The "blue medical tent" for initial injury and concussion evaluations is raised on an NFL sideline during the 2023 season. James D. Smith / AP This piece is part of The Athletic’s annual NFL anonymous ...

There were 1,157 more kickoff returns this season, which led to an increase in concussions. Justin Edmonds / Getty Images A year after its players experienced a historically low number of concussions, ...

The NFL is facing a concerning issue as the number of concussions keeps rising, even with new safety measures in place. In the 2025 season, there was an all-time high of 538 concussion checks during ...

SEATTLE -- Dr. Richard Ellenbogen was working the sideline during a preseason game last month as an unaffiliated neurological consultant when a team's position coach asked him to look at a player who ...

The NFL says concussions were down significantly in 2018. Data released by the league today says that there were a total of 214 concussions, counting all games and practices in the preseason and the ...

The NFL has demanded that the New York Times issue a retraction about a story last Thursday that said the leagueomitted concussion cases when it downplayed the effects of head injuries on players, ...

The NFL omitted concussion cases when it downplayed the effects of head injuries on players based on studies conducted from 1996 through 2001, according to a report by The New York Times. More than ...

This past season, 44% of in-game concussions resulted from impact to the player’s facemask, up from 29% in 2015, according to data gathered by the NFL. - Brynn Anderson/AP The NFL is challenging ...

Concussions are one of the most talked-about injuries in football, but how often do they actually happen? The short answer: more often than most fans realize but less often than the headlines ...

NEW YORK -- The NFL insists that its concussion settlement program does not require the clinicians who evaluate former players for payouts to make race a factor in their determinations. Several of ...