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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Jets linebacker Nick Bellore had never had a pass intentionally thrown his way -- not at any level, even going back to Pop Warner football. So when backup quarterback Tim Tebow hit him with a 23-yard pass from the punt for...

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Dwayne Hendricks was too big to play Pop Warner football in seventh grade. The Giants defensive tackle was about five pounds over the weight limit, and as much as he wanted to be a player like his big brother Damien, he just didn't wa...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Growing up in New Haven, Conn., Donald Thomas never played Pop Warner football. His high school didn't have a football team. This naturally makes his "football journey," and his four-year NFL career, unique. The 26-year-old ...

The Vikings and the Saints had a lot of trouble keeping a handle on the football in their NFC championship match up. But just how much did those fumbles cost each team? Football Outsiders tries to get a hold on the issue.

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The Steelers' Rashard Mendenhall is hoping for a second chance after being benched for not knowing his assignments.

ATLANTA (Ticker) -- Michael Vick was still playing Pop Warner football the last time the Atlanta Falcons won their first three games. The Falcons look for their first 3-0 start in 18 years Sunday when they host the winless Arizona Cardinals. Vic...

Turk Schonert is going from coaching his 12-year-old son's Pop Warner football team to coaching the New York Giants' quarterbacks.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Football is a game of imitation. Coaches beg, borrow and steal from one another. In the fraternity, it's a matter of good form, if not outright flattery. Glenn Scobey "Pop" Warner had no idea his Single-wing look would become t...

ImPACT sells tests and training to pro teams, colleges, high schools and sports medicine centers, but some question whether the program actually works.

TMQ says football is finally taking head injuries seriously by limiting practice contact at youth levels

Pop Warner will introduce new rules to limit contact drills to one-third of practice time, and ban full-speed head-on blocking and tackling drills in which players line up more than three yards apart.

After observing the game up close, this parent has decided there will be no football for her son, writes Ashley Fox.

In the wake of a new study, the national president of Pop Warner said he will propose a rule that, for the first time, would limit the amount of contact allowed in youth football practices.

In ESPN The Magazine, Tim Keown writes about football player Cody Paul, whose Pop Warner highlight reel made him a YouTube sensation. But five years later, Paul is finding it hard to shake the hype that follows nine million page views.

Pop Warner, the nation's oldest and largest youth football organization, is requiring a note from a doctor before letting anyone who's suffered a head injury back on the field.

With his kind of 'tude, Kyle Wilson should fit nicely into Rex Ryan's crew.