The topic for this assignment was Lacrosse, which is one of my passions. I browsed several articles about lacrosse and came across one that was interesting to me. The article was called A Harlem Team Is Changing The Face Of Lacrosse. The source was The New York Times. The article was describing how lacrosse, in the state of New York, was changing from a sport which was mainly for the elite, white, male to be a more diverse, inclusive sport. The article was about a club that was located in Harlem. This lacrosse club supported youth by accepting all interested athletes without requiring money and/or try outs. The criteria to play for this team was to stay in school and do well.

After reading the article, I did several fact checks and determined that this article was true. The following information helped me make my decision that this article was legitimate.

Fact Checks

Wikipedia states that The New York Times is a commonly known newspaper which is read worldwide and was established in 1851.

I was able to find a second article which proved consensus. The article titled Heard From Harlem Lacrosse: ‘We Choose Life’ was found on insidelacrosse.com. This article talked about lacrosse in Harlem and the shift from it being a sport mostly for white students to starting to be inclusive of Black people.

I was able to do a reverse image search on tineye.com and found that the image on New York Times was the original photo making it legitimate.

After using these fact checking strategies I was able to determine that the article was from a reliable source.