As artificial turf systems are increasingly used at all levels, new research is needed to understand how these surfaces can impact athlete safety. A study presented today at the American Orthopaedic ...

LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. — At the youth level in suburban Missouri, one soccer complex is using a different type of turf to keep the fields cooler. The Paragon Star Sports Complex uses a type of artificial ...

Walnut shells, olive pit and coconut are a few of several options the Carson City Board of Supervisors will consider Thursday — not as part of any diet but as infill material for an artificial turf ...

On a hot September afternoon, 14-year-old soccer players Tony Olivas and Milosz Fernandez-Kepka took off their cleats to give their feet a chance to cool during halftime of a game. They were surprised ...

It’s no secret that water is a precious resource that’s in high demand, with supply levels diminishing. Granted, the planet is full of water – it covers three-quarters of the earth’s surface – but ...

Editor’s Note: This is the first installment of a two-part series about artificial turf playing surfaces. The second installment will run next Sunday. Take a walk around Derby — maybe down the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Players stretch on artificial turf at Oxnard High School before a flag football game. (Michael Owen Baker / For The Times) Fields ...

THE WOODLANDS — Concerns over a possible link between artificial turf and cancer was the driving force behind The Woodlands Township Board Member Mike Bass urging fellow board members to remove the ...

PORTSMOUTH — Twelve years after its christening, Tom Daubney Field, the artificial turf field at Portsmouth High School, is in the early stages of its scheduled facelift. Portsmouth school district ...