Stick, Ball, Breakthrough: Adding Diversity to Lacrosse in New York City; New York Times, 9/27/13

Liz Robbins, New York Times; Stick, Ball, Breakthrough: Adding Diversity to Lacrosse in New York City: "Her children’s father, she added, was blunt when Joshua, 8, began playing last summer. “He’s like, ‘What are we putting him in lacrosse for, that’s a white person’s sport!’ ” It is a perception that still resonates in urban communities. But across New York City, the image of lacrosse is shifting. Nonprofit groups have been attracting a racially and economically diverse population to play a sport, created by Native Americans, that has long been associated with elite prep schools and colleges."