A series of recent kids’ sports injuries, some fatal, have reignited a question for many families: Is my child safe playing sports? At least three student football players in the US have died ...

Research on schoolboy rugby published in Sports Medicine in 2023, for example, calculated that nearly two concussions result ...

In combat sports such as boxing, where the goal is to win by causing a knockout (e.g. a concussive head injury ... football varies. In high school, tackle football is the norm and kids may ...

as football is responsible for the highest number of traumatic brain injury (TBI)-related emergency department visits for sports-related injuries in kids, according to Jill Daugherty, PhD ...