Random Thoughts (a lot of them)

YB!!!! What's good?! I apologize for only writing once last week. I meant to jump back on and write about a few things!

Anyway, hope the weekend went well and that the week got started right! I know I mentioned that I was apart of the 40 man training roster for the US Training team the past few months, and last week they announced the final 23 guys and I wasn't on the list. Now, clearly, I was disappointed, but the selection is completely out of my control. I was proud to be a part of the 40 man Training Roster, and though I wasn't selected for the final 23 guys, I'm confident that the guys that did will go over to England next summer and bring the Gold medal back where it belongs. Pumped up for my boys Max Seibald, Paul Rabil, Stephen Peyser, Joe Cinosky Drew Westervelt and Brendan Mundorf! Go to work fellas! I was fortunate enough to be part of the las US National Team (2006), so this is by no means the end of the world, just part of the game. Now it's time to get my off-season work outs going with my trainers, stay positive, work on getting my shot off quicker out of my dodge, and get ready to GO TO WORK next year for Denver!

Any of you all seen This is It? I'm hoping you all have! I've heard AMAZING things and I'm a HUGE MJ fan, have been seen since I was a baby and my parents would put on his music videos for me to fall asleep to. Either way, I promised Meredith I'd go with her, and I've been on the road and she's been on location working so we haven't gotten a chance yet! But, I think tomorrow is the night! Can't wait.

Weezy fans out there? Seen the trailer for his new documentary? Looks pretttttttty serious. More importantly, heard No Ceilings? I honestly think it may be better than Drought 3, which is the best mix tape I've ever heard. Interested to know everyone else's opinion on the situation.

Any thoughts on hoops thus far? Because of coast to coast travel, I haven't been able to watch as much as I'd like, but I'm liking how Nash is playing. Dropping dimes all over the place. Always exciting to see a dude of that size control the entire game WITH OUT scoring. Caught a bunch of Syracuse highlights this morning and those cats are ATHLETIC! Talking about running the floor! They'll literally run people into the ground this year with out a doubt.

You guys read ESPN Magazine? I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before here, but I'm a HUGE fan of the column called Player X. They've got dudes in the NFL writing a column about all the stuff that NO ONE talks about, definitely giving HUGE glimpse into the lives of these dudes. Some CRAZY stuff goes down with out a doubt.

Thats about all I've got for now!

I need to get some work done, but I'll get at you all a bit later!!

KHM

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LXM Pro Tour

What’s going on YB!! Hope the week is going well!

As I mentioned last week, I wanted to write and fill you guys in on the new project I’m involved in out here in L.A.! It’s called the LXM PRO Tour and I couldn’t be more excited about it! LXM 949 (SoCal, first stop of the tour) is the first lacrosse event that will highlight 40 of the best players in the world, and be followed by a HUGE performance by Akon! As lacrosse players, our main goal is to continue to push our sport in the right direction towards the other mainstream sports! The first of these events will be in Orange County on November 21st (LXM 949).

There are so many different components through out the day that will bring in different crowds to get a look at our great sport, and hopefully create some new lacrosse fans! For starters, there will be an on field casting call sponsored by Sports Studio Casting, in search for young athletic actors to be cast in upcoming Hollywood productions. Shortly after that, there will be a lacrosse clinic powered by Team STX (Joe Walters, Anthony Kelly, Sean Morris, and Stephen Brooks) where all kinds of new skills will be taught, there will be cool give-a-ways, contest, raffles, poster signing and all kinds of other cool stuff! After the clinic, there will be an MCLA game between Chapman and UCSB, which will definitely be an entertaining game! Both teams have a lot of talented players and will certainly put on a good show. Once the club game is over, the Pro’s are taking the field! We’ve got some of the top talent in the world to come showcase their talent and compete against each other! Guys like Mickey Jarboe, John Walker, Jake Byrne, Mikey Powell and lots more! When the Pro game is over, the night will be capped with a BLOW OUT CONCERT by Akon! It’s going to be an AWESOME DAY in Organe County! Check out www.LXMPRO.com for more information!

