Live tackling in college football practices is nearing extinction, which means teams with tackling issues like Tennessee must find creative solutions. The Vols’ latest approach is making players watch ...

There are 50 words, or some variation of them, that adorn every football helmet. They are plastered on the back on an ominous cautionary sticker. “Keep your head up. Do not butt, ram, spear or strike ...

With football season well underway, there already have been instances of helmet-to-helmet hits, concussions and yet another round of conversations about strategies to reduce head impact exposure in ...

Before the 2024 season began, Next Gen Stats and Amazon Web Services (AWS) teamed up to create a new AI model that set out to estimate all 11 defenders' chances of making a tackle every tenth of a ...

Two by two, pint-sized players with the Hoffman Estates Redhawks youth football team clattered into each other during one of the first tackling drills of the season. A coach hovered nearby, hoping to ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBSNewYork/AP) — DeSean Jackson caught Michael Vick's pass over the middle, took a couple steps and braced himself for a hit that Kurt Coleman never delivered. Hard to break the habit.

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Arizona Cardinals coach Jonathan Gannon shared his displeasure with how he thinks the NFL's collectively bargained rules prevent defensive players from becoming better tacklers. With a ...

Each year, football players at all levels are becoming bigger, faster and stronger. As a result, players are becoming harder and harder to tackle. I mean, have you seen Adrian Peterson run lately? The ...