Last Wednesday, senior photographer Paul T. Erickson posted a gallery of the "Grid Kids Superbowl." The next day, it received more than 20,000 page views. And now it is up to nearly 34,000, a ton ...

Tackle football offers children as young as 5 the chance to make friends, learn teamwork and maybe win a college scholarship. But growing research shows it can also cause injuries that damage devel… ...

Since 2009, the number of children ages 6 through 12 who play tackle football has gone down by nearly 20 percent, according to the Sports and Fitness Industry Association.

My sons, James III and Henry, are 8 and 6 years old, and I already know they will be playing tackle football. I’m not putting any pressure on my boys to play tackle football.