He specifically criticized Riddell for claiming that its Riddell Revolution football helmet reduces the risk of concussions.
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State Department staffers presented her with a welcome-back gift upon her return to work Monday: a football helmet.
Last time I was here I had an outstanding burger at Smitty's. (Laughter.) I got my own presidential football helmet at Riddell.
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Riddell established the company in 1927, but it was not until 1939 that its first soft plastic-shell football helmet was released to the public.
The demonstration that Verizon had on hand was connected to a football helmet that would ideally monitor the impact a player absorbed during a collision.
She was also presented by her staff with a tongue-in-cheek gift of protective headgear in the shape of a football helmet emblazoned with her department's seal.
Arlington, Virginia (CNN) -- It may surprise the casual visitor at Arlington National Cemetery to see a rubber duck on a headstone or an old football helmet lying in the manicured grass of a fallen soldier's grave.
They need only look to football helmet manufacturer Riddell, which finds itself embroiled in litigation for allegedly failing to protect players from the long-term risk of concussions and falsely marketing its helmets as having the ability to reduce the risk of concussions by a substantial percentage.
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In fact, kids might be just as well-served if football brought back the leather helmet.
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We issued a white paper calling for a neurologist on the sideline, removal of the helmet-to-helmet hit from football, and a standardized regimen of diagnosis and mandatory sit-out periods.
One company, Xenith, has a partnership with a youth football league that is testing a helmet that the company claims is designed to reduce head movement within the helmet, thus reducing concussion risks.
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The Crimson football team won the Rose Bowl in the leather-helmet days and famously tied Yale in 1968, and the Harvard rowers can hold their own against Oxford and Cambridge in the Henley Regatta.
He shoots a similar video in every football stadium he plays, a routine that started when he strapped on a Pittsburgh Steelers helmet three years ago.
Brady's rise from unheralded backup to Super Bowl MVP is already a football legend, serving as an inspiration to any young player eager to be given a chance to put on a helmet.
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On Feb. 9, NFHS announced its football rule changes for 2012, and, besides a concussion-protection rule that forces a play who gets his helmet dislodged to sit out the next play, one new rule is 1-2-3l, which for the first time allows member high schools to sell on-field advertising.
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