CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As soon as Louise Bean moved to Utah with her husband seven years ago, she stumbled across an article in Sports Illustrated about women’s football teams forming in the south. Utah ...

*** While the IWFL slowly built a loyal following in the late 2000s, it watched as the upstart Legends Football League spiked in popularity before it even played a down. Sponsors rolled in, TV deals ...

Holly Custis was in agony. It was a Monday evening in March and she was sitting in a Seattle-area hospital room waiting for the painkillers to kick in. Her left kneecap had swollen to the the size of ...

Why can't women officially play tackle football? You know what, as of now, they can! The Detroit Pride women's tackle football league will be having its first game, Saturday, April 25th at 8:00pm at ...

WEBVTT FROM THE NFL AND FINED HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. BIG CELEBRATION TODAY FOR THE PITTSBURGH PASSION WOMEN'S FOOTBALL TEAM. THEY WON THE INDEPENDENT WOMEN'S FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER A ...

March 7, 2006 — -- Pads, helmets and jerseys are all typical items you expect to see in a football player's gym bag -- but sports bras and barrettes? Hard-hitting, aggressive tackle football is ...

The Carson Bobcats are still clawing their way into the Southern California sports landscape, so there's still a bit of misconception. "The first question I get is: 'Is it lingerie?'" one player said.

MONTREAL - The Montreal Blitz work all day for money and then come out at night to fight for every yard of gridiron turf. During the day, they're teachers, nurses, and marketing executives. But at ...

DETROIT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2006--Detroit's four-time championship women's football team, The Detroit Demolition, has joined the Independent Women's Football League (IWFL), based in Austin, ...

As the afternoon heat sizzles on a recent weekday at Dellview Park, the distant crackle of colliding football pads sounds like popcorn in the microwave. About 30 players at the park are working ...

KENT — Kam Warner won’t let this dream slip away. Not like the last one, a memory still nagging at her more than a decade later. So the 33-year-old, once an elite hurdler and long jumper for the ...