flag football
noun
: a variation of football in which a player must remove a flag attached to the ballcarrier's clothing to stop the play
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Smith has been around flag football her entire life.
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Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2024
More than 25 states have made girls’ flag football a sanctioned high school sport, or are running pilot programs before doing so, with efforts ongoing to achieve NCAA recognition as well.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 26 June 2024
There is growing participation in women’s flag football at the college level in the NAIA, and an effort to establish it as an NCAA sport.
—Mark Maske, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
Here are the spring 2024 All-County honorees, covering top high school athletes from Broward County in track and field, baseball, softball, lacrosse, water polo, tennis, flag football, boys volleyball, boys weightlifting and beach volleyball.
—Steve Svekis, Sun Sentinel, 13 June 2024
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Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2024
More than 25 states have made girls’ flag football a sanctioned high school sport, or are running pilot programs before doing so, with efforts ongoing to achieve NCAA recognition as well.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 26 June 2024
There is growing participation in women’s flag football at the college level in the NAIA, and an effort to establish it as an NCAA sport.
—Mark Maske, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
Here are the spring 2024 All-County honorees, covering top high school athletes from Broward County in track and field, baseball, softball, lacrosse, water polo, tennis, flag football, boys volleyball, boys weightlifting and beach volleyball.
—Steve Svekis, Sun Sentinel, 13 June 2024
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“Flag football.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flag%20football. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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