Thus far, it’s been amazing being a part of the whole creative process, and then to actually see it all coming together in the past few weeks has been incredible. I truly do believe this event will help to push our game in the right direction and force the country to recognize what a great sport we’re all apart of! I’ve gotten a lot of comments on my Facebook wall or twitter account with people liking the concept, and some people thinking it’s bad for our sport. Bottom line, anytime you start something new, there are going to be people who dislike what you’re doing, or hate on it for no apparent reason. But the people who say this is bad for our sport, or will set our sport back, clearly don’t really love the sport of lacrosse or, are just plain old haters (which I love, keep it up). We’re a group of guys who absolutely LOVE the sport of lacrosse and are doing everything we can to help make our sport more garner more national attention, and help to brand the best personalities in our sport! By combining music, a talent search, and some of the best lacrosse players in the world, we think we’re going to be able to create some new lacrosse fans and create some amazing events across the country! Add the fact that our first event is in a market like Los Angeles, and we’re going to hopefully create a great buzz for our sport!

I’ll attach a few of the flyers for the event, and as I said earlier, check out LXMPro.com for details of the event!

I’ll talk to you guys later this week!

KMH

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Hoops This Week!!!!

What's crackin' off YB?!?!

Anybody else crazy excited for the start of the NBA season this week?! I CAN'T WAIT! Been waiting for this for months!! See the new Jordan brand commercial? Break to Build? If not, Youtube that joint ASAP! Crazy to see that D-Wade got scooped up by Team Jordan, happy to see him with CP3, Jeter and Melo in that commercial with out a doubt. Anyone had a chance to read the new SLAM with Shaq and Lebron on the cover? Pretty solid NBA preview in there, I enjoyed it. Also, the Hall of Fame tribute to Jordan (SLAM) has the best Jordan article I've ever read written by Scoop Jackson. It's called "Are You There God? It's Me, Scoop Jackson." I've never read an article where the author was literally able to capture the feeling that I'm certain EVERY basketball fan has felt at some time about MJ. Awesome article, and I'm planning on framing it! Definitely worth checking out if you get a chance!

My weekend was pretty busy as I was in 4 different states in 3 days. I was in Seattle on Thursday night for an event to promote the new K18 equipment line, so that was a lot of fun and I got some great feedback on the equipment line. Then, I headed to San Fran on Friday morning for another K18 promotional event and had a blast there with some GREAT kids and a great retailer (Sling It). Then, Sat morning it was off to Denver to play a scrimmage with the Outlaws (MLL team) against DU, which was a lot of fun. I played terrrrrrrribly as I had a new stick and couldn't figure out how to throw or shoot with it, so I kept throwing the ball all over the place! But, Drew Westervelt (Outlaw attackmen) KILLED it as usual and had 7Gs! So, we won and it was a great day of lacrosse in Denver.

There's a new project involved out here in LA called the LXM PRO Tour! I'll be dedicating the my next blog this week to explaining what a cool and exciting project LXM is! In the mean time, check out LXMPRO.com and learn a little bit about the tour! I can't wait for our first event on November 21st! Going to be awesome!

I'm around Marina Del Rey all week, which is exciting as I haven't been home for an entire week in quite some time! Going to be able to get a bunch of solid work outs in with the trainers and get a lot of work done, definitely a good feeling. We've got our last weekend of US Training team work outs coming up this weekend in Stony Brook, and then the final 23 guys will be selected next week sometime. It's been a lot of fun being a part of the US process again and being with all of the guys. All 40 guys on the training team are talented enough to be on the squad, so it's going to be a tough team to pick for the coaches.

Scooped up a few movies this week, Transformers (2), The Proposal, and Wolverine: Origins, so my flights have been entertaining for the most part!

