Football fans have noticed a trend of some professional footballers wearing barely-visible shin pads during matches - but why are they used instead of regular-sized pairs? The simple answer is that ...

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We've all been there: you fly into a tackle during a kickaround and, while you've taken nothing but ball, your opponent has raked you to pieces and left you clutching a severely grazed shin! Avoiding ...

Michael Olise does not like shin pads. So much so that when the France winger was being brought on for Leroy Sane during Bayern Munich’s 1-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League in ...

Craig Ludwig was known as a shot-blocker and for his unusually wide shin pads. But the 17-year NHL veteran says the wide shin pads weren't by design. The extra width came as he repaired the pads, ...