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," ...

Dan Quinn has never shied away from addressing the Washington Commanders’ performance. Heading into Week 18 with a 4–12 record, what has weighed on him most thi ...

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 ...

— -- 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, ...

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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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

The Arizona Cardinals have lost 11 of their past 12 games, including six straight. They've gone from consistently suffering last-second heartbreak to digging themselves into multiscore holes and ...