Flag Football is Growing Fast

The division Dewayne Bickers’ kid should’ve been participating in for Rancho Bernardo Pop Warner for two straight seasons simply did not exist. There were insufficient players to create a team. Jeffrey Bickers, an 11-year-old sixth-grader, rather competed in a higher category with older guys. “There was sometimes a very substantial disparity in the ages and…

Flag Football Has a Bright Future

Robin Schultz understands the significance of football in this Alabama town. He began attending games long before Hoover became renowned (or notorious) for its football fanaticism, as documented in the MTV reality program “Two-a-Days,” which followed the nationally rated Hoover Buccaneers. When his grandson Jackson, 9, was questioned about stepping into football pads and the…