field hockey
noun
: a game played on a turfed field between two teams of 11 players each whose object is to direct a ball into the opponent's goal with a hockey stick
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Now Kristi Gannon Fisher after marrying former Wolverines football player Jim Fisher, she was named head field hockey coach at Michigan last week.
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John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2025
When women’s field hockey was added to the sport for the 1980 Games in Moscow, an unlikely Zimbabwean team wound up winning the gold.
—Blythe Lawrence, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
The two-time All-State and New England place-winner is a three-sport athlete and a captain-elect for field hockey.
—Danny Ventura, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2025
Shaddix, who lives in Sacramento, is also well known on the local field hockey circuit given his kids’ involvement with the sport.
—Chris MacIas, Sacbee.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2025
When women’s field hockey was added to the sport for the 1980 Games in Moscow, an unlikely Zimbabwean team wound up winning the gold.
—Blythe Lawrence, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
The two-time All-State and New England place-winner is a three-sport athlete and a captain-elect for field hockey.
—Danny Ventura, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2025
Shaddix, who lives in Sacramento, is also well known on the local field hockey circuit given his kids’ involvement with the sport.
—Chris MacIas, Sacbee.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Field hockey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/field%20hockey. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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