Zachary Campbell plucked a football out of the autumn air and started to run. He was a boy of just 10, but he was fast, and ...

We need to prevent young boys from playing tackle football, or at least discourage them from doing so. | Opinion ...

It may have been a junior football game, but one kid wasn't messing around. Caught on camera was a savage tackle, as a child ...

I always told my son I'd never let him play tackle football. The idea of him getting hurt scares me. But at a birthday party recently, I saw how much he loves it — and how good he is.

I have always feared the idea of my son playing tackle football. I've just heard about too many young men getting hurt playing the sport, and I've also never been a fan of the violence.

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The former Rhodes Scholar who works at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., started playing tackle football at 6 years old. He advises against that now, preferring kids ...

I played tackle football from roughly about the age Logan was when he sustained his serious injuries through college at Davidson University in North Carolina. My son began playing football for St ...