TUNE Protect launched its first on-demand Extreme Sports Protection plan, Sports+, offering various types of coverage for accidental injuries, medical expenses and sports equipment. With the ...

"The safety equipment has gotten exponentially better,” Hawk says. ... While Dave Mirra is just the first case — while a high-profile one — that has linked extreme sports to C.T.E, ...

A new analysis finds that extreme sports have been linked to more than 4 million injuries since 2000, and now cause more than 40,000 head and neck injuries annually.

A new piece of equipment could better protect athletes of all ages. It uses new technology to protect a player's head and neck. G8RSkin Ice is a first-of-its-kind personal protective equipment ...

One way to make neck guards and other protective equipment more widely worn would be to introduce mandates for players of a certain age, which is similar to how helmets became compulsory in the NHL.