In 1965, a few families on Washington's Bainbridge Island created a game to keep their kids from being bored. The game used table tennis paddles, a wiffle ball and a badminton net. A while later, a name was found for the game and "pickleball" was born. According to Joan Pritchard, wife of one [...]
Chen Uzana, a native of Ashkelon, was five years old when he got on a surfboard for the first time. Like so many people who live in Ashkelon, the sea is a second home, each drawn to their favorite spot in the miles of beaches the city has to offer. Chen grew up five [...]
Lacrosse is one of the oldest team sports still being played today. A form of lacrosse was played by First Nations and Native Americans as far back as 1100 CE. Canadian Jesuit missionaries wrote about it in the 1600s. Today's lacrosse follows similar ideas, but the rules have been changed to make it a [...]
