BOSTON (CBS) -- College lacrosse player Alex Chu has been forced to sit on the bench because there's no helmet that fits. They just don't make them big enough for the Wheaton College goalie.

BALTIMORE — Lacrosse is the fastest growing team sport in the country, increasing in popularity especially among girls, yet many are wondering why girls don't wear helmets for a game that has ...

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.

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 ...