How the Bay became the new capital of women’s sports

August 23, 2025

A national women’s flag football team competes annually in world championships, and the U.S. will field a squad for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, but opportunities are limited to the top 15 to 20 players in the country. There’s no league on the scale of the WNBA or NWSL, but given the trajectory of women’s sports, it could soon exist. And when it does, it’ll have the Bay Area to thank. The San Francisco Standard