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After a doctor says he risks “instant insanity” if he takes another kick to the head, Navy player Joseph “Bull” Reeves dons a leather cap (crafted by a cobbler) that is believed to be football’s first headgear.

Two researchers found that even small hits might cause permanent brain damage—and they’re pioneering new technology to protect the next generation.

It’s that #UpperBodyOfAnAdolescent hashtag that truly sets McAfee apart from his colleagues, and his tweeting peers, these days.

I don’t want to give up football—and I’m guessing the players don’t want to, either. But they need to be protected. That’s something that we, the fans, can get behind.

Just watch out for that cameo from the top Manning in charge: Archie shows up late in the clip, and looks a bit too comfortable and natural wigging out.

Excitement for the Andrew Luck–Peyton Manning showdown at Lucas Oil Stadium in October is already reflected in the market. Here’s what you’ll pay to see it live.

Less than 3 percent of all Division I football players are invited to the NFL’s annual scouting camp, hosted in Indy since 1987.

Are you prepared for the most dramatic transition in Colts history? Andrew Luck is.

Striking similarities and stark differences between these two Indianapolis Colts QBs.

Al Michaels has called the NFL’s biggest games since 1986, making him one of sport’s icons. He even played himself in Jerry Maguire.

“This isn’t the first time he has faced adversity—on the field or off it,” deputy editor Daniel S. Comiskey wrote in IM’s 2012 profile of Jim Irsay. “His addiction to prescription painkillers made him an unpredictable presence in interviews before he publicly admitted and beat the disease.”

The Indianapolis Colts, a winning team on the field, would not be financially viable in the modern NFL if they had to spend another two decades in the Hoosier Dome.

Winning—and Dungy’s famous defense strategy for winning—is what people ask about all the time. Ultimately, Indianapolis’s new football figure’s present notoriety comes back to race.