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    Flag football is now an Olympic sport — and the Bears hope local outreach continues to grow the game

    by Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune Oct 18, 2023 5 minutes
    Willowbrook High School players cheer during their semifinal game at the first-ever "Chicago Bears Girls Flag State Championship" in Lake Forest, Illinois, on Oct. 29, 2022.

    CHICAGO — On the eve of the second girls flag football state championship in Illinois, it was announced that the sport will be played by women and men at the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics. Added with four other sports — baseball/softball, cricket, lacrosse and squash — by the International Olympic Committee on Monday, the news was received enthusiastically by Gustavo Silva, the Chicago Bears manager of youth football and community programs.

    “This is a big moment for all of us,” Silva said. “Anybody that loves the game of football, this is a good day. The bar has been raised. It’s exciting to think that governments and corporate sponsors are going to now support it more because everything has to be multiplied to the next level. That’s the challenge ahead of us. But it is a challenge that we welcome.”

    Silva has been a big proponent

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