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 ...

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

Annika Sorenstam supports the NFL's push for girls' flag football as she prepares for the American Century Championship.

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 ...

Ethan Neidig was a quarterback and wide receiver at Freedom High School where he was part of teams that reached three straight District 11 championship games and won the 6A title in 2021. Neidig is a ...

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 ...

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, ...

The boy looked at me like I was crazy. There I was, standing on a Manhattan Beach field full of girls playing flag football, while he — a 12-year-old practicing alongside them with a cohort of about a ...

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MENTORS. THERE’S MORE INFORMATION ON HOW IT WORKS AT KMBC.COM/COMMUNITY. THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS ARE LEADING A PUSH TO ESTABLISH GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL AS A HIGH SCHOOL SPORT IN KANSAS, CHIEF STAFF MADE ...