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 ...

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers took an enormous hit from some smelling salts seconds before throwing an 80-yard touchdown to DK Metcalf just months after the NFL tried to ban The ...

I looked down at the small red canister in my hand and prepared to open it. My mind raced. This won’t be so bad, right? That’s what I told myself at first, before I talked to NFL players about what ...

The NFL doesn’t want him to. Before this season, the league prohibited teams from providing smelling salts to players, though they are still allowed to supply their own. The league’s concern — widely ...

Aaron Rodgers appeared to give himself a little jolt before throwing a long touchdown pass to DK Metcalf during the Pittsburgh Steelers’ game against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. Rodgers and the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Leading up to the Seattle Seahawks’ game-winning field goal on Thursday night, Seahawks kicker Jason Myers utilized smelling salts — known to stimulate athletes’ senses — ahead of his kick. The ...