Tackle football offers children as young as 5 the chance to make friends, learn teamwork, maybe attract a college scholarship. Growing research shows it also can cause injuries that damage developing ...

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In a new PSA, Super Bowl-winning quarterback Brett Favre urges parents of children under 14 not to play tackle football. In the PSA, which is in partnership with the Concussion Legacy Foundation, the ...

A major 2026 study of over 72,000 youth cases shows football linked to 19% of sports-related brain injuries—more than any other activity—with higher repeat risks and issues like headaches, anxiety, ...

(The Hill) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has promised to veto a California bill that bans youth tackle football. Assembly Bill 734 would ban youth sports organizations from letting children 6 or ...

A massive new study of more than 72,000 youth cases has found that football accounted for nearly one in five sports-related traumatic brain injuries, more than any other activity. Suffering one of ...

Hall of Fame defensive tackle Warren Sapp, who stood 6-2 and weighed more than 300 pounds in his playing days, remains hard to miss at age 53 – large, gregarious and with a distinctive mohawk strip of ...