Gov. Gavin Newsom pledged Wednesday to hold the line against a proposed law that would ban youth tackle football in California, saying in a statement to The Times that he’d veto any such ...

SACRAMENTO — Heavy rain drenched their paper signs. Cold gusts billowed their hoodies. Passing cars splashed grimy puddles onto their sneakers. But the group of protesters continued to grow ...

Youth tackle football has been shown to increase risk of brain injury, trauma. The California legislature began debating a bill Wednesday that would ban youth tackle football for children under ...

The proposed law comes on the heels of the 2021 California Youth Football Act, which requires tackle football coaches to complete concussion and head-injury education and for parents of young ...

Proponents of the potential ban, which was similar to failed proposals brought forward in a handful of other states, argue that there is “no real safe way to play youth tackle football.” ...

Two California lawmakers have introduced a bill that would ban organized tackle football before high school. The state legislature is expected to take up the "Safe Youth Football Act" in its ...

In separate polls conducted in 2012 and this year, The Post asked respondents whether they would recommend children play youth or high school football (without specifying tackle or flag).

We need to prevent young boys from playing tackle football, or at least discourage them from doing so. There should be no tackle football for young boys. Student-athletes can be taught the ...

When you think of high school football, you probably think of boys and tackle football. But recently, girls across the Charlotte area have gotten in on the action, playing flag football for their ...

Here’s what became obvious Wednesday while watching the Dolphins go through their OTA session: There’s a big youth movement ...