As summer turns to fall, roughly 1.2 million U.S. teens are suiting up to play high school football. But something is shifting in this annual autumn rite. Tens of thousands of those young athletes are ...

After years cheering from the stands, a Houston father says he’d do it differently today — flag football first, tackle later.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — For Gibbs middle schooler, Ayda Alewine, football started out as snack-filled evenings and late-night bonding with her dad. But as she grew older, so did her love for the game — ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Olivia Kuan about her documentary, The Herricanes, about her mom's professional football career and the National Women's Football League. Growing up, Olivia Kuan's mom, ...