In the world of sports, boxers first widely used smelling salts, and later, football players adopted them, especially after suffering head injuries. Some players believe that using smelling salts ...

Boxers and other athletes used to be given smelling salts after a knockout blow to help them wake up. But their use in boxing has since been banned. Some football and hockey players still use them ...

Most Ivy Leaguers aren't associated with smelling salts or taking cannonball plunges into cold tanks in the training room. Then again, Florida football defensive tackle Joey Slackman isn't your ...

There is one clear, though indirect, danger to using smelling salts: In the past, they've been routinely used to mask and combat concussion symptoms in sports such as boxing and football.

Santa Fe ISD head football coach reminded students and parents that the use of smelling salts is not allowed, and any students found with smelling salts in their possession could face disciplinary ...

This story featured a new wrinkle, though: smelling salts. The big hit Allen took late in Sunday’s game drew the attention of the league’s concussion spotter, though the quarterback promptly ...

Late in the first quarter of Michigan’s showdown with Ohio State last month, offensive coordinator Sherrone Moore felt that the Wolverines were in need of a lift. Fortunately, he knew just where ...

A grandmother of minor hockey players is campaigning to get smelling salts banned from rinks across Prince Edward Island. Barbara Brookins has several grandchildren between the ages of nine and ...