Football helmets have come a long way since the days of the leatherheads, but there's obviously still some work to be done ...

Ex-MIT linebacker Kodiak Brush helps design the Apache helmet, earning the highest safety rating ever from Virginia Tech.

Hard and heavy is not actually better to avoid traumatic brain injury playing football. The Apache helmet shows why.

Michigan and Ohio State are two of college football's most recognizable brands, built on decades of winning, iconic coaches and their uniforms. They are easily identifiable by their helmets -- not ...