Joseph Maiorana-Imagn Images Mark May 20, 2025 as a landmark date in American football's 156-year journey. On Tuesday, the NFL's owners authorized their players to play flag football in the 2028 ...

With spring football now behind ... of the style of 'R' on the helmet for Rutgers, and in their game against Minnesota, they went with some flair and added the American flat colorway, which ...

The ‘No helmets, no pads’ stuff that’s rolled ... seems to involve comparisons with the Goliath that is American football. This approach carries tones of trying to pitch rugby league as ...

Illinois football ... the helmet, which represents each of the 10 Illinois football players that died in battle, nine of which in World War II and one in the Vietnam War. There's also an American ...

Prince William showed off his "unbelievable arm" as the royal played American football during a community visit. Young people shouted "what a throw" as acting quarterback Prince William threw the ...

Finally, LBJ decided he had enough. “He’s (Ford) a nice guy but he played too much football with his helmet off,” he fumed. This observation may have had more to do with Ford’s deliberate ...

The Army Football helmet represents "Rocky the Bulldog," the mascot designed by the world-famous Walt Disney. Just above the helmet's visor is the 3rd Infantry Division's official song name ...

In 1894, Gallaudet University, the storied D.C. institution known for educating generations of deaf and hard of hearing students, invented the football huddle as a way to keep other teams from ...

To investigate this, the team built a finite element model, used by engineers to simulate performance before manufacturing, of an American football helmet incorporating 21 liquid shock absorbers.

Seven additional schools also were awarded $6,000 worth of brand-new Xenith helmets for their football team ... "We're proud to partner with American Family Insurance and Xenith to help provide ...

More information: Kevin McIver et al, Design Considerations for the Attenuation of Translational and Rotational Accelerations in American Football Helmets, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering (2023).

I teach a course on the intersection of sports and religion in North America, and I ask students whether there is something about American society that draws us to the violence of football.