Detroit-based helmet manufacturer Xenith has been at the forefront of football player safety for some time now. The company features patented Adaptive Head Protection — technology designed to provide a comfortable helmet while minimizing head movement on impact. Thanks to a recent exclusive partnership, Xenith will now supply helmets featuring this tech to athletes in […]
Concussions are a continued hot topic for the game of football. From 2013 to 2015 NCAA football teams reported four per team, about one per season, but this doesn’t count the unreported ones or more minor head impacts that can accumulate and be just as dangerous. Vicis, a company based in Seattle, is attempting to combat […]
Another week, and the NFL concussions saga continues to rage on. CTE, a degenerative brain condition, is maintaining its assault on ex-NFL players following their years of head trauma. The $1 billion concussion settlement between the NFL and approximately 20,000 former players is certainly well documented, but now helmet makers Riddell have fallen into the […]
2015 has been a year when significant IPO announcements, leadership changes, and unprecedented valuations in the tech industry have made the biggest companies bigger, and unknowns into household names. Among the many companies enjoying major accomplishments in 2015, Xenith may have quietly been having the best year of them all. They received the highest quality […]