"I was not an advocate for players to have a chest pad for non-projectile sports," Stephens said. "I wasn't as convinced that something like that could happen" in football.

Expert recommends chest and heart padding for NFL, youth football players after Damar Hamlin injury A sports medicine doctor says a shield over the heart can dramatically reduce the kind of ...

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What he believed to be a simple embrace quickly turned physical, as Harbaugh double checked to make sure the shoulder and chest pads were working for his star quarterback. "I just wasn’t ready ...

ROSSVILLE (KSNT) – Rossville football is making a run in the 1A playoffs, and after starting the season 0-3, it’s been a story of resiliency. For one senior Dawg, the situation is similar.

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 ...