Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement is not the only NFL news gaining attention. Recently, the NFL banned the use of “smelling salts” during games. The league's memo, citing a 2024 warning from ...

San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle said Tuesday that the NFL banned smelling salts, but the league clarified that players can use their own ammonia inhalants during games. In honor of the ...

Henry To'oTo'o couldn't find the plastic bag he was keeping in his locker. The Houston Texans' linebacker promised a reporter smelling salts, but the bag of ammonia he stored in his locker was gone.

Michal Ruprecht is the AAAS Mass Media Fellow on NPR's Science Desk, where he covers global health. He is a fourth-year medical student at Wayne State University School of Medicine and the incoming ...

NFL players will be allowed to use “smelling salts” during games after all. The NFLPA sent a memo to players on Wednesday saying that the ban that the league informed teams about on Tuesday only ...

The NFLPA said the NFL’s smelling salts ban only applies to teams providing it to players, according to a message obtained by ESPN. That means players can still use the substances. However, it turns ...

I confess: After reading the Chronicle's compelling examination into the use of smelling salts in football, by my colleagues Eric Branch and Noah Furtado, I thought, "Why not give them a try?" After ...

I looked down at the small red canister in my hand and prepared to open it. My mind raced. This won’t be so bad, right? That’s what I told myself at first, before I talked to NFL players about what ...

Kittle, a nine-year veteran and regular user of smelling salts, interrupted teammate Fred Warner’s interview to air what he called a personal grievance. “I honestly just came up here to air a ...

NFL players may soon have a harder time getting a quick jolt of alertness on the field. On Tuesday, the NFL sent a memo to clubs saying they are no longer allowed to provide the substance to players, ...