That's about all I've got for now! Need to get a little work done before hooping in a few hours! I'll catch up with you all in a day or two!

Have a GREAT Monday!

KH

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Back in L.A.

YB!!!!! What's the deal?!

I hope everyone's Monday is going well. I landed in L.A., from Annapolis last night at about 1:45am, so I'm exhausted! But, life goes on, stuff to do, things to catch up on, you know how it goes!

I had a pretty solid weekend back east with the US Training Team. I got in on Thursday night and was able to head over to my parents house and catch up with them which was great. Happy Birthday Dad! My dad turned 60 on Saturday, so it was definitely a good thing being able to see him on the big b-day weekend. On Saturday, the US Training squad practiced with the Navy team, which was a lot of fun. Navy's got some great players and is clearly one of the most respected programs in the country. Saturday evening, we had a reception with the 74' and 78' US teams, so it was great to be around all of those great players. Not to mention the food at the reception was OFF THE CHAINS. Sunday, we split the training team (41 guys) into two teams and played MD, Navy and UVA. It was good to play and get up and down. All of those programs are going to have huge years, as they all have a lot of talented players. We've got one more weekend of US training team camp which will be at Stony Brook on October 30th.

Unfortunately, my travel doesn't slow down too much this week. I'm heading to Seattle on Thursday to do some K18 events, then to NorCal for some K18 events on Friday night, and then flying right to Denver on Saturday morning because the Denver Outlaws (my pro team) are playing DU's team, so that should be a lot of fun! I'm fired up as it will be the first time I get to play in a game and WEAR MY OWN EQUIPMENT!!!! Wooohooo! The pro league isn't sponsored by STX or Nike, so I'm never able to actual wear my equipment in a real game situation. But, this Saturday will be the first time I toss on the new K18 line and get my lax on! I know, seems small, but I'm pretty excited about it.

Anything new going on with you guys? I wish I had some more to report, not too much new with me. I'm settled into my apartment which is great. I got a bunch of new LIVESTRONG and TIger Woods Nike apparel in the mail a few days back, so thats always exciting stuff.

I got two songs I'm into right now...I can Transform ya (Chris Brown, Weezy), and What a Catch (Fall out boy), that I CAN'T stop listening to for some reason. I saw the music video for What a Catch last week at my parents house and instantly liked the song. Also, check out the Drop It Low video (Ester Dean featuring Chris Brown), it's a good one as well.

I know there have been far more educated baseball people who have written about this already, but how ridiculous is A-rod? Honestly, it's getting a little out of control how clutch homeboy is. I'm not even into baseball, but I've definitely enjoyed watching playoff baseball, especially the Yankee's. I'm not going to jump on the bandwagon and go as far to say I'm a fan, but it's been entertaining for sure.

That's about all I've got, need to get some work done!

Catch up with you all soon!

KH

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K18 Release!!!

YB!

My bad for being out of touch last week, I was bouncing around all over the place! Last week I was in Texas, Austin and Dallas....it was A LOT of fun and very productive, but I was EXHAUSTED last weekend when I got back!

I can't begin to tell you how excited I am about the release of the new K18 line!!!! In ATL, Breakaway (lacrosse retailerS), was nice enough to come out to my camp at Milton High School with all of the new equipment to show the kids! Seeing all the new stuff all packaged up and being sold is an amazing feeling. Thinking back to a a year and a half ago when this whole creative process started, I can't believe we finally got it done! As I've mentioned to you all before unlike my last line (I just graduated and we had a quick deadline), with this line, I was involved from the very beginning to the end and it was an experience I'll never forget.

Depending on what area you're in, you've GOT to get by a store and check it out!!!! If you're in the SoCal area, get by SouthSwell, in NorCal, Sling It, in Baltimore, Laxworld, and in NY, check out Lacrosse Unlimited!

I've got more to shout at you all later about! Need to go get some work done!

Still depressed about my Ravens yesterday....

Talk to you all tomorrow!!

KMH

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