Tamara Taylor has played softball, volleyball and basketball, but tackle football hits different — literally. “I just like to hit people and have fun,” said Taylor, 31, defensive lineman for Denver’s ...

The Washington Prodigy, part of the Women’s National Football Conference, are helping break football’s traditional gender barriers. (Courtesy of the Washington Prodigy) Tamara Taylor has played ...

Girls who grew up wishing they could play tackle football could soon get that opportunity. Shawn Smith, of the Her Game Sports ownership group, announced this week that Joplin will be part of the new ...

Women have been playing tackle football for decades, mostly under the radar, but two league commissioners believe it will be part of the next wave as interest in women's sports grows.

Tackle football leagues are providing opportunities for female athletes in a sport dominated by men Women have been playing tackle football for decades, mostly under the radar. Two leagues have raised ...

It’s mid-July, and we’re still several weeks away from high school and college football teams opening fall camp. But there’s one team out on the field now, grinding out practices in the summer ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Richmond Black Widows are a women’s tackle football team that plays in Division III of the Women’s Football Alliance (WFA). They play with full pads, they fully tackle and ...

The California legislature began debating a bill Wednesday that would ban youth tackle football for children under age 12. AB 734, introduced last year by Sacramento Assemblymember Kevin McCarty, a ...

Women’s flag football is likely entering its salad days. Not that tackle football isn’t fully in its prime, contrary to the once popular prediction of its inevitable demise.