: a goal game in which players use a long-handled stick that has a triangular head with a mesh pouch to catch, carry, and throw the ball
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Sports on the service will include football, basketball, soccer, baseball, hockey, rugby, wrestling, lacrosse, softball, volleyball, field hockey, cross country, fencing, golf, gymnastics, swimming, tennis, track & field, rowing and water polo.
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Alex Sherman, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
The 2028 Games will feature flag football and squash for the first time, as well as the return of baseball, softball, cricket and lacrosse.
—Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 2 Aug. 2024
A lot of her favorite Milwaukee memories have to do with lacrosse, like when the team won Big East tournament titles in 2016 and '17.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 25 Oct. 2024
Athletes looking to improve performance in sports that involve short, high-intensity bursts, such as football, rugby, lacrosse, soccer, hockey, or certain track and field events (e.g., sprinting).
—Jennifer Lefton, Ms, Rd/n, Cnsc, Fand, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
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Alex Sherman, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
The 2028 Games will feature flag football and squash for the first time, as well as the return of baseball, softball, cricket and lacrosse.
—Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 2 Aug. 2024
A lot of her favorite Milwaukee memories have to do with lacrosse, like when the team won Big East tournament titles in 2016 and '17.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 25 Oct. 2024
Athletes looking to improve performance in sports that involve short, high-intensity bursts, such as football, rugby, lacrosse, soccer, hockey, or certain track and field events (e.g., sprinting).
—Jennifer Lefton, Ms, Rd/n, Cnsc, Fand, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Lacrosse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lacrosse. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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lacrosse
noun
la·crosse
lə-ˈkrȯs 
: a game played on a field in which players use long-handled sticks with shallow nets for catching, throwing, and carrying the ball
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