Club and youth participation numbers are exponentially ... Mercyhurst will begin practice this fall using flag belts and ...

Developed as an alternative to collision-prone tackle football, girls’ and women’s flag was relatively unknown six years ago.

“It’s the youth version of pickleball, the fastest growing adult sport,” says Michael Colt, comparing flag football to the ... of two “flags” worn on a belt around the hips.

More than 20 years ago, Tanya Bezzant of Whitby, Ont., picked up a football and a nickname: Flutie. Soon, she was wheeling around the field like former CFL and NFL quarterback Doug Flutie. Bezzant had ...

“It’s the youth version of pickleball, the fastest growing adult sport,” Michael Colt said, comparing flag football to the racquet sport that ... by pulling one of two “flags” worn on a belt around ...