After implementing a new rule for 2013 mandating thigh pads for all National Football League players, the league asked University of Virginia biomechanical researchers to test how well available thigh ...

The days of NFL players opting not to wear thigh pads or knee pads may end with this year's Super Bowl, according to league and team sources. The injury trends of quad injuries and knee bruises will ...

Justin Bannan sees NFL's decision to make thigh and knee pads mandatory starting in 2013 as more of a cosmetic alteration than anything else. "If you're going to have an injury happen, a knee pad or ...

Players will be required to wear thigh and knee pads beginning with the 2013 season, the NFL announced Tuesday. The players’ union could still oppose the move because it wasn’t collectively bargained.

For first time in nearly two decades%2C NFL is again mandating lower-leg protection If a player is caught on the field without thigh or knee pads%2C he will be removed from the game until his uniform ...