(Reuters) - U.S. maker of football helmets and gear Riddell is exploring a sale, the company told Reuters, in a deal that could value it at around $800 million, people familiar with the matter said.

Football helmets received a facelift on Wednesday as for the first time in roughly seven years, Riddell, the leading helmet manufacturer in the NFL and college football, launched a new helmet in an ...

NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Ohio is widely known as the birthplace of football. And everywhere you look around the Heartland state, it is obvious that Ohio is obsessed with the most popular sport in the United ...

The biggest football helmet maker in the U.S. overhauls its design. — -- At sports labs across the country, the race is on to find products that protect the brain against injury. Among the latest ...

As concussions continue to be a big topic of conversation at all levels of football, companies that make equipment continue to look for ways to make the game safer for players, specifically when it ...

Riddell has developed a football helmet that might not be just the next big step in design and player safety, but a major leap. While there has been a focus on position-specific headgear for sometime, ...

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 ...

Former NFL players suing football helmet maker Riddell have uncovered new evidence that the company and league knew more about the risks of concussions than has previously been disclosed, a lawyer on ...

Riddell has developed a football helmet that might not be just the next big step in design and player safety, but a major leap. While there has been a focus on position-specific headgear for sometime, ...