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A Kansas City doctor and the American Academy of Pediatrics have issued a report analyzing the unique injury risks in cheerleading and how to improve safety for the first time in over a decade.

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 — ...

Heritage High cheer team honored after an undefeated season and a flawless routine that secured the 2025 3A state title.

At its annual meeting in Chicago recently, the American Medical Association unexpectedly voted to adopt a policy designating cheerleading as a sport. It encouraged appropriate accrediting bodies to do ...

Miss America has finally retired its antiquated practice of parading women onstage in swimsuits. The National Football League ought to go next. Actually, a beauty-pageant swimsuit competition is mild ...

Jaime Schultz does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Judge says calling cheerleading a sport violates federal gender-equality rules. June 21, 2010— -- A judge in Connecticut has ruled cheerleading is not a sport-- and universities therefore cannot ...

Two things that people love to ask me are: Is such-and-such really a sport? And: Are people who do such-and-such really athletes? Usually, I can tell that the people who ask me -- say, are race car ...

The family of a Utah teen with Down syndrome says they’re grateful for the support she’s received from friends and the community after she wasn’t included in the cheerleading team photo used in her ...

Jan. 3, 2006 — -- For Bethany Hancock, senior year of high school was supposed to be filled with memorable events, events that would cap her four years as a cheerleader at Eastmoor Academy in ...

If you went to high school in the U.S., you probably think you know everything you need to about cheerleading. But you're also probably wrong. There is so much more to the sport than stereotypes and ...