The World Cup is all about growth now – three countries in 2026 instead of one, 48 teams instead of […]
Author: John Hickey
John Hickey, contributing writer at LawnStarter, has been around sports as a writer and blogger since the earth was young. He's worked at the Oakland Tribune and Seattle Post-Intelligencer, for AOL/FanHouse and Sports Illustrated. As he writes this, he looks out his window and sees a lawn badly in need of mowing.
Major League Baseball: Turf’s Up, but Natural Grass Reigns
When the boys of summer (and spring) take to the fields this season, they’ll be doing so on natural grass […]
How Austin FC chose its ‘green grass’ soccer field
Austin is smack dab in the middle of Texas, so why does its major league soccer team play on seashore […]
After Monster Tornado, Kentucky Rebuilds Soccer Fields
For Luis Pardo, the American Dream is green. It’s not the color of money, mind you. It’s the color of […]
Hey, Ted Lasso, keep off the soccer grass!
“Ted Lasso” is a hit, but getting the soccer scenes right would have been a miss without some creative thinking. […]
From NFL Stadium Sports Turf to … Potato Chips?
What’s an NFL team to do when remaking the surface of the field on which it plays? With the 2021 […]
Turf Battle in the NFL: Natural vs. Artificial
The biggest day in football turned a Super Bowl spotlight on the NFL fight over artificial turf or natural grass […]