Updated: Jul 18, 2025 / 07:18 PM EDT 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).

An explosion of enthusiasm for girls' flag football has led some to wonder why we're protecting one sex while celebrating the ...

Smith said he likes being part of a fast-growing trend of a new kind of football. He said the league is open to women ages 17 and older and that they are planning to have tryouts sometime in late ...

JOPLIN, MO. — According to an announcement made by Shawn Smith in the ‘Her Game Sports Ownership’ group, Joplin will be joining the Premier Women’s Football League in 2026. The new tackle ...

The Herricanes documentary tells the story of the Houston Herricanes, one of the teams that made up the first women's full tackle football league in the 1970s.

The league did give women's tackle football a platform at halftime of the Pro Bowl in 2020, when 22 players from the Utah Girls Football League were featured in a scrimmage.

Women have been playing tackle football for decades, mostly under the radar. Two leagues have raised their profile enough to have women competing for championships on ESPN2 in high-end venues.

SUNY Brockport gets set for women's flag football amid national movement For nearly 100 years, football has been a sport for men. But there's always been a distinct female interest.

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 ...

SALT LAKE CITY -- The first known all-girls tackle football league in the country kicked off over the weekend. Sam Gordon, 12, became a football sensation when she was 9 years old after her dad ...