ATLANTA — The FIFA World Cup kicks off in less than 150 days and the city of Atlanta is ramping up its preparations for the world’s biggest tournament. And that starts with how Mercedes-Benz Stadium ...

Someone or multiple people drove all over the grass at two parks in East San Jose, leaving behind a trail of damage. The vandalism occurred overnight Monday at Fowler Creek Park and Mount Pleasant ...

Half of the NFL's stadiums use natural grass while the other half use synthetic turf, sparking an ongoing debate about player safety. Many NFL players prefer grass, believing it is less taxing on ...

It’s the NFL debate that never goes away. Grass vs. turf? With the league adopting new playing field standards and seven of its 30 venues pulling up turf to install grass for 2026 World Cup matches, ...

For years, NFL fans have instinctively linked torn ACLs and lower-body injuries to artificial turf, and rightly so. The logic feels simple: turf looks harder, stickier, and less forgiving than natural ...

As trees were torn down at Brighton High School, with one purported to be at least 200 years old, some residents were incensed. The teardown on Dec. 10 occurred hours before residents were expected to ...

As the NFL and its players have considered and at times debated the relative merits of natural grass and synthetic turf playing fields in recent years, the talking points often have seemed repetitive, ...

The Pittsburgh Steelers play on a grass surface at Acrisure Stadium, but it will have to meet the new stricter regulations set out by the NFL and NFLPA next year. The NFLPA has long tried to have ...

The playing surfaces at every NFL stadium will have to meet new enhanced standards set through lab and field testing by the start of the 2028 season. NFL field director Nick Pappas detailed the plans ...

TOPEKA — Hayden offensive coordinator Grant Arnold, son of head coach Bill Arnold, remembers fondly his time growing up and tending to the Wildcats’ natural field. Arnold would pick weeds while his ...

Back in 2022, I asked then-Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp whether he had a preference between playing on grass or turf. The answer was obvious, but Kupp looked right into my eyes as if he was waiting ...