football

A fitness fairy tale about finding just the right resistance.

With growing evidence of the effects of early brain trauma, letting your kid play tackle football deserves a closer look.

Any fast-paced, high-impact, contact sport exposes athletes to risk, and If you play your heart out, there's a very real chance that you will suffer injuries during the course of your career.

Simple, safe, and effective training protocols for these areas will elicit maximum performance on the field.

The question of the best athlete in the world is more complicated than medal counts.

If you don't practice with the intensity you'll need on game day, there's no way your mind and body will be prepared for it.

The lessons kids learn on the field prepare them for life.

You don't need world-class facilities to foster young athletic talent.

These tips help NFL Combine hopefuls (and you) take flight on the vertical and broad jump.

Athletes rarely run a straight line in their sports. So how do you develop the ability to change direction?

A look into the violence - on and off the field - of football, boxing, and mixed martial arts. Why it happens and how we can stop it.

While there has long been debate over who the greatest athletes are and which sports produce them, there isn’t much discussion over which sport is the toughest sport.

Major League Soccer is becoming more popular in the United States, but it faces an uphill battle in winning over the hearts of Americans. Here's why.

Now that the 2014 FIFA World Cup is in full flow, here are some highlights from 2010.

Nothing can bring down the NFL. Nothing except a lack of players to fill the shoes of the current ones. Would you let your kid play football?

Between 1960 and 2009, 123 high school football players died from heat-related illness. A new study suggests the risks are highest for linemen.

New research confirmed the NFL-225 test is a reliable indicator of strength and endurance in football players.