“This is a failure of the strength and conditioning program — an epic failure,” said Douglas J. Casa, chief executive of the Korey Stringer Institute at the University of Connecticut. “Somebody made a dramatic mistake in terms of how the workout was organized in terms of intensity, volume, recovery. Something was dramatically wrong.”

Three players from the Tufts University men’s lacrosse team remain hospitalized with a muscular condition days after they participated in a team workout.

Twelve players on Tufts University men’s lacrosse team were diagnosed with rhabdo after a "voluntary, supervised 45-minute workout" led by an alum.