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Having come out in support of Chief Illiniwek, I figured the least I could do, from a karmic perspective, was go out and see professional lacrosse. The expansion National Lacrosse League Shamrox began play this season at the Sears Centre out in Hoffman Estates, and what better night to make the trip than at the end of Saint Patrick’s Day? Make no mistake: lacrosse might be a tribal American sport, but the tribe the Shamrox appeal to is native Americans–especially suburbanites–of Irish descent. They announced a crowd of more than 8,000 for the Saint Patrick’s night game, and it didn’t seem padded, not with most of the crowd dressed in green shirts, if not green wigs or faces. Consider that tickets ranged from $15 (soon sold out) to $35, and that’s impressive, especially with families filling most of the seats.
