Pro lacrosse season begins as sport's leaders eye Olympics

CFILE - Cannons' Lyle Thompson (4) carries the ball past Redwoods' Patrick Harbeson (40) during a Premier Lacrosse League game on Friday, June 4, 2021, in Foxborough, Mass. World Lacrosse, the international governing body of the sport, is making a proposal to have the Native American sport included in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. (AP Photo/Steve Luciano, File)

Premier Lacrosse League star Lyle Thompson signs autographs after a scrimmage on May 31, 2022 at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium in Albany, N.Y.. World Lacrosse, the international governing body of the sport, is making a proposal to have the Native American sport included in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Thompson, 29, is from the Onondaga Nation outside Syracuse, N.Y., and starred in college for the Albany Great Danes, setting the national career scoring record and twice winning the Tewaaraton Award given annually to the best male and female college players. Playing in the Olympics would fulfill a dream. (AP Photo/John Kekis)

FILE - Cannons' Paul Rabil (99) reacts after a goal during a Premier Lacrosse League game against the Redwoods, on June 4, 2021, in Foxborough, Mass. World Lacrosse, the international governing body of the sport, is making a proposal to have the Native American sport included in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. (AP Photo/Steve Luciano, File)