New Mexico youth league improves experience by adding Heads Up

Friday's Heads Up Football news:

• that football has become a more positive experience in the city's local leagues thanks in part to the Heads Up Football program, talking to league co-founder Hope Olden.

• The Bergen Record reported on a New Jersey youth league that has used the Heads Up program for concussion awareness, talking to coach Chris St. Genis.

• Maryland Gazette reported on a new partnership between USA Football and EyeBlack of Rockville, Md.

• USA Football reported that the Chicago-area River Valley Football League board recently voted unanimously to adopt the Heads Up Football program.

-- Bill Bradley, contributing editor