic. Not surprisingly, some schools have remained very conservative in their attire, while others have broken the mold.