Flag football is coming to the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028

By EDDIE PELLS
AP National Writer

Flag football took a key step toward becoming an Olympic sport in 2028, a victory for the NFL and organizers in Los Angeles who will bring a distinctly American sport into the world’s largest sports festival. Two people familiar with a proposal from the Los Angeles organizing committee told The Associated Press that the committee had delivered its proposal to the International Olympic Committee, setting it up for a vote later this month at the IOC’s meeting in India. Other sports on the list included baseball and softball, lacrosse, squash and cricket, a sport with a much wider global reach that will go over well in Brisbane, Australia, which is hosting in 2032.