Football practice in the southwestern heat
A strong heat wave in southern California and Arizona follows one in Texas earlier this week, and football teams have to adjust.
Football
We announce the opening of IL football coverage
We have begun the coverage season for IL HS football this fall. Opening day is Friday, Aug. 28, and our football pages are upgraded.
Great coaches are, first, great teachers
Before they can be great coaches, HS coaches must be great teachers: they are important in the lives of young men & women.
Junior Seau, others inducted into NFL Hall of Fame
Junior Seau's daughter would have liked to speak as her father was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame. Mr Seau suffered from concussions.
Number of football home games to be played
Based on early schedules of football in Illinois, we created a pie chart showing how many home games teams will play.
Illinois H.S. football enrollments for 2015
A histogram shows the distribution of football enrollments at Illinois high schools for this fall season.
Practice Like Pros: training to reduce concussions
IL H.S. Assn. is participating in a seminar by Mike Ditka and other youth football advocates about making practices safer for preventing concussions.
Memory impacted in knock-out concussions
A brain structure associated with memory was smaller in NFL players who lost consciousness from concussion than in a control group.
Writing prompts for Deflategate
What can we learn (and teach) from the Deflategate scandal? It ended Monday as the NFL handed out punishments for the New England Patriots.
IL considers new rules for football practice
IL is likely to revise its rules on full-contact football practices for the fall. They're looking to reduce the chances for brain injury.