Three federal agencies are teaming up to — finally, we hope — answer questions about the possible health risks of school playing fields made from recycled tires, thanks to U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal ...

On Oct. 20, 1968, Sports Illustrated photographer Neil Leifer set up his camera high above the astroturf in Houston, when the Jets played the Oilers at the Astrodome in just the fourth pro game played ...

For decades, engineers in Detroit have improved auto design to reduce the impact of crashes. That expertise is now being applied in an effort to improve synthetic turf systems on sports fields.

FARGO — The dirt at the Fargo Davies football field didn’t want to cooperate with the members of the Davies Turf Committee as they broke ground on the new turf field installation on Monday. They found ...

HARTFORD — A bill that would prohibit the state and its municipalities from purchasing and using artificial turf on playing fields was the subject of a public hearing last week before the Environment ...

The Foundation for Girsh Park held a ground-break ceremony for a new turf field at the park’s Hochman-Girsh Soccer Field. The participants, from left, are Dan Terry, Tim Vom Steeg, Leslie Lund, Brooke ...