Hard and heavy is not actually better to avoid traumatic brain injury playing football. The Apache helmet shows why.

Football helmets have come a long way since the days of the leatherheads, but there's obviously still some work to be done ...

Football helmets have evolved dramatically from the days of leather caps, but the quest for better protection is far from over. Kodiak Brush, a former MIT linebacker, is taking that mission ...

Football is back, and with all the hard hits and tough tackles come renewed concerns about safety. Every NFL player is required to wear a helmet, but the helmets of today are a far cry from the ...

However, we’ll certainly miss the honeycomb helmets. Lovie Smith’s Fighting Illini are going classic this fall. The Illinois football team ... particular uniform evolution has been in the ...

AT&T and Gallaudet created the first 5G-connected football helmet for deaf and hard-of-hearing student-athletes who use American Sign Language on the field Natasha Dye is a writer-reporter for ...

Field surface safety is also a key consideration. The evolution of helmet design is critical. It is a crucial component of player safety. Every year helmets go through intense testing by ...

That all changed in 2009 when the university announced that it would start playing football in the fall of 2011. The program started in earnest with a lone helmet that university leaders would take to ...