Women's tackle football? Yes, it's real and the Bay Area has its first professional team [View all]

FAIRFIELD, Calif. (KGO) -- The Bay Area is welcoming another women's professional sports team as the Golden State Storm begins its inaugural season in the Women's National Football Conference.

The Storm joins recent additions to the Bay Area's women's professional sports scene, including Bay FC in 2024 and the Golden State Valkyries in 2025.

It is the 16th team to join the WNFC, the Women's National Football Conference, which is in its seventh year. The league features women's tackle football, a sport not typically available to women.

Brandi Ransom, a wide receiver for the Storm, commutes two hours several evenings a week from her job as a research scientist at IBM in San Jose to the team's practice field in Fairfield.





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