Slap Shots In The Parking Lot
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Name this sport: Boosters call it the Little League of the '90s. Fans are starting to pay to watch the pros, and pickup games are played in parking lots and side streets all over the country. It's even showcased in a recent movie, Airborne!
Give up? The game is roller hockey, a variant of ice hockey adapted for inline skates and a dry surface that's body-checking its way onto the American sports scene. More than a quarter-million Americans are playing some form of roller hockey, says Joseph Mireault, executive director of National In-Line Hockey Assn. in Miami, an amateur roller-hockey organizing league.