TOLEDO, Ohio — With football and soccer season recently underway, many athletes are hitting the field for practices, games and extra work to put on the best show for the season ahead. Of course, we ...

As Santa Clara County supervisors consider a proposed artificial turf ban on county-owned land, parents and activists are pointing to the disposal of a local high school’s old field to highlight ...

Players in the girls 2014 pre-academy soccer team practice at Cubberley’s turf soccer field in Palo Alto on January 28, 2025. Photo by Anna Hoch-Kenney. It’s a dark and frigid Tuesday night but the ...

All Delaware County high schools with football programs will have turf fields by 2025, reflecting a statewide trend. While player safety concerns regarding turf exist at the professional level, high ...

The debate over whether to install turf over grass fields has become a referendum on sports, health, the environment and the use of scarce public resources. By Ken Belson and Hiroko Tabuchi Across the ...

Six decades ago, AstroTurf was promoted along with Houston’s Astrodome as a space-age wonder. Today, artificial “turf fields” features even more prominently in sports. Half of NFL teams’ stadiums use ...

There will be a new look when the Lexington High football team plays its home opener Friday against North Augusta. The Wildcats (1-0) will debut their new turf field in their matchup against the ...

Debates are heating up regarding a new artificial turf field set to be installed outside Brighton High School.