Concussions are common in many sports, though perhaps most visibly and controversially in American football. Particularly in recent years, there has been an increased push to address the risk of ...

Player lost his mind with his violent reaction. C ollege football is in full swing, and with less than a week to go before the start of fall camp, tempers are already running high. In a shocking ...

As a former football ... to the players' face guards, where there's no protection from the cap, Cecchi and Camarillo said. The study also did not control for different types of helmets the ...

A great example of this is a story that appeared in an American ... the field now that players were being given modern helmets with plastic facemasks to wear. The ‘Dirty Football Player ...

A first-of-its-kind football helmet will allow coaches at Gallaudet ... INSKEEP: The coach is also realistic about the challenges that players face. GOLDSTEIN: There will never be a level playing ...

Nearly one third of concussions in professional American ... Football League (NFL) that measured head motion and found that facemasks are the most frequent location of impact on a player's helmet ...

But the handful of published studies that have tested the caps on college football players running drills have failed to find any benefit compared with helmets ... NFL says at face value ...

Repeated head knocks – like those sustained in boxing and American ... embedded in helmets, mouth guards and shoulder pads to try to reduce injuries among American football players.

NFL medical officials are pointing to players choosing new helmet models as a reason concussions continue to decline. Why it ...

In one of the most brutal collisions of the college football season ... who grabs the running back's face mask. Spinning out of the grab was Cooley, with his helmet starting to come loose.