What It’s Like to Compete in Stickball America’s Oldest Sport, aka ‘The Little Brother of War’
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 people call the sport the Little Brother of War. As players scramble for a loose ball with a level of contact that …