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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Things got so bad for NFL players against Team USA that FOX broadcasters Kevin Burkhardt and Greg Olsen openly wondered if there was a mercy rule in flag football.
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Jim Reineking, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
Makena Cook, an Orange Lutheran High junior quarterback who came through the ranks with the Conquer club team, made history in January as the first female athlete to receive a Power Four flag football scholarship offer from the University of Nebraska.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 23 Mar. 2026
But who knows when 2028 rolls around what Brady may be doing, when flag football joins the list of the Summer Games in Los Angeles?
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 22 Mar. 2026
The tongue-in-cheek beef culminated in a verbal volley at the flag football draft with Gronkowski jawing at Paul while balancing a paper plate stacked with hors d’oeuvres and Paul shouting back over the head of 5-foot-5 comedian Kevin Hart, who somehow found himself in the role of peacemaker.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
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Jim Reineking, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
Makena Cook, an Orange Lutheran High junior quarterback who came through the ranks with the Conquer club team, made history in January as the first female athlete to receive a Power Four flag football scholarship offer from the University of Nebraska.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 23 Mar. 2026
But who knows when 2028 rolls around what Brady may be doing, when flag football joins the list of the Summer Games in Los Angeles?
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 22 Mar. 2026
The tongue-in-cheek beef culminated in a verbal volley at the flag football draft with Gronkowski jawing at Paul while balancing a paper plate stacked with hors d’oeuvres and Paul shouting back over the head of 5-foot-5 comedian Kevin Hart, who somehow found himself in the role of peacemaker.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
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“Flag football.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flag%20football. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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