Although we may admire older cars' ability to "hold together" in a collision, it's now generally accepted that it's safer for vehicles to feature impact-absorbing crumple zones. With that in mind, ...

If you think some NFL and college football helmets have a new design this year, it's because many of them do. The latest — and most expensive to date — football helmet from Rosemont-based sporting ...

Several college football programs will be using the new Riddell SpeedFlex helmet and InSite Impact Response System in 2014. The helmet is designed to disperse energy, reducing the risk of trauma, ...

Head injuries are a hot-button issue in football. A number of products, like the Reebok CheckLight and Riddell's Insite Impact Response System, help identify and rate the severity of concussive hits.

If you're a college football fan -- and especially if you're a fan of one of the big Division I programs like Texas, LSU, Florida or Alabama -- you may have noticed some recent tweets like these: New ...

Football is a high-impact sport. Even though the phrase is common sense, it doesn’t make us any less desensitized when we see a hit that leaves a player unconscious on the ground. It’s a scary image.

College football programs around the country will be wearing new gear in the fall. This time team's with new looks are getting more than all glitz and glamour as a new helmet design from Riddell ...

When one object meets another with significant force—say a strong safety missiling into a receiver—something’s got to give. The sports equipment company Riddell has determined it should be the helmet.

Yahoo Sports' Dr. Saturday blog looked at the introduction of the Riddell SpeedFlex helmet and how it might help cut down on concussions in its roll out through college football. Former NFL player ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Riddell, the Illinois sporting goods company that designs and develops football helmets, protective sports equipment, head impact monitoring technologies, licensed collectibles and ...