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Why flag football’s Olympics inclusion has been ‘rocket fuel’ for growth, especially among women

LAS VEGAS — Seventeen-year-old Maci Joncich sat in the bleachers at Coronado High School’s football stadium in Las Vegas on a spring day in April, her future in football crystalizing. Joncich had ...
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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, ...

Women’s flag football spreading to Maryland colleges, with some delays

The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference’s recent announcement that it would add women’s flag football to its stable of sports for the 2026-27 academic year was greeted with enthusiasm by its three member ...