PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A local high school football program is paving the way for a different type of player. Football is a game only a few get to play. "I still had more than 25 trying out.

Football, known as the world’s most popular sport, has a rich and diverse history that spans continents and centuries. This video provides a comprehensive map-based summary of the history of ...

The Canton Football Hall of Fame dates back to the early 1920s when football rapidly grew in popularity across the United States. Recognizing the need to preserve the sport’s history and honor its ...

The history of football is long, and very interesting, but would take up too much space here. For now, let’s fast-forward a bit. "Between 1324 and 1667, football was banned in England alone by ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — The 130th anniversary of the invention of the football huddle is approaching as excitement over the NFL Draft continues to build. Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. is ...

Local sports history fanatic Jim Ridgeway wrote an article after years of research on the history of the Ironton Tanks, a semi-pro football team from the years before the sport attracted millions ...

Such pieces of pro football history are easy lessons to learn during a visit to the museum. Indeed, telling the story of the sport goes back further than the start of the Super Bowl tradition in 1967.