Since 1989, Riddell, Inc. (Riddell) has been the official helmet of the National Football League (NFL). John T. Riddell established the company in 1927, but it was not until 1939 that its first soft ...

More than a decade ago, the sports equipment manufacturer Riddell was developing a highly anticipated new football helmet designed to reduce players' risk of concussions. The helmet was ambitiously ...

In 2002, Riddell began touting the helmets' ability to reduce concussion risks by impact dispersion and other design features, but Riddell learned as early as 2000—when development of the Revolution ...

WASHINGTON -- Nearly 40 percent of NFL players last season wore a helmet model that got the second-lowest rating for reducing the risk of concussions in a study by Virginia Tech researchers. Riddell's ...

The customer is not always right, as those who work or have worked in the service industry know. Riddell Inc., America's largest football helmet distributor and official provider for the NFL from 1989 ...

LOS ANGELES -- A Los Angeles jury has decided helmet maker Riddell Inc. isn't liable for the severe brain injury of a high school football player who suffered a helmet-to-helmet hit during a game. The ...

Not all football helmets are created equal, a new study suggests. Researchers directly compared helmet design with another, with hits measured during real-play conditions, and found that the Riddell ...

Dan Arment's customer base is dwindling. The president of football helmet manufacturer Riddell Inc. sees fewer kids playing tackle football—many scared off by concussions, others unable to afford ...