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Yahoo
26-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Rochester universities add women's flag football as varsity sport
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Flag football has rapidly grown in popularity over the past few year, both here at home, with 30 different high schools in Section V offered girls flag football last Spring, and even nationally, as flag football has been named an event for the 2028 Summer Olympic games in Los Angeles. Now, many Rochester area college and universities are introducing women's flag football, not only as a club, but as a varsity sport. Roberts Wesleyan University, a Division II program, is one of the latest to announce their newest women's sport. 'This is a great sport for women,' said Bob Segave, the Executive Director of Athletics at Roberts Wesleyan. 'It's one of the biggest growing sports. Having this opportunity to offer another program for women, and give then another opportunity to get on the field and compete while showing off all the gifts a talents that they have, its a priority here at Roberts.' Right up the road, SUNY Brockport is also in the process of creating their own program, all lead by one student-athlete, Kat Althouse, who was at the forefront of putting together the universities club team. Now, with the help of her teammates, she will have the opportunity to participate in the varsity sport during her senior year. 'Getting to play football after loving it and watching if for so long felt really good,' Kat says. ' Being able to be on the field again, and really being able to be part of something great has been more than extraordinary.' For Kat though, creating this program goes far beyond playing football with her teammates. 'Everything we do is to grow the game,' she explains. 'But also to grow women's sports and break barriers, and end stigmas for women.' She hopes that her example will show the younger generations of female athletes to stand up for themselves, and prove themselves both on and off the field. 'To any little girl who wants to play football,' Kay said. 'Don't let anyone tell you that you can't do something. I've been there done that when being told I don't know this or that. Prove them wrong. Don't be hateful;, or do it in spite, but do it for yourself, and do it for others.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Chicago Tribune
21-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
Today in History: Civil rights activists march from Selma to Montgomery
Today is Friday, March 21, the 80th day of 2025. There are 285 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 21, 1965, civil rights demonstrators led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. began their third attempt to march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama — this time under the escort of U.S. Army and National Guard troops assigned by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Also on this date: In 1952, the Moondog Coronation Ball, considered the first rock and roll concert, took place at Cleveland Arena. In 1963, the United States closed Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary; over 1,500 inmates had been jailed at the island prison off the coast of San Francisco, California over its three decades of use. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter announced that the United States would boycott the Summer Olympic games in Moscow because of the Soviet Union's failure to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan. In 1990, Namibia became an independent nation as the former colony marked the end of 75 years of South African rule. In 2012, meting out unprecedented punishment for a bounty system that targeted key opposing players, the NFL suspended New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton without pay for the coming season and indefinitely banned the team's former defensive coordinator; NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell fined the Saints $500,000 and took away two draft picks. In 2019, President Donald Trump abruptly declared that the U.S. would recognize Israel's sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights — the first country to do so — in a major shift in American policy. In 2022, a China Eastern Boeing 737 aircraft with 132 people on board crashed in a mountainous area of southern China, setting off a forest fire visible from space in the country's worst air disaster in decades. (All 123 passengers and nine crew members would later be confirmed dead.) Today's Birthdays: Football Hall of Fame coach Tom Flores is 88. Actor Timothy Dalton is 79. Actor Gary Oldman is 67. Actor Matthew Broderick is 63. Comedian-actor Rosie O'Donnell is 63. Former soccer player Ronaldinho is 45. Actor Sonequa Martin-Green is 40. Actor Scott Eastwood is 39. Tennis player Karolína Plíšková is 33. Actor Jasmin Savoy Brown is 31. Actor Jace Norman is 25. Actor Forrest Wheeler is 21.
Boston Globe
21-03-2025
- Politics
- Boston Globe
Today in History: March 21, civil rights activists begin march from Selma to Montgomery
In 1963, the United States closed Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. Over 1,500 inmates had been jailed at the island prison off the coast of San Francisco, Calif., over its three decades of use. Advertisement In 1965, civil rights demonstrators led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. began their third attempt to march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala.— this time under the escort of US Army and National Guard troops assigned by President Lyndon B. Johnson. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter announced that the United States would boycott the Summer Olympic games in Moscow because of the Soviet Union's failure to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan. In 1990, Namibia became an independent nation as the former colony marked the end of 75 years of South African rule. In 2012, meting out unprecedented punishment for a bounty system that targeted key opposing players, the NFL suspended New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton without pay for the coming season and indefinitely banned the team's former defensive coordinator. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell fined the Saints $500,000 and took away two draft picks. In 2019, President Trump abruptly declared that the US would recognize Israel's sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights — the first country to do so — in a major shift in American policy. In 2022, a China Eastern Boeing 737 aircraft with 132 people on board crashed in a mountainous area of southern China, setting off a forest fire visible from space in the country's worst air disaster in decades. (All 123 passengers and nine crew members would later be confirmed dead.) Advertisement
