Riddell News

NFL at 100: Helmets Go High Tech in Quest for Player Safety

Long gone are the days of the leather shell and single-bar face mask. Today’s football helmets are technological marvels, using cutting edge materials and design elements to make the headgear the safest it’s been in the 100th season of the …

Colorado Jury Awards $11.5M to Family in Helmet Suit

A Colorado jury has awarded $11.5 million in a lawsuit originally brought against helmet maker Riddell and several high school administrators and football coaches over brain injuries suffered by a teenager in 2008. The ruling comes as the company faces …

Mississippi Jury Rules in Favor of Helmet Maker

A Mississippi jury has decided that helmet manufacturer Riddell is not responsible for the injury of a George County High School football player in 2006. Court documents say that the plantiff, who was a minor at the time of the …