WEDNESDAY, Aug. 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Natural grass playing fields pose a greater concussion risk for young football players than artificial turf, a new study shows.

Artificial football pitches - made primarily of plastic - have several significant drawbacks that make them widely unpopular at elite level. Though the surfaces have improved dramatically since ...

Some artificial pitches play really quickly and some really slowly. It can have a big impact on football. You don't get the natural ball movement that you get on grass.

Artificial turf holds more heat than grass fields and the crumb rubber could contribute to forever chemicals on football fields and health exposure to athletes.

After postponing the decision at its last meeting, the Troup County Board of Commissioners elected to go with turf for all ...

Objective: To compare injury risk in elite football played on artificial turf compared with natural grass. Design: Prospective two-cohort study. Setting: Male European elite football leagues.

Once mainly used in places like professional football or baseball stadiums, today, artificial grass is common in city parks, community playgrounds and fields for high-school football and soccer.

The Colorado Buffaloes' stomping grounds will officially have a fresh coat of paint with the University of Colorado has ...

The athletic facilities at Reed will look a lot different in the next couple years. The 50-year-old school in Sparks is in ...

Since Deion Sanders became the Buffs' head coach, CU has sold out more games than any two-year stretch in school history.

Artificial football pitches - made primarily of plastic - have several significant drawbacks that make them widely unpopular at elite level. Though the surfaces have improved dramatically since ...