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A lawyer says a Colorado jury has awarded $11.5 million to a man whose family sued helmet maker Riddell Inc. and his coaches over brain injuries from a high school football practice in 2008.

A youth football coach struck a 13-year-old player from an opposing team near the sideline during the fourth quarter of a tied game, giving the boy a concussion and outraging parents and spectators, a Utah police sergeant said Wednesday.

High school freshman Braeden Benedict is at the leading edge of the battle against concussions

Every Tuesday and Thursday in "All-Star Spotlight," members of the ESPNHS All-Star team tackle a hot topic in high school sports. Today, Caroline Metcalf-Vera, a sophomore track and field and soccer player at Dedham (Mass.), describes the difficulty ...

Authorities say a 16-year-old high school football player who died after collapsing during a game suffered bleeding on his brain, apparently from a helmet-to-helmet collision.

Hopewell senior running back Rushel Shell will not play in tonight's game against New Castle. According to multiple sources, the nation's No. 24 player in the ESPNU 150 has a mild concussion and is being held out as a precaution. Shell reportedly ...

There is one glaring absence in this week's rankings: Aloha. The Warriors dropped their third straight game to fall to 2-3 on the season. The Class 6A champs hope to get junior RB Thomas Tyner (concussion) back this week in hopes of getting back to ....

Starting next year, a new law in New York says student athletes suspected of suffering concussions should be immediately removed from games.

The bad news just keeps coming for the Aloha football team. Back-to-back losses has the defending Class 6A champs sitting at 2-2 in the competitive Metro League, and now star RB Thomas Tyner has been diagnosed with a slight concussion. He will mis...

Let's just file this directly into the "You Can't Make This Stuff Up" category. Caliche senior running back Kort Johnson is back with his teammates and ready to play after sitting out his junior year due to multiple concussions, the first of which...

Mariner's KeiVarae Russell is widely considered to be the state's top RB and the senior is eager to get on the field to live up to that title this fall. Unfortunately, his season debut will be delayed after he suffered a mild concussion yesterday ...

A new study highlights the heightened danger to young athletes who suffer concussions and sustain new head blows before they've fully recovered.

Texas high school athletes will soon be required to sit out at least one day after sustaining a head injury.

A Kansas coroner confirmed Thursday that the brain injury that killed Spring Hill High School football player Nathan Stiles on Oct. 29 came from a part of the 17-year-old's brain that had bled earlier this year.

The governing body for Texas public school sports has approved new rules for concussions that will require athletes to sit out a least a day after sustaining a head injury beginning next year.