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 ...

Ohio crowned its first girls flag football champion this month. The inaugural state title game signaled a new era for girls ...

When Kimora Weston was a sophomore at Hillside High in 2022, she watched girls flag football teams sprout up at nearby schools like Irvington and inquired with her athletic director about starting a ...

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, ...

What if your child had the talent, drive and heart for something they love, but not the access? What if the game they loved had no place for them -- not because they weren't good enough, but because ...

Girls flag football is now a state-sanctioned high school sport in Maryland. How’d the sport get here, and what’s next?

The girls danced and sang to Taylor Swift blaring through speakers, their ponytails tied up with red sparkly ribbons and their small hands waving shiny pom-poms as their giggles filled the football ...

Girls flag football is now a fully recognized varsity sport in Maryland, with 132 schools expected to field a team next ...

The Jersey Shore Wave women's tackle football team's second season in Paterson ended with a 1-5 record. They still hope to ...

As summer turns to fall, roughly 1.2 million U.S. teens are suiting up to play high school football. But something is shifting in this annual autumn rite. Tens of thousands of those young athletes are ...