What's good everybody? I hope you all had great weekends. I'm writing this blog sitting on the plane riding back from Rome to NYC, then eventually to Baltimore tomorrow around 11am or so. Rome was definitely amazing, and the fact that the sport of lacrosse is growing internationally is great to see. While we were there we actually had two clinics set up by Fabio Antonelli (who you'll see video off shortly), who is a 22 year old who more or less runs all of Italian lacrosse. He set up a few games this past Friday and Saturday and guys came in from Finland, Germany, Austria, and the Italian guys put together a team as well. For a few hours on Friday and Saturday, Joe Walters and I put on a few clinics and tried to teach the guys as much as possible. The weather was miserable Saturday during the games, but they seemed to think it was great running around soaking wet and muddy, so it was a success. Being in Rome and being able to see all the incredible architecture was an experience I'll never forget. St. Peters was the most memorable for me because of how beautiful it was, and we were actually able to walk around with someone who explained everything we were looking at. We actually were able to walk down where every pope has been buried, which was very fascinating, and also a little strange. Definitely an experience though. Fabio did a great job of making sure Joe and I got to see everything we could in 7 days. We did a ridiculous amount of walking, but I was digging it. Didn't even think about it really, we were just so busy looking around at everything. I think we're actually headed back to Rome next November to run a camp, so that should be great. Not only will it be nice to continue to spread the game of lacrosse, but it will be incredible to get back to Italy and hopefully travel around a bit. Changing pace a bit, I'm sitting here trying to put together my pre-game warm up list on my Ipod for the season. I'm not a jump around screaming type dude as far as getting mentally prepared for games, I just like to sit by myself, shoot a bit and listen to music. For all you athletes out there, what are some of your favorite pre-game songs? Or for sports fans, what songs get you going? Ya don't't have to be an athlete to enjoy songs that get you pumped up! I'd be interested to hear what you guys think! Let me know! I'll list off a few of my all time favorites. The Sky is the Limit, Weezy Second Round Knock out,, Canibus Patiently Waiting, Eminem/50 Notorious Thugs, Biggie/Bone Thugs So Seductive, Tony Yayo/50 Kick in the door, Biggie/Eminem Renegade, Jay-Z/Eminem Stronger, Kanye West Can't tell me nothing, Kanye West I'ma Straight Rider, Tupac Till I Collapse, Eminem Dead Presidents, Jay-Z We taking over (Remix), R. Kelly, T-pain, Lil Kim, Akon, Jeezy We taking over (Remix), Weezy I get Money (Remix), 50, Ludacris I get Money (Remix) 50, Diddy, Jay-Z I could definitely go on for a few pages here, but I think I'll stop here. Let me know some of your favorite re-game songs! I'll be sure to check in later this week, and post some pictures as well. Here's one of my favorite pictures from the trip. KH