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 ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - In this Something Good, a woman uses her near-death experiences to create a safe space for young girls through cheer and dance. Dynamic Xplosion is focused on more than the ...

The BYU Cheer and STUNT team leaves the sidelines behind once a year to make a trip to Daytona Beach, Florida, to compete in the National Cheerleaders Association Collegiate National Championship.

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 — ...

Growing up, I was a cheerleader, and cheerleading always came easily to me. I was constantly mastering new tricks like backflips and was a “flyer” for all the stunts. But something shifted back in ...

When Aleena Abrahamsen was 11, she started experiencing stabbing pains in her heel. The competitive cheerleader and advanced tumbler from Freehold, NJ, was diagnosed with Severs disease, a common ...

Erin Choi of Raleigh NC is caught by Ryan Shorter, left, and A.J. Goldston, right, at tryouts for the Ravens cheerleading and stunt squad this morning at the Merritt Athletic Club downtown. (Barbara ...

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 ...