It's a shout many sports fans easily would associate with cheerleaders. But they might not think of the hours of practice, risk of injury, lack of recognition and potential mental health impacts that ...

BYU cheer and STUNT team members, accompanied by Liz Darger, senior associate athletic director and senior woman administrator, pose after their first STUNT tournament in Sacramento, California. They ...

Dr. Amy Xu got hooked on cheerleading in the fifth grade. As she pursued the sport in high school and college, she witnessed how the routines started demanding increasingly complex acrobatic feats — ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - It’s safe to say -- Friday night lights in Mobile County -- would not be the same without cheerleaders! “Cheerleading is a sport -- whether it’s recognized or not -- these girls ...

A Framingham teen is a member of the Austin Prep varsity cheerleading squad that's competing in the MSAA Division 4 State ...

A University of Houston cheerleader fell hard and may have suffered an injury after a pass thrown in Friday night’s game between her school and Washington State went out of bounds. Houston had the ...

Television hasn't been especially kind to cheerleaders, usually portraying them as bullies or brazen killers. The worst of it is always somehow loosely based on a true-crime tale, often originating ...

Dolores might need more space to showcase its autumn hardware. Between plaques and banners from athletic wins, the Bears have ...