Vocabulary – Jim Brown
Running Back
Noun
In football, an offensive player who carries the ball in running plays
Excelled
Verb
to be outstanding or have a particular talent in something
Drafted
Verb
Being placed on a team through a system of distributing the rights to unsigned players among professional sports teams
Rushing
Verb
in football, to carry ball forward in a running play
Routinely
Adjective
Over and over again in a routine or usual pattern of activity
Opponents
Noun
Somebody who plays or competes against you
Lacrosse
Noun
a sport in which two teams of ten players use sticks with a net pouch crosse at one end to throw and catch a small hard rubber ball. The objective is to score a goal by throwing the ball into the opposing team’s goal net. Lacrosse was originated by Native North Americans.