There are no recorded studies of smelling salts improving performance, but some coaches have been spotted given the ammonia ...

Henry To'oTo'o couldn't find the plastic bag he was keeping in his locker. The Houston Texans' linebacker promised a reporter smelling salts, but the bag of ammonia he stored in his locker was gone.

The NFL instituted a smelling salts ban in August, which 49ers star tight end George Kittle criticized during an NFL Network interview during training camp when he joked: “I considered retirement. We ...

From Aaron Rodgers to Marvin Lewis to Baker Mayfield, we’ve seen a wide range of NFL-associated people getting fired up before a play or before a game by using smelling salts. And hey, before you get ...

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was seen taking a hit from smelling salts just moments before throwing an 80-yard touchdown to DK Metcalf, despite the NFL's recent attempt to ban them.

During training camp, the NFL sent a memo to teams prohibiting them from providing smelling salts to players, citing a player-safety issue. The league, though, couldn’t ban ammonia packets without ...

Here’s a question from Kate Miller, our ever-curious colleague at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation: The other night, despite a strong start, Texas Rangers pitcher Nathan Eovaldi seemed off his ...

Henry To'oTo'o couldn't find the plastic bag he was keeping in his locker. The Houston Texans' linebacker promised a reporter smelling salts, but the bag of ammonia he stored in his locker was gone.