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  All hail the Kansas City Chieftains: Looking back at the day that linked Boxford’s Masconomet Regional High School with the future Super Bowl champs

  The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers, 31-20 to win Super Bowl LIV in Miami on Sunday night, Feb. 2. After their comeback victory, let’s take another look back at the day that this professional football team reached out to a high school football team on Boston’s North Shore, when most of their equipment almost didn’t make it to Gillette Stadium for the Dec. 8 game against the New England Patriots.

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  Buckeye Built: Riddell uses data, lab studies to create next generation of football helmets

  From Cleveland to Columbus and Toledo to Cincinnati, Ohio is packed with companies who call the Buckeye State home. As part of the News 5 Cleveland Buckeye Built series, reporter Meg Shaw went behind the scenes to see how football helmets are made by hand at Riddell.

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  Here’s Jalen Hurts’ Alabama-Oklahoma helmet auction results, viral video with kids at Senior Bowl

  Jalen Hurts’ journey through college football is well-documented. The former Alabama and now-former Oklahoma quarterback continues to look forward as he moves to position himself for the upcoming NFL draft. The move started in earnest this week at the Reese’s Senior Bowl. Yet, the impact his college career has had on fans continues to be felt this week in Mobile.

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  Jalen Hurts' helmet for Senior Bowl split with Oklahoma, Alabama logos on each side

  Oklahoma or Alabama? That was a question some were curious about when Jalen Hurts was announced as a participant for the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama. The question was answered Monday night: both.

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  EA-WR football alumni donate to school, community

  WOOD RIVER — The East Alton-Wood River football alumni team has done much more than play alumni games the past three years. In fact, the group has raised funds to help the Oilers football team as well as other athletic groups in the community. The most recent contribution by the EA-WR alumni is a state-of-the-art electronic system aimed at detecting severe blows to the head that will give coaches critical live information during a game.

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  Riddell and Polynesian Football Hall of Fame Unveil Helmets for 2020 Polynesian Bowl in Hawai’i, Extend Partnership through 2023

  The leader in football head protection and innovation, Riddell, and the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame (PFHOF), today unveiled the upcoming 2020 Polynesian Bowl Riddell SpeedFlex helmet design. Riddell serves as the official protective equipment...

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  College programs take proactive approach to helmet safety

  It’s the most important job of a college football equipment manager, and one Purdue associate director of equipment Kyle Gergely takes seriously. Each week, Gergely and his staff goes through the 120 or more helmets worn by players during practices and games, checking for cracks, damaged chin straps or other irregularities.

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  Top Sports Stories of 2019 in Central Illinois (No. 6-10)

  Time look back at the top sports stories in central Illinois for the past year. In our annual top ten list of the biggest sports stories, here’s a look at the first five. No. 10: Peoria High School receives a grant from football equipment maker Riddell, which picks the Lions as a ‘team of the future’ and outfits the players in new helmets and shoulder pads for the season.

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  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 NFL. No piece of protective equipment has undergone as much transformation over the past decade as the helmet. Through a combination of technological advancements, investment by the NFL and an open marketplace for development, helmets are rapidly evolving — with more innovation on the horizon.

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  Chiefs were prepared to wear high school helmets if equipment never arrived Sunday

  The Kansas City Chiefs had no intention of forfeiting Sunday’s game against the New England Patriots. If the Chiefs couldn’t wear their own equipment, they were going to play the game wearing high school helmets.