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 — ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Dynamic Xplosion Cheer in Tallahassee provides a great activity for girls but also helps prioritize mental health. The gym owner, Keyunna Thomas said she wants the gym to be ...

Gathered on the blue springboard at the World Cup Phoenix cheerleading gym in Easton, Pennsylvania, six girls with special needs are preparing for their competition. Gathered on the blue springboard ...

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 ...

Navarro College Cheer, the award-winning cheerleading squad with more than a dozen championships to its name, also racked up six Emmy nominations Tuesday for its wildly popular docu-series on Netflix.

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 ...

Fleetwood High School cheerleader Samantha Colelli, 17, a senior at Fleetwood, does a basket during halftime at a game in 2017. As cheerleading has become more ambitious over the last decade, it's ...