NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says the league's support of girls' flag football is a long-term investment in making football ...

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 ...

Former Freedom quarterback Ethan Neidig is helping to run the new league and sees girls flag football as a growing sport ...

The MEAC will be the first NCAA Division I conference to hold a conference championship for women's flag football in 2027.

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 ...

That national trend was reflected in Ohio. In 2022, there were 22,372 Ohio girls participating in track and field and 15,486 playing softball. Those numbers jumped to 24,660 track athletes and 16,962 ...

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 ...

Girls flag football has exploded in popularity since the sport began to be played officially in Illinois a few years ago.

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, ...