NFL players were distraught they couldn't use smelling salts this season and beyond after a league-wide memo banned teams ...

The NFL has officially cracked down on the use of smelling salts during games—but players aren’t completely out of luck.

After loud backlash from players, the NFL players’ association clarified in its own memo that the league hasn’t banned the ...

NFL teams are not allowed to distribute smelling salts, but NFL players are still permitted to use them on the sidelines.

Smelling salts are officially off the NFL sidelines after concerns about safety and masking concussion symptoms ...

NFL players will be allowed to use “smelling salts” during games after all. The NFLPA sent a memo to players on Wednesday ...

The NFL has banned the use of smelling salts during games, citing an FDA warning concerning the safety of the substance. Here ...

The NFL made a surprise announcement recently when it revealed that, among a number of other changes, it was banning the use ...

Concerns that the popular sideline substances have no medical backing and could mask the symptoms of a concussion led the ...

On Tuesday, the NFL sent a memo to clubs saying they are no longer allowed to provide the substance to players, citing safety ...

As the NFL preseason gets underway, the league has made a rule change pertaining to a substance players routinely use on ...

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Dr. Robert Cantu, medical director and director of clinical research at the Cantu Concussion Center at Emerson Hospital, about the NFL banning teams from providing ...