SPORTS
September 19, 1998 | By Beth Onufrak, INQUIRER CORRESPONDENT
Jenkintown junior Jessica Hollinshead had her appeal to play field hockey wearing a hard helmet denied by the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association's Board of Control. Hollinshead had a hearing before the board Thursday and formally submitted her request. Jenkintown principal Tom Sebastian, who made the presentation on behalf of Hollinshead, was notified yesterday that the board had voted, 7-5, not to allow Hollinshead to play wearing the hard helmet. "Mr. [Brad]
NEWS
August 22, 1992 | By Dave Urbanski, FOR THE INQUIRER
It's not rock. It's not metal, or even thrash. Just call it Helmet and cover your head. Proving that music-industry hype is sometimes justified, Helmet - the hardest, heaviest-playing band of the moment - slayed a sold-out Trocadero Thursday with ultra-distorted guitars and dizzying rhythm structures. The New York City foursome played like a mini-orchestra - an avant-grunge quartet, one might say - churning out 15 songs in an hour-long sonic assault. Helmet reportedly conducts rehearsals like boot-camp drills, and its live show was surely a practice in mesmerizing precision.
NEWS
January 7, 1998 | By Gwen Florio and Shankar Vedantam, INQUIRER STAFF WRITERS
Before long, the hottest accessory on the ski slopes will be a helmet. Even before the deaths of Michael Kennedy and Sonny Bono - both of whom died by skiing into trees and suffering severe head trauma - resorts were seeing more skiers in helmets. Now, those numbers are expected to skyrocket, which is just fine with Dr. Craig Perrinjaquet, who heads the medical center at the Breckenridge, Colo., ski resort. "We can fix knees. We can fix thumbs," Perrinjaquet said. "We can't fix brains.
SPORTS
June 21, 2011 | Daily News Wire Services
Improved helmet design has helped reduce concussions in impact sports such as football and hockey, but it might be impossible to design a helmet that completely eliminates them, according to a panel of sports science professors outlining the latest findings. Helmets "certainly help to mitigate forces that are distributed by impact to the skull and the intracranial cavity and the brain," said Kevin Guskiewicz , a professor of sports science at North Carolina and an expert on football helmets.
NEWS
February 26, 1991 | By W. Speers, Inquirer Staff Writer Contributors to this report include the Associated Press, Reuters, the New York Post, the Washington Post and USA Today
Gary Busey, almost killed in a motorcycle accident just over two years ago, is trying to reconcile his distaste for helmets with firsthand knowledge that going bareheaded is dangerous. He's designing his own headgear. The actor, in Chattanooga last weekend to hype his first movie since the accident - My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys - said his helmet would protect riders while giving the sensation that they're not wearing anything on their heads. "I don't remember four weeks of my life," he said.
SPORTS
September 16, 2010 | By Jonathan Tamari, Inquirer Staff Writer
When Packers linebacker Clay Matthews wrapped his arms around Kevin Kolb and slammed him to the turf, the quarterback's head was protected with a helmet first released more than 20 years ago, according to a spokesman for the helmet's maker. Kolb was wearing Schutt Sports' Pro-Air II, a helmet that still passes industry standards but was released in 1988 and does not include many of the most recent innovations in protection, said Glenn Beckmann, Schutt's marketing communications director.
NEWS
September 6, 1992 | By Terri Sanginiti, INQUIRER CORRESPONDENT
Mark Fitzpatrick was happily riding his two-wheeler with training wheels down the street with his big sister when Sgt. Larry Ruocco of the Waterford Township police pulled him over and gave him a ticket. But unlike many a grownup stopped by the police, Mark went away happy. The ticket that Ruocco gave Mark, 4, was a reward for wearing a bicycle helmet, as required by the state law that took effect July 1 for all children younger than 14. The special ticket was redeemable for a slice of pizza, soft ice cream or a round of miniature golf.
SPORTS
October 27, 1992 | by Les Bowen, Daily News Sports Writer
Oh, yeah. Eric Lindros made his Madison Square Garden debut last night. By the end of the evening, what had seemed so intriguing going in had turned into little more than a footnote. The Flyers' self-immolation in their 8-4 loss to the host Rangers took a lot of attention away from the big rookie, who scored a nice goal in the second period, before his team came apart. Lindros said his first goal in the building of the team that came within an arbitrator's decision of obtaining his rights, the team whose captain, Mark Messier, is his idol - he said it all amounted to no more than "trying to steal a couple of points on the road.
SPORTS
October 27, 1995 | by Kevin Mulligan, Daily News Sports Writer
Eagles head coach Ray Rhodes applauded the NFL's $12,000 fine on the New York Giants' Keith Hamilton this week for the defensive tackle's helmet-to- helmet blow on quarterback Rodney Peete two weeks ago. "These are the type of hits they didn't want to see anymore and it was one of those type of licks," Rhodes said of the hit, which forced Peete out of the second half of the Eagles' 17-14 win over the Giants on Oct. 15. "I'm a defensive coach,...
SPORTS
December 11, 1987 | By JAY GREENBERG, Daily News Sports Writer
Though Brad Marsh says he hasn't made a decision about wearing a helmet when he returns to the lineup, Bobby Clarke says there is no decision to be made. "Dr. (Jeff) Hartzell says he has no choice," the Flyers' general manager said, referring to the team physician. "After a concussion like that he has to put one on. " Marsh was not anxious to discuss the subject. "I can't play until next week anyway," he said. "So there's no reason to talk about it now. "I do have a feeling I know what (his wife)