The possibility of young girls growing up to play professional tackle football is the vision Odessa Jenkins had in mind when she founded the Women's National Football Conference (WNFC).

The Glory and other teams in the semi-pro Women’s National Football Conference help change that impression. For this game, KC’s season opener, the Glory rolled out the red carpet for Elena and her ...

She plays for the Kansas City Glory in the professional women’s tackle football league. “It made me really emotional because I started when I was six-years-old. I was always told that as well ...

The Vikings’ roster includes 23 young women, who are hungry to play and ... “The rules are fairly simple, there’s no contact like in tackle football,” Coyne said. “But it could be ...

An 8-year-old girl from Minnesota was brought to tears when other students told her that girls “can’t play football.” ...

Background: Several tools have been used for assessing risk situations and for gathering tackle information from international football matches for men but not for women. Purpose: To analyse ...

Held at the team home field at Edward Waters University, the Avengers will be taking on the Tennessee Trojans. On top of the season opener, the event also marks Military Appreciation Day. Kickoff ...

"Women don't play tackle" is becoming a saying ... No one would expect me to be playing tackle football," wide receiver Megan Stier said. She said she was "terrified" when she first joined ...

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