LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. — At the youth level in suburban Missouri, one soccer complex is using a different type of turf to keep the fields cooler. The Paragon Star Sports Complex uses a type of artificial ...

Editor’s Note: This is the first installment of a two-part series about artificial turf playing surfaces. The second installment will run next Sunday. When officials at the Brunswick School and ...

Think of your grandparents’ shag carpet—if you even want to admit you had shag carpeting, of course. Now replace that shag with tiny polyethylene blades. You’re starting to understand the early stages ...