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 ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An 8-year-old girl from Minnesota was brought to tears when other students told her that girls “can’t play football.” Elena Easley told her mom, and they posted about the experience ...

When Charli Croom gets in her defensive football stance, she doesn’t look any different from a boy in the same position. She’s not going to tackle anyone, and she has flags hanging from a belt at her ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An 8-year-old girl from ...

When Wales sets foot on the global stage of the Women's Euro 2025, so does the weight of their representation. As trailblazers and history makers, the likes of Jess Fishlock and Hannah Cain have ...

Mackenzie Livingston played basketball in college, but if flag football had been an option, things might have been different. The nonstop action is something that has always drawn her to the game.

It happened for the first time at a children’s football tournament. Wendy Topham watched as her daughter Flo scored a hat-trick in the final. Abruptly, a mother on the other touchline marched across ...

Girls flag football is growing, and Colorado Springs is getting ahead of the game. One year after girls flag football became an official CHSAA sport, the inaugural Girls Pro Flag Football Camp kicked ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — There’s a new wave of athletes dominating high school football fields across the country. Tennessee is one of 14 states to sanction Girls’ Flag Football as a high school varsity sport ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An 8-year-old girl from ...

Elena Easley, an 8-year-old second-grader from Minnesota, has been invited to the season opener of the KC Glory women’s semi-professional football team after a boy at her school told her girls don’t ...