San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle jokingly threatens to retire after learning the NFL is banning smelling salts.

George Kittle jokingly expressed his dismay over the NFL's upcoming ban on smelling salts. The ban is scheduled to start in ...

Kittle just signed a massive extension that made him the highest-paid tight end in the NFL, so there’s no chance he was retiring over some smelling salts, but still, it’s clear that he’s hoping for ...

The NFL issued a memo banning smelling salts on Tuesday, and 49ers tight end George Kittle crashed an interview to air ...

Interestingly, the ban made headlines when San Francisco 49ers star tight end George Kittle, known for using smelling salts between drives, quipped, “I've been distraught all day,” while crashing ...

NFL players have used smelling salts for years, and it isn't the first sport to ban them. Many boxing organizations banned them years ago because they can mask a severe injury. This article originally ...