The air is getting cooler, pumpkin spice lattes are back and Labor Day has passed. Folks, fall football season is here. The NFL kicks things off Thursday, Sept. 5, with a matchup between the Baltimore ...

Dr. James Andrews, the legendary orthopedic surgeon who has treated scores of NFL players, believes football would be outlawed if someone invented the sport today, he told SI's Greg Bishop and Michael ...

Professional football is America's real pastime. The 2013 Super Bowl was the third-most-watched piece of television in recorded history. The first- and second-most-watched? The previous two Super ...

If we had never heard of football, could we invent it now? Picture that first parents’ meeting in high schools across the country. How exactly would administrators break the news that the sport is ...

Developments within the rule book and off the field mean that players today are taking part in a very different sport than their predecessors It’s often said that football wasn’t invented in 1992, ...

Famed orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews is tasked with treating many of the NFL's biggest stars, but he doesn't believe a sport as violent as football would have had the opportunity to rise to ...