WASHINGTON — Could better chest padding have protected Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin from his catastrophic injury Monday evening? At least one sports medicine doctor is calling on the NFL to ...

A 2017 study led by Tufts Medical Center in Boston found that chest protectors, specifically ones that incorporate Kevlar, may "be effective in the prevention of commotio cordis on the playing field." ...

For American football players, COOLOMG offers both the football padded shirt and the football padded girdle. These items are ...

It has long been a leader in football helmet technology and, today, the company’s helmets account for 65% of all NFL helmets and 90% of helmets used by NCAA Division 1 FBS players, according to ...

A blow to the chest of a young athlete from a ball, or hockey stick, or hard collision with another player, can trigger an irregular heartbeat that leads to sudden death — and commercially ...

He missed his freshman and sophomore seasons of football because of a 13 1/2-inch by 1-inch metal bar inserted for Sunken Chest Syndrome, which caused his breastbone to put pressure on his heart ...

But Hamlin's injury shows it can happen in football too. And Stephens says heart protection is one of the few options both the NFL and youth football can use to help prevent the next tragedy.

But Hamlin's injury shows it can happen in football too. And Stephens says heart protection is one of the few options both the NFL and youth football can use to help prevent the next tragedy.