CNN

Girls flag football is booming at the high school level. It’s a little more complicated for the boys

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 New York Times

Flag football was everywhere at the Super Bowl. Why the NFL is all in — and what happens next

Darrell “Housh” Doucette III, the current starting quarterback for Team USA and an Olympic hopeful, is open to flag football stars training together with NFL players. Mina Creamer / USA Football SAN ...
CNN

‘It has skyrocketed’: How flag football established itself on the US sporting landscape

When Tatiana Dos Santos started playing flag football, she did so on a dirt field in Panama. By the time she left high school, she had played at the NFL Pro Bowl, held at Allegiant Stadium in Las ...
The New York Times

The first D-I women’s flag football tournament just happened — and it’s only the beginning

Women's flag football is in the NCAA's Emerging Sports program and could reach scholarship-level status in the near future. Patty Kennedy / Fiesta Sports Foundation TEMPE, Ariz. — They stood tall, ...