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Too hot to handle: Climate considerations for youth sport during the hottest years on record

  • Written by Jessica R. Murfree, Visiting Assistant Professor of Sport Management and ACES Faculty Fellow, Texas A&M University
Too hot to handle: Climate considerations for youth sport during the hottest years on recordMany young athletes spend hours in the hot sun every day.Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images

At least 50 high school football players in the U.S. have died from heat stroke after falling ill on the field in the past 25 years. And high school athletes in other sports are not immune from the risks – female cross-country...

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