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 ...

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 ...

“Sometimes, unfortunately, with cheerleading being a primarily female sport there’s a lot of moms around but seeing the dads around and wanting to be involved too is really fun," said Annie DeBolt.

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 ...

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 ...