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

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

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

NFL players will be allowed to use “smelling salts” during games after all.

The NFL clarified the policy on Wednesday, telling the NFL Players Association that players could still use smelling salts ...

The NFL banned teams from supplying and providing players with ammonia-related products such as smelling salts. Players have ...

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

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

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

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 ...