Elena Easley, an 8-year-old spitfire of a second-grader in Minnesota, had a very bad day last week. She loves football. Loves to watch the Kansas City Chiefs on TV. Loves to play. She plays football ...

Three teammates in Nottinghamshire reflect on the barriers they faced as female footballers.

Not that long ago, the idea of girls playing football - actual football, not powderpuff - felt like a novelty at best and a punchline at worst. Now? It's one of the fastest-growing sports in the ...

For most high school girls, the prospect of playing football has always seemed out of reach. While Title IX guarantees girls the right to try out for tackle football when no girls team exists, the ...

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says the league's support of girls' flag football is a long-term investment in making football more popular for decades to come.

The pass was accurate but unhurried, a high-arcing ball that hung in the air a half-second too long, allowing two defenders to bear down on its intended target. The hit was loud, a thunderous smack of ...

For Alicia and Taylor Jones, whether they would play football in high school was never really a question. When the identical twins stepped foot onto the football field as freshmen in 2023, they became ...

Girls in the Blue Valley School District want to play high school flag football, but the district does not have a team for ...

When Austin Sheepo first told his girlfriend that he plays on his high school flag football team, she was a little confused. “Isn’t that a girls’ sport?” she asked. They attend different high schools, ...

To the girls who play high school flag football today, I wish you luck, many wins and joy. But stay humble – you aren’t the first, writes guest columnist Jill Sell, a freelance writer from Sagamore ...