Stifling an explosive BelovED Charter offense until the final play from scrimmage, top-seeded Ridgewood – the top-ranked team in the NJ.com Top 20 – cruised to a 26-6 victory over fifth-seeded BelovED Charter on a rainy day in RIdgewood in the Super Football Conference – North Division playoff semifinals.

The NFL has approved players from each team to represent Team USA in the 2028 Olympic Games, with only one player from each team allowed to play. The game will consist of 10 players, five on offense and five on defense,

The NFL voted to keep the tush push a legal play and to let its players play in the Olympics. | Episode 444: May 23, 2025.

Sources: Tempers flare as Eagles defend tush push in heated debate - ESPN The voting finished just two votes short of the needed 75 percent, with a final vote of 22-10, and it's possible that Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie's hour-long speech pushed a couple of teams back into the "no" column on the vote.

Conceived as recreation during World War II, flag football is taking off 70 years later among girls and women, with help from the NFL and Olypmics.

Here are The News-Press 2025 All-Area First Team, Second Team, Honorable Mention and Coach of the Year selections for Flag Football.

Taylor Jones, a freshman at Newark Central High School, was the first flag football player in New Jersey to to pass and run for over 1,000 yards each.

Beekmantown high school girls' flag football completes undefeated season with sectional championship