The Latest Breaking News from Damar Hamlin

CHICAGO — Te’Jaan Ali was playing basketball in a school gym on the South Side of Chicago when he started feeling hot. The heat in the gym — which didn’t have air conditioning — was likely just as bad as the sweltering temperatures outside, which reached 90 degrees on July…

The full-contact sport of football is one that is rife with risks. The public and the players have for some time known the dangers posed to the brain by the forceful blows to the head that occur during regular gameplay, leading first to concussions and then commonly and devastatingly to…

RENTON, Wash. — As Seahawks coach Pete Carroll put it, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin’s collapse on the field because of cardiac arrest Monday night “sent a real shock wave through all of the football world.”

LOS ANGELES — NFL teams resumed practicing Wednesday with the hospitalized Damar Hamlin on their minds and hearts, yet with Week 18 opponents on their schedule.

The game could be declared a no-contest by the commissioner, or the NFL could create a Week 19, giving bye weeks to the other 12 teams in the playoffs.

BALTIMORE — The NFL stopped Monday night, turning away from the relentless business of preparing for games to pray and hope for the recovery of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin.

A routine tackle in an NFL game on Jan. 2 almost turned fatal when Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Bills was injured during a play, leading to cardiac arrest.

Coach Lovie Smith addressed how the Houston Texans have handled the Damar Hamlin incident.

Pro football typically stops for nothing, with teams playing on despite grievous injuries. On Monday, things were different