The latest generation of football helmets does a better job of protecting players from impacts that can cause concussions, according to new lab tests conducted at the University of Cincinnati. Despite ...

Football is a brutal sport, and for years, the players made do with whatever protection there was. The football helmet's ...

Which football helmet is best? Buying the best football helmet is a decision that can save your life. Football players are at headline-grabbing risk of concussion and its aftereffects, including ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The NFL is challenging innovators to improve the facemask on football helmets to reduce concussions in the game. The league announced on Friday at an innovation summit for the Super ...

Denver Broncos wide receiver Marvin Mims Jr. wants to help student-athletes keep their heads in the game.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Steve Walsh doesn't recall suffering a concussion in two years as the University of Miami's starting quarterback and an 11-year NFL career. At least, not a concussion ...

The first of David Piland's seven concussions wasn't diagnosed as a concussion at all. The Southlake, Texas native was in eighth grade, and saw stars after taking a big hit. Doctors on the sidelines ...

Doctors and advanced researchers have long thought that the number of concussions suffered by athletes increased their likelihood of being diagnosed with the degenerative brain disease chronic ...