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 ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Patrick Willis had heard all the whispers about Arizona Cardinals running back Edgerrin James. Now he was about to face reality. Willis was starting his first game as the San ...
BEREA, Ohio -- About 20 yards from the Browns' practice fields lies a stone dedicated to a linebacker who never played a regular-season game for the organization. "Chris Spielman: Hard As a Rock," ...
In their Week 4 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Philadelphia Eagles forgot how to tackle, as short Buccaneers gains turned into long ones, and drives that might have otherwise stalled instead ...
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The Seattle Seahawks are in the playoffs for the fifth-straight season and once again they are being led by one of the NFL's best defenses. The "Legion of Boom" is notorious for its stingy, ...
— -- KATY, Texas -- The Katy Youth Football league plays its annual championship games in a 10,000-seat stadium. Based outside of Houston, the league boasts 58 teams and more than 1,600 players, ...
On a recent cool, dark evening, Cato June walked across the field at Simon Elementary School faced with the tall task of saving the sport he loves so much. Like the 100 or so kids waiting for him, ...
The Raiders have a tackling problem. What was supposed to be an integral part of the team’s strength has progressively gotten worse in the first five games. How bad has it been? In Sunday’s 34-18 loss ...
When Wink Martindale accepted the Michigan football defensive coordinator job, there were plenty of people who didn't think there would be much of a drop off from the previous three seasons of ...
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 ...
Erik Swartz currently receives funding from The GOG Foundation. He has previously received funding from The National Football League, General Electric, and UnderArmor (NineSigma Head Health Challenge) ...