But Hamlin's injury shows it can happen in football too. And Stephens says heart protection is one of the few options both the NFL and youth football can use to help prevent the next tragedy.

A football game at Grass Lake High School on Oct. 7. (J. Scott Park/AP) The furor around whether Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa should have been cleared to play following a head injury ...

WASHINGTON — Could better chest padding have protected Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin from his catastrophic injury Monday evening? At least one sports medicine doctor is calling on the NFL to ...