This article was originally published on mentalfloss.com as Why Is the Olympic Field Hockey Pitch So Wet?. The slow-motion replays during Olympic field hockey games give viewers new to the sport a ...

Criticism for Blue Hockey ... field action." The controversial pitch is bound for a temporary 16,000-seat venue to be built in the spring of 2012 at the northern end of Olympic Park.

Ashley Sessa, the youngest member of Team USA, burst onto the collegiate field hockey scene last year with three goals in her first match with the University of North Carolina. The U.S. women's team ...

What are the dimensions of the goal cage in Olympic field hockey? Positioned outside the field of play at the center of the back line, the goal cage is 2.14 meters (7 feet) high, 3.66 meters (12 feet) ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published August 2016. On their final big dinner together before traveling to Rio, the U.S. Olympic Women’s Field Hockey team members file into the ...