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Lacrosse (other)
Lacrosse is a team sport. Lacrosse or LaCrosse may also refer to: Places in the United States * LaCrosse, Arkansas * LaCrosse, Florida * LaCrosse, Wisconsin People * Benji LaCrosse (born 1977), American race car driver * Dave LaCrosse (born 1955), American football player * Jean-Baptiste Raymond de Lacrosse (1761–1829), French admiral during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars Other * Lacrosse (album), ''Lacrosse'' (album), an album by John Zorn ** Lacrosse (song), "Lacrosse" (song), the only song (in multiple versions) on the album ''Lacrosse'' * Lacrosse (satellite), a National Reconnaissance Office satellite * Buick LaCrosse, an automobile produced by General Motors * MGM-18 Lacrosse, a US Army missile used 1959–1964 * LaCrosse Footwear, a shoe company based in Oregon, USA See also * Lacrosse Hall of Fame (other) * * LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite) * La Crosse (other) {{Disambiguation, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensively modified by European colonists, reducing the violence, to create its current collegiate and professional form. Players use the head of the lacrosse stick to carry, pass, catch, and shoot the ball into the goal. The sport has four versions that have different sticks, fields, rules and equipment: field lacrosse, women's lacrosse, box lacrosse and intercrosse. The men's games, field lacrosse (outdoor) and box lacrosse (indoor), are contact sports and all players wear protective gear: helmet, gloves, shoulder pads, and elbow pads. The women's game is played outdoors and does not allow body contact but does allow stick to stick contact. The only protective gear required for women players is eyegear, while goalies wear helmets and protective p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
