Yet one day last week one of the boys at school sneered: “You can’t play football. Girls can’t play football. Do you ever see girls that play football?” Actually, Elena never has.

An 8-year-old girl from Minnesota was brought to tears when other students told her that girls “can’t play football.” ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) — An 8-year-old girl from Minnesota is getting backup from women’s pro football players in Kansas City after someone told her that “girls can’t play football.” ...

During the season, the 8-year-old and her mom, Stephanie, who live in Minnesota, would sit on their couch every single week ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An 8-year-old girl from Minnesota was brought to tears when other students told her that girls “can’t play football.” Elena Easley told her mom, and they posted about ...

Elena Easley, 8, fell in love with football watching Taylor Swift cheer on Travis Kelce Jordan Greene is Society and Culture writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023.

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IT HAS GROWN MY ABILITY TO BE CONFIDENT SINCE I WAS YOUNG. IT’S TOLD PEOPLE WE PLAY FOOTBALL, GIRLS PLAY FOOTBALL. MAYBE NOT THE KIND THAT YOU’RE THINKING, THOUGH. WE PLAY TACKLE TO LIKE ...

Irish international Megan Campbell is set to open a girls' training academy in honour of a teenager who died after taking ill ...