stickball
noun
stick·ball
ˈstik-ˌbȯl 
: baseball adapted for play in streets or small areas and using a broomstick and a lightweight ball
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A number of Indigenous alumni quoted in the book say their next goal is to host a campus powwow, a colorful festival filled with Native drummers, traditional dancing, crafts, frybread, meat pies and Native games like stickball, which evolved into lacrosse.
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Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2025
The bat-on-ball skills were passed down through extensive training utilizing games like stickball and ping pong.
—Sam Blum, New York Times, 2 June 2025
Other images include military veteran and activist Grace Thorpe’s photos from around Asia as a recruiter in the Women’s Army Corps during World War II and soldiers from the 120th Engineer Combat Battalion playing a game of stickball in Iraq.
—Nathan Pugh, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
In one scene, characters play a traditional game of stickball and have poignant discussions about Indigenous identity.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
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Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2025
The bat-on-ball skills were passed down through extensive training utilizing games like stickball and ping pong.
—Sam Blum, New York Times, 2 June 2025
Other images include military veteran and activist Grace Thorpe’s photos from around Asia as a recruiter in the Women’s Army Corps during World War II and soldiers from the 120th Engineer Combat Battalion playing a game of stickball in Iraq.
—Nathan Pugh, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
In one scene, characters play a traditional game of stickball and have poignant discussions about Indigenous identity.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
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stickball
noun
stick·ball
ˈstik-ˌbȯl
: baseball played on the street or in a small area with a broomstick and a lightweight ball
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