His chin strap has a slot that holds it secure. “It cannot come off,” Wegener said. Wegener, a nurse from Seattle, Wash., has never play a snap of football but has seen a lot of snaps fail ...

The NFL and safety has been a hot topic over the past couple of years, many former players coming out and saying they may have made different choices with their career had they known all the health… ...

Nike Inc. recalled 235,000 football helmet chin straps after receiving reports of head and face injuries because the straps broke, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said.

Football Helmets Recall: Chin Straps Break. ... The chin straps, made in China, were sold at sporting good stores nationwide and on Nike's Web site from April 2006 through October 2007.

A scary scene unfolded during West Virginia's win over Texas Christian when TCU defensive lineman Aaron Curry started choking on his chin strap and had to be saved by other players and an official ...

Tony Romo taking a beating today. This one should have been a clear penalty. Not sure how they missed it. Romo had to pull his chin strap out of his eyebrows.

A tool used to help detect head injuries in youth football is progressively making its way to the NFL – a helmet chin strap that instantly and obviously makes it clear when a player has taken ...

“It is not a foul if the facemask, chin strap or helmet opening is not grasped and then twisted, turned or pulled.” The NFL’s rule is nearly identical to the NCAA and is covered in rule 12.2 ...

Two University of Dayton students won $76,000 in the Flyer Pitch Competition for developing a “smart chin strap system that enhances helmet safety in contact sports,” UD announced Tuesday.

It was also useful against Viet Cong bullets and shrapnel. (U.S. Army/Spc. Frank R. Sullivan III) So those unclasped chin straps dangling from helmets look so cool in both World War II and Vietnam ...

Ex-NFL wide receiver Chad "Ocho Cinco" Johnson believes that the penalty paid for Stefon Digg's ... He received a £8k ($10,000) fine in 2009 for wearing the wrong-colored chin strap ...