11-player tackle football is unlikely to cede its spot as the sport's most popular format anytime soon, but a bevy of other options are mounting a challenge at the youth level.
State of play: Participation in 11-player boys football during the 2021-22 school year declined by 3.2% compared to 2019, per the National Federation of State High School Associations.
Sexual misconduct and verbal and emotional abuse had "become systematic" in the National Women’s Soccer League, the game's top league in the U.S., according to a highly anticipated report released Monday.
Why it matters: The report details numerous instances of abuse across the league, vicious coaching tactics — "manipulation that was about power, not improving performance" — and a repeated failure by team executives and the league to respond to reports of abuse.
Eric Herschmann, a top White House lawyer to President Trump, confirms to Axios he is now lead counsel to NFL legend Brett Favre, who is embroiled in a welfare-funds scandal in his home state of Mississippi.
Why it matters: The former Green Bay Packers quarterback is at the center of Mississippi’s biggest-ever public corruption case.
Indonesia will hold an independent inquiry into one of the deadliest disasters at a soccer game, the country's chief security minister announced Monday.
Driving the news: Indonesian President Joko Widodo said he requested the country's police chief to launch "a thorough investigation" and for security at soccer matches to be evaluated after at least 125 people died on Saturday after police deployed tear gas in a packed stadium and a stampede ensued, per the New York Times.
