As the collegiate and professional football seasons wind down to their finales this year, it is interesting to reflect on the controversy surrounding brain injuries in contact sports. The National ...

LOS ANGELES — Super Bowl viewers might want to keep an eye on the helmets crashing together in Sunday’s game between the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos. A new study says the lids worn by opposing ...

The Ole Miss Rebels, like much of college football, have classic looks, and they have more "modern" alternate uniforms. According to The Helmet Project website, the Rebels have worn 16 different ...

While other sports treat headwear designs as an afterthought, football is alone as a sport that puts meaningful thought into the design of its helmets. From the ram horn design worn first by the Los ...

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 ...

The helmet is the visual identity of a football team. Some teams in the NFL, such as the Cowboys, Steelers, Packers, 49ers and Raiders, have had the same helmets for decades. The same goes in college ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. When players take the field at the start of the NFL season, many will be sporting the new, subtly different F7 ...

Kodiak Brush doesn’t mince words when it comes to the state of football helmet design. “Most helmets today are designed to win lab tests, not protect players on the field,” he tells me over email.

What is the force of a hit to the head your kid sees on the field? How are helmets tested to absorb them? The Virginia Tech ...

Nov 15, 2025; Annapolis, Maryland, USA; Navy Midshipmen quarterback Braxton Woodson (5) and teammates celebrate after the game against the South Florida Bulls at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

During Friday's final spring practice, SMU football players will proudly wear a new helmet designed by an inspiring 11-year-old cancer survivor with big dreams for his future. "I want to be a lot of ...