During the season, the 8-year-old and her mom, Stephanie, who live in Minnesota, would sit on their couch every single week to watch the Chiefs play. "Even though we have two brothers and a husband, ...

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.

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 ...

Flag football participation by girls has continued to spike across the country, with the sport's inclusion in the Summer ...

The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association voted to make girls flag football an officially sanctioned high school ...

When Elena can’t make it to Kansas City, the Minnesota Vixens and Minnesota Minx women’s football teams have stepped in to be ...

Girls Flag Football is Washington’s newest sanctioned high school sport, according to the Washington Interscholastic ...

Elena was playing football at school during recess when a boy in her class came up to her and told her that, because she is a ...

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.