The NFL is introducing a new Guardian Cap for this season and giving players the option to wear it during games. Here's what ...

The padded shells have been mandatory for CFL players during practices and training camps for two years. But during games, ...

The Shriners of Rhode Island Charities Trust is stepping up to assist the state’s high school football programs.

Mokaram Injury Lawyers reports on the NFL's evolving concussion protocols over the past decade, highlighting changes in player safety measures and stricter evaluations.

A safer football helmet might be on the horizon, but it's unlikely there will ever be a device that can make the gridiron concussion-proof. "To do that, you'd have to have a helmet that would not ...

A new study finds that football helmets currently used on the field may do little to protect against hits to the side of the head, or rotational force, an often dangerous source of brain injury and ...

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 ...

A concussion in football is a type of brain injury caused by a sudden impact or jolt to the head that disrupts normal brain function. The CDC defines a concussion as a type of traumatic brain injury ...

Poorly designed helmets—of any kind—can cause brain injury or fail to properly mitigate head/brain injury. Well-designed helmets have an awesome record of saving lives. Skull fracture typically occurs ...

Virginia Tech’s football team physician on Monday shared ground-breaking news with first-year students at Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine during his annual concussion lecture.