The NFL began allowing players to wear Guardian Caps in regular-season games last year. Here's what to know about the ...

PITTSBURGH, March 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a protective covering for the head which could reduce the incidence of head injuries caused by a direct blow," said an inventor, from ...

Major League Baseball has approved a protective cap for pitchers, hoping to reduce the damage from line drives to the head that have brought some terrifying and bloody scenes in the last few years.

Added protection Fifteen Colorado high school and youth football programs are using a relatively new product called the Guardian Cap, a 7-ounce padded shell that can be strapped onto a regular ...

More disconcerting to Cobb is that a protective cap for pitchers - initially approved in January - has not yet been made available for testing. Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Brandon McCarthy - who ...

This season, Torres will wear a separate protective ring that gets placed around the base of his cap and cushions the head from ear to ear. The extra piece, designed by Isoblox, is lighter than ...

However, the portion of the head below the cap line, where MLB.com says many of the more seriously injured pitchers were struck, remains unprotected.

But the cap, Kuroda and other pitchers in the Yankees' clubhouse said, isn't yet something they're interested in trying. The reasons are both aesthetic and practical.