An NFL ad during the Super Bowl promoted girls varsity flag football. NPR speaks with NYU adjunct professor and sports writer Jane McManus about why the NFL is promoting the sport now.

The NFL may have wrapped its season with the Super Bowl on Sunday, but for some on the Coast, the football season is just ...

The league will have a two-minute spot after the halftime show directed by Peter Berg and starring Pat McAfee, Justin Jefferson and other stars, calling for girls flag football to become a varsity ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — It may be new to Hawaii, but it’s hardly new on the mainland. Girls flag football has been growing in popularity over the past several years with many girls from Hawaii ...

PONTOON BEACH - This winter, local girls can learn how to play flag football.The free Open Field program will run from Feb.

The NFL is pushing hard to increase girls flag football participation ... its huge platform during the Super Bowl tonight to run a fun two-inute ad entitled “Flag 50,” and it is pretty ...

“It should be a fun situation ... lacrosse or track at the same time. Typically, girls flag football programs practice before school to allow players to play two sports.