The NFL's new helmet rule has caused confusion and frustration in the preseason. Routine tackles in the past have been flagged, and players, media members and fans have voiced their concerns with what ...

Flyers star Eric Lindros, sitting out the playoffs because of a concussion, needed 20 stitches to close a gash in his upper lip and complained of headaches after a collision during a scrimmage.

Let’s forget—just for a moment—that multiple-concussion victim Eric Lindros is perhaps an accident waiting to happen. Let’s also forget that, once again, the Rangers may be jettisoning young talent ...

—And there was former MVP Eric Lindros, whose prolific career was derailed by countless concussions, including a vicious check by New Jersey’s Scott Stevens in the 2000 Eastern Conference finals. That ...

Lindros' brief fall to the ice after Varada's hit, though, brought another issue violently into focus: the big center constantly runs the risk that his next concussion will do permanent damage.