An NFL official has acknowledged a link between football and the brain disease CTE for the first time. Jeff Miller, the NFL’s senior vice president for health and safety, spoke about the connection during an appearance Monday at a congressional …
Fans in box seats at Major League Baseball games might have less use for their gloves if Oakland A’s fan Gail Payne gets her way. Payne cited the estimated 1,750 fans a year who are struck by balls, mostly fouls, …
A bill to ensure more safety for thrill seekers who soar above Florida’s coastlines while dangling from parachutes has cleared its initial hurdle, winning swift approval from a state Senate panel this week. The legislation would impose greater oversight on …
Two skydivers from Iceland who died during weekend jumps at a popular southwest Florida camp did not deploy their main parachutes, the co-owner of the facility said. Deputies found the bodies of a skydiving instructor and a student Saturday after …
An insurance company has been ordered to finish paying $100,000 in the 2009 deaths of two women who were parasailing in Ocean Isle Beach. The StarNews of Wilmington reported that the president of Marine Specialty Management, Craig Reynolds, had been …
A National Parks Service (NPS) decision to hike their required insurance liability limits by 1,000 percent has some outfitters and guides, as well as their insurance providers, navigating the halls of Congress. The battle began because of an NPS increase …
