Before kids were decked out in fancy Little League uniforms, stickball was the game of the streets. All you needed was a stick, a ball, and a good stretch of sidewalk — or better yet, an alley that ...

BODIES ARE BANGING all over the field. It is a sultry Sunday evening in Philadelphia, Mississippi and roughly 50 men are scrimmaging at a stickball practice and suddenly it’s clearer why the Choctaw ...

In 1993 a group of Hudson County natives whose weekly baseball game was struggling to attract enough players decided to return to the game of their youth - stickball. The group has been playing ever ...

Even though Olivia Mankiller is one of the youngest stickball players in Cherokee Nation’s women’s community, she was one of the most impactful. Leading the way for the black team at 15 years old, ...

Most of the Brooklyn natives I have interviewed for this “Brooklynites in Florida” series, especially those who grew up in the 1950s and ’60s, played stickball in the streets of Brooklyn at some time ...

Bringing back the good old days. It was Stickball Day in Brooklyn U.S.A. on Sunday, July 8 as the popular Third Annual Stickball Hall of Fame Game took place at MCU park. The throwback sport was once ...

CHOCTAW, Miss. — As the drummers walk onto the field, the players behind them smack their hickory sticks to the beat. The rhythm envelops the stands and a palpable sense of anticipation flows through ...