Credit: Newsday / Thomas A. Ferrara The front view of the Cascade LX girls lacrosse helmet. Credit: Newsday / Thomas A. Ferrara A front view of the Hummingbird Sports girls lacrosse helmet.

Boys lacrosse has more contact, and players wear shoulder pads in addition to sturdier helmets. Girls players are not allowed to stand in front of a shot to block it, and there is a dangerous ...

High school lacrosse players wear helmets — if they're boys. The girls don't. On its face, it's a clear example of female athletes not being treated as equal to their male counterparts.

The FHSAA is now requiring girls lacrosse players to wear protective headgear. The new mandate is a first in the nation for the sport (boys lacrosse players are already required to wear helmets).

Whether girls playing lacrosse should wear helmets is hotly debated. We believe girls should wear helmets, because they could prevent head injuries. Imagine having a hard rubber ball hit you at a ...

Because of the contact involved, boys and men who play lacrosse have long been required to wear hard-shell helmets. The girls' game generally forbids contact, and that distinction matters when the ...

In the wake of a tragic on-field death of a high school lacrosse player, an Ohio girls’ team has taken a groundbreaking step toward player safety that has Today in Ohio podcast hosts questioning ...

Despite shockingly high concussion rates, and the fact that girls’ lacrosse is the fast-growing team sport in the United States, helmets remain optional on local playing fields. Only Florida ...