“Present and future,” wrote Brighton and Hove Albion, posting a proud photograph on X of 17-year-old Harry Howell being congratulated by 39-year-old team-mate James Milner following his debut senior ...

They stand shoulder-to-shoulder in the conviction that they have enhanced player safety in the NFL on down to the high school football level. With the NFL fixated on helmet innovation to reduce ...

Football without pads and helmets would reduce injuries. I’ve been saying that in newspaper columns since 2004, before much of the debate about concussions and injuries grew so large. Generally, ...

Nearly every North Jersey football program was missing equipment — helmets, some type of pads, jerseys or even footballs — when practices began Aug. 10, a survey of coaches conducted by the USA TODAY ...

A rugby player friend of mine says one reason for the serious injuries in American football is pads and helmets. He says players can hit harder because of protective equipment and do so knowing they ...