Athletic facilities worldwide face critical decisions when selecting playing surfaces that balance performance, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness. The choice between synthetic surfaces and ...

There are some benefits to a turf field versus a grass one, but safety doesn’t seem to be one of them. The president of the NFL Players Association asked the league to move to all grass playing ...

MIAMI GARDENS — Miami Dolphins safety Ashtyn Davis was playing for the New York Jets when Jaelan Phillips (Achilles) and Jevon Holland (both knees) sustained injuries in a 2023 game at MetLife Stadium ...

Channel 2 Investigates looked into the growing concerns about metro Atlanta parks and schools using artificial turf on their athletic fields. Some environmental groups say there are serious health ...

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. Citing surging demand for soccer fields, a new ...

Aren’t sports meant to be played on natural turf? That’s what I thought when I first heard Mount Union College (now University) was trading in its natural grass for an artificial field in the summer ...

To the editor: I was disappointed by Charles Miller’s recent op-ed article mischaracterizing synthetic turf’s environmental, water-saving and health benefits. Synthetic turf saves millions of gallons ...

Members of the Palo Alto Soccer Club conduct drills at the Cubberley Community Center soccer fields in Palo Alto on Aug. 4, 2017. File photo by Veronica Weber. Concerned about the health and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As Colorado cities set stricter limits on the types and amounts of grass that homeowners can plant, especially on new or redeveloped properties, many ...

A correction to an earlier version of this article has been appended to the end of the article. In a controversial move, Sunnyvale will continue to allow future facilities to have artificial turf ...