Latest round of crowdsourced innovation competition offers up to $100,000 to advance helmet technology and player protection SAN FRANCISCO — Feb. 6, 2026 — Today, at the Bay Area Host Committee (BAHC) ...

Kodiak Brush doesn’t mince words when it comes to the state of football helmet design. “Most helmets today are designed to win lab tests, not protect players on the field,” he tells me over email.

Yeah it's all opinion, but we take a stab at power ranking all 18 Big Ten football helmets from worst to first.

The National Football League’s new list of approved player helmets for the upcoming 2025 season is seen by the league as “a seminal moment” in the push to reduce on-field concussions. The league ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. When players take the field at the start of the NFL season, many will be sporting the new, subtly different F7 ...