For most high school girls, the prospect of playing football has always seemed out of reach. While Title IX guarantees girls the right to try out for tackle football when no girls team exists, the ...

At the turn of the 20th century, a sporty American woman would have had relatively few arenas to test her skill: croquet, maybe, or archery, or basketball played gently in an ankle-length skirt.

Seven years ago, not a single Georgia high school offered girls' flag football. Today, more than 300 schools field teams. More than 11,000 girls are playing. Coaches across the state say that kind of ...