The National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) has finalized the world's first performance standard for youth football helmets: ND006.

The 2025 high school football season will be getting underway in less than five weeks, which means it’s officially preview season. Rivals is breaking down the nation’s top teams from coast-to-coast, ...

Wickliffe High School sophomore running back and linebacker Cole Vanatta may look like your typical high school football ...

Virginia Tech ranks the Light Apache as the safest football helmet after comprehensive testing. BLACKSBURG, Va. — Virginia Tech is one of the leading researchers in helmet safety for sports ranging ...

AMES — Iowa State will have new red helmets in the rotation for 2025. Thursday, in a photoshoot on the football team's social media page, the team revealed the helmets.

That is now changing, as the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment, which first established safety guidelines for football helmets in 1973, is introducing its first youth ...

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.

Three former college football players in the California Legislature think youth leagues should allow padded helmet add-ons like NFL players wear.

The NFL and other football leagues have changed their tackling rules to try to limit helmet-to-helmet collisions to reduce concussions. Some complain it’s made the game less exciting.

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Assemblymember Avelino Valencia, a former tight end for San Jose State, had mixed feelings last year when he voted to ...

Duncanville offensive lineman Aiden Williams stood out at Texas Tech camp recently where he picked up his fifth overall offer. Williams spoke with RRS to discuss his interest in the Red Raiders + more ...

Recreation The women beneath the helmets on Skagit’s semi-pro tackle football team Nonprofit team Skagit Valley Warriors raise money for youth sports and athletes through fun on the field June 30, ...