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California Teen Football Player Whose Injury Prompted Safety Efforts Dies

Donnovan Hill, the California teenager whose paralyzing football injury led to increased safety protections for young players after he sued a youth league, has died, a lawyer for his family said Thursday. Hill died Wednesday at an Orange County hospital …

Football Helmet Sensors Rejected by Virginia County

Loudoun County has rejected using impact sensors in the helmets of its public high school football players. The Washington Post reports that at a Nov. 5 meeting of the Loudoun School Board’s Health, Safety and Transportation Committee, the panel decided …

Goodell: NFL ‘Can and Must’ Make Football Safer

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says the league will continue to do “everything we can” to make football safer. Player safety in the NFL has been a frequent topic of conversation recently and Goodell discussed it again Wednesday during a lecture …