Sports

=**__BASEBALL! America's favorite pass time.__**=
 * Baseball originated before the America Civil War. In 1861-1865 (as rounders) a humble game played on sandlots became an amazing game worth playing!


 * Baseball came of age in the 1920s when Babe Ruth and (american favorite) led the __New York Yankees to several World Series Titles__ and became a national hero on the strength of his home runs.


 * One of the most note worthy was the Brooklyn Dodgers. Jackie Robinson, a gifted and couragous athlete who became the first __ A ** frican American **__ player in the major leagues (the pros).


 * A game played between two teams each composed of nine players thattake turns playing offense(batting) and defense (fielding).[[image:wiki.jpg width="301" height="200" align="right"]]

=__Positions in Baseball__=
 * //Catcher (sits behind home plate to retrieve the ball if the batter misses)//
 * //pitcher (Stands on amound of dirt were he throws a series of differently thrown balls Curveball, fastball, sinker, Knuckleball, etc.)//
 * //Left Fielder//
 * //Center Fielder//
 * //Right Fielder//
 * //1st baseman//
 * //2nd baseman//
 * //shortstop//
 * //3rd// position

Football

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Lacrosse Information:  **__ History __** __ Men’s lacrosse __ __ Box lacrosse __
 * Originated from the Native Americans.
 * There are currently sixty-one NCAA Division I teams at the collegiate level.
 * One hundred and ten-yard field (100 meters).
 * Equipment includes: helmet, gloves, lacrosse stick, shoulder pads, elbow pads.
 * Mainly played in the U.S. and Canada
 * Four main types: men’s lacrosse, women’s lacrosse, box lacrosse, and international lacrosse.
 * 1900s in the United States, lacrosse was primarily centered around the east coast in areas such as Connecticut, Maryland, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
 * May have been created in the fifth century.
 * Very physical sport and it requires a good combination of eye and hand coordination and good stick handling.
 * Men’s field lacrosse has ten players: a goalkeeper, 3 defenders, 3 midfielders, and 3 attackmen.
 * The goal is 6 feet by 6 feet (1.8 meters by 1.8 meters).
 * The goal sits in a circle or “crease” that is 18 feet in diameter (5.5 meters).
 * Each offensive and defensive area is surrounded by a “restraining box”.
 * Each quarter (4 quarters in a game), and after each goal scored, play is restarted with a face-off.
 * During a face-off, two players (midfielders) lay their stick horizontally next to the ball, head of the inches from the ball and the butt-end pointing down the midfield line.
 * Face-off-men fight for the ball, often by “clamping” it under their sticks and flicking it out to their teammates.
 * Attackers and defenders cannot cross their “restraining line” until one player from the midfield takes possession of the ball or the ball crosses the restraining line.
 * For the penalties the offending player is sent to the penalty box.
 * Box lacrosse is an indoor version of the game with 6 on a team
 * It is played on a hockey rink where the ice has been removed or covered by artificial turf.
 * This version of lacrosse was introduced in the 1930s to promote hockey rings and after a while it became very popular.
 * The goal is different than field lacrosse it is 4 ft. wide and 4 ft tall( 1.2 meters)
 * The goalie wears much more protective padding than a men’s lacrosse goalie.
 * Box lacrosse is much more physical than regular lacrosse.
 * Cross checking is legal and box lacrosse players wear rib pads in addition to the shoulder and elbow pads
 * For most penalties the player is sent to the penalty box and the team has to play with out him.

__ Women’s Lacrosse __


 * The equipment differs very much to men’s lacrosse
 * Women’s lacrosse does not promote physical contact because the only protective equipment worn is a mouth guard, face guard, and sometimes thin gloves
 * The 1st modern women’s lacrosse game was held in Scotland in 1890

__ College Lacrosse __


 * 61 NCAA(National Collegiate Athletic Association) division 1 men’s lacrosse team
 * 37 division 2 lacrosse teams
 * 166 division 3 lacrosse teams
 * The 1st U.S. intercollegiate game was played on November 22nd, 1877

__ International Lacrosse __


 * Lacrosse has been played mostly in Canada and The United States, with some lacrosse communities in the United Kingdom and Australia
 * Lacrosse hasn’t been an Olympic sport since 1908

** Basketball ** is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or shooting a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules. Basketball is one of the world's most popular viewed sports.! A regular basketball hoop consists of a rim 18 inches in diameter and 10 feet high mounted to a backboard. A team can score a field goal by shooting the ball through the hoop during regular play. A field goal scores two points for the shooting team if a player is touching or closer to the hoop than the three point line and three points (a 3 pointer") if the player is "outside" the three-point line. The team with more points at the end of the game wins, but additional time (overtime) may be issued when the game ends with a tie. The ball can be advanced on the court by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling) or passing it to a teammate. It is a violation traveling to walk with the ball, carry it, or to double dribble (to hold the ball and then resume dribbling).