Tuesday's health and safety news from the world of football:
- Looking for a way to help the sport of football with the issue of players leading with their head when tackling, that coach Pete Carroll made an instructional video that has been embraced by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and is being sent to high school and youth programs around the country.
Carroll calls the technique "Seahawks Tackling," which emphasizes tackling at the waist and can be taught without full pads.
- 聽Tuesday that it has reached a settlement in the concussion lawsuit filed by former athletes.
- that Green Bay Packers running back Eddie Lacy has switched to the Riddell SpeedFlex helmet after missing time with a concussion last season.
- On the week of his induction into the , on Derrick Brooks' philanthropy among Tampa-area schools.
- that the Washington Redskins held Military Appreciation Day on Monday at training camp.
- that the team finished a two-day youth camp in the Cayman Islands.
- Oday Aboushi, went to Sudan to participated in a five-day medical mission in March to repair cleft lips for 185 children.
- it again has teamed up with the Pittsburgh Steelers on its concussion program.
- on doctors who are doing hands-on concussion research at the Pediatric and Adolescent Sports Medicine program at Children's Hospital.
- at the concern for youth athletes entering fall sports.
- As part of its series on youth sports concussions, that recovery from traumatic head injury can be a slow process.
- about a website that helps parents recognize concussions in children.
- a checklist on how to recognize a concussion in children.
- that the area youth football leagues are trying to combat concussions by offering free baseline testing for players.
-- Bill Bradley, contributing editor
