Officials on Tuesday welcomed the newest Women’s National Football Conference franchise – the Jersey Shore Wave. The professional women’s tackle football team is set to play its inaugural ...

She'd grown up hearing her mom's stories of playing professional ... and his vision and the women who showed up to play. They wanted to play real football - real tackle football - and he wanted ...

"Owning a professional women’s tackle football team gives me the opportunity to shine a spotlight on the important role of women in sports." Sherman said she's all in when it comes to the team ...

What are the greatest challenges for women in this field? Professional opportunity. We have been excluded and not taken seriously. There’s no opportunity for girls to play tackle football in ...

Now entering its sixth season, the WNFC is a semi-professional tackle football league. Players suit up in pads and helmets, and the women are here to win. They travel to play teams in their ...

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 6 years old. I was always told that as well ...

where I’ve spent countless Friday nights on the sidelines and as a current player myself with the Sioux Falls Snow Leopards — a semi-professional women’s tackle football team in Sioux Falls.

ROSEVILLE, Minn. (AP) — The flyers started appearing around the Augustana University campus earlier this year, followed by the all-student email blast. A club team was forming for women's flag ...