A new tech-infused football helmet made its debut last week and could improve in-game communications between coaches and players who are deaf or hard of hearing.. Players from Gallaudet University ...

Some California youth football leagues ban Guardian Caps. Three former football players in the Legislature think parents and children should have the option of wearing them.

A first-of-its-kind football helmet will allow coaches at Gallaudet University, the school for deaf and hard of hearing students in Washington, D.C., to transmit plays to their quarterback via an ...

A new high-tech football helmet may help prevent concussions and reduce the brain injuries that give athletes chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

College football will finally add helmet communication for all Football Bowl Subdivision games beginning this fall after the NCAA approved a rule change in April.The monumental switch comes after ...

Sports Why a Hot Idea for Making Football Safer Is Such a Hard Sell for the NFL It almost doesn’t matter that a better helmet may be possible.

Reporters who attended Thursday's Nets practice in Brooklyn were greeted by a strange sight. Spread across three shelves on the far end of the court sat 18 black football helmets with white facemasks.

Football helmets aren’t what they once were. And, while most of the time that turn of phrase is used to describe how things used to be better in the good old days, in this case, it’s certainly ...