Gone are the days when football players had to rely on sideline coaching or a huddle to know the next play strategy. Technology has developed to the point that quarterbacks can communicate directly...
Category: Team Sports
Concussions can be a frequent occurrence in football due to the physical contact nature of the sport. Players tackle one another, and, if hit hard enough, they could face a lot more than a broken...
1979 was a significant year in the history of the NHL (National Hockey League). 1979 was the year that the wearing of helmets became mandatory. It was also the year that Craig MacTavish began his...
As the sports news camera zooms in on your favorite baseball player, you notice that his helmet looks worse for wear. It’s absolutely coated in a thick varnish of muddy-looking pine tar. You’ve...
Baseball players began experimenting with helmets as early as 1905, but it would take decades of testing homemade makeshift helmets, and numerous injuries to players before Major League Baseball...
Baseball has traditionally been a safer sport than other games like football and hockey, though players have sometimes been seriously injured by a thrown ball. This was particularly true of those...
