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Kamikaze's Rashad Hope (left) grabs the flag of Sinners And Saints' Eddie Lin during a flag football league game at Emmett Conrad High School in Dallas on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008.
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Sinners And Saints' Chelsea Baird (right) reaches for the flag of Kamikaze quarterback Byron Hudson (left) during a flag football league game. Flag football leagues are an economical physical fitness and social alternative.
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Sinners And Saints' Justin Klein (right) avoids a tackle by Kamikaze's Scott Miller (left) during a flag football league game. With little more than a team-colored T-shirt and a pair of cleats, anyone can play league football.
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Eight Is Enough's Jeff Jaussi (left) and Kamikaze's Magnus Staggers (right) leap for a pass during a flag football league game.
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Eight Is Enough's Jasmine Hussain (left) dives for the flag of Kamikaze quarterback Byron Hudson (right) during a flag football league game.
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Sinners And Saints' Tamer Ahsan (left) intercepts a pass intended for Kamikaze's Stephanie Sims (right) during a flag football league game at Emmett Conrad High School in Dallas.