Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse star Joey Spallina scored four goals, and the United States topped the Haudenosaunee in their opening game of pool play Friday night at the World Box Lacrosse ...

That "slightly different game" is called box lacrosse. What's played here in the States is field lacrosse. First of all, box lacrosse is played on a hard surface—concrete, rubber or wood.

Thompson, the son of an iron worker who played box (indoor) lacrosse and the youngest of four brothers, is a member of the Onondaga Nation, a 7,300-acre territory just south of Syracuse ...