From Medical News Today. Despite playing a game with less physical contact, female lacrosse players in high school and college sustain a higher rate of injuries to the head, face, and eye than their male counterparts, according to a study published in the February issue of The American Journal of Sports Medicine.

The annual Oregon Sports Awards have a LumberJax flair this year: Portland defenseman Brodie Merrill has been nominated for the Harry Glickman Male Professional Athlete of the Year award. The 60-minute award ceremony is scheduled to take place at the Tiger Woods Center on the Nike World Campus in Beaverton, Ore. on Sunday, February 11 at 7 p.m. Oregon’s largest sport-based award ceremony is put together in part by Nike, the Portland Tribune, Les Schwab Tire Centers and Jeld-Wen.