Flag football has been aided to no end by the support of the financial behemoth that is the NFL. “They’ve got the full breadth of the NFL using their marketing horsepower,” said Reese.

When Tatiana Dos Santos started playing flag football, she did so on a dirt field in Panama. By the time she left high school, she had played at the NFL Pro Bowl, held at Allegiant Stadium in Las ...

(CNN) — When Tatiana Dos Santos started playing flag football, she did so on a dirt field in Panama. By the time she left high school, she had played at the NFL Pro Bowl, held at Allegiant Stadium in ...

It has been a remarkable rise for someone who is now competing at the elite level, but Dos Santos’ story is also a mirror for the progress that the sport, which is due to make its Olympic debut in ...