Lacrosse
Until fairly recently lacrosse was almost exclusively a North American based sport. The United States and Canada is still very much the base for lacrosse, but the sport has found some limited popularity in other parts of the world as well. Lacrosse is most popular in high schools and colleges across North America. Though there have been … Keep Reading → professional leagues that have offered variations of the game; including an indoor version; most of the popularity of lacrosse is still based on the game played at the amateur level. Don’t let that fool you though; lacrosse can be very popular in many locations. National college competitions are often seen on television and can draw large crowds of people to the matches. For those who are not familiar with the game; lacrosse is played with a ball that is passed and shot by using sticks with small baskets at the end that hold the ball. The object is to shoot the ball past a goalkeeper and score a goal. Lacrosse looks something like hockey, but the ball is transferred in the air rather than on the ground or ice.
