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Gamebreaker and D3O Partner To Progress Impact Protective...
D3O and Gamebreaker have announced a new partnership that will undoubtedly continue to help evolve soft shell protective sports headgear by implementing new smart material for increased shock absorption. With...
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 After sustaining a concussion, Marian's Nietz is back on the volleyball court By RICH STRACK tnsports@tnonline.com Like everyone else, Lauren Nietz knows what it feels like...
Football safety concerns come to a head
By MARCIA C. SMITH / ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER The NFL is a day away from hosting the Super Bowl, the most irresistibly gaudy, glitzy and gut-bucket championship of the year....
Clay Matthews surprises brother's team with soft-shell helmets
Clay Matthews is known for his big hits and teeth-rattling sacks. But the Green Bay Packers linebacker never wants them to come at the expense of a serious injury. Matthews...
Agoura’s first family of football puts safety first
Team Matthews conscious of head injuries By Stephanie Bertholdo sbertholdo@theacorn.com The rain falling last week didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of fourth- and fifth-grade flag football players when National Football League...
'Gamebreaker' helmet aims to prevent head injuries on...
A youth flag football coach calls them "goofy," but it's an endearing reference delivered with a chuckle. The head of a prestigious medical clinic says it works. And a former...
MHS testing new safety helmets to prevent head...
Last fall The Malibu Times ran an article on the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District and its institution of preventative measures to protect athletes against brain injury. A year later...
Flag football takes hold in Anchorage
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- It's a blustery early fall day, the wind whipping through Anchorage Football Stadium, one of the city's oldest athletic facilities. It isn't raining -- for a change....
Sports Safety - Injury Statistics and Incidence Rates
In the United States, about 30 million children and teens participate in some form of organized sports, and more than 3.5 million injuries each year, which cause some loss of...