Steve Rowson remembers the day he was first asked about helmets. An engineering student at Virginia Tech (VT) in Blacksburg, Virginia, at the time, Rowson and a few of his classmates were approached ...

There's new testing being done to help keep football players safe. Virginia Tech University is testing a variety of helmets to see how they can take a hit. Researchers tested three new helmets on the ...

The helmet is the visual identity of a football team. Some teams in the NFL, such as the Cowboys, Steelers, Packers, 49ers and Raiders, have had the same helmets for decades. The same goes in college ...

In the latest episode of "Most Interesting Jobs," NFL Legend Steve Smith Sr. paid a visit to the Los Angeles Rams' equipment team to learn about the safer helmet options available to players today, ...

When it comes to designing a safer football helmet, Jason Neubauer knows what he’s up against. “You can make a very safe helmet that ranks No. 1 for performance,” he says. “But if the players don’t ...