Football leans on tradition, providing convenient cover for the NFL's lenient stance on smelling salts, ammonia crystals that players believe enhance performance when inhaled. Does the olfactory ...

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 ...

In August, the NFL decided that coaches and teams are no longer allowed to provide players with smelling salts. “This was a step that we felt that we needed to take as a league to make sure that our ...

I confess: After reading the Chronicle's compelling examination into the use of smelling salts in football, by my colleagues Eric Branch and Noah Furtado, I thought, "Why not give them a try?" After ...

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