Including Blaize Shiek and Louie Conn in the Minnesota Vikings' cheerleading roster sparked backlash online, prompting the ...

Cheerleading is often ostracized from the world of athletics, as people think of sassy scenes from Bring it On or Veronica and Cheryl Blossom's cheer-off from Riverdale rather than trained athletes.

Cheerleading, in fact, is far more dangerous than any other women’s sport, accounting for 65 percent of all catastrophic injuries in high school girls’ athletics and 67 percent in colleges.

Cheerleading is also among the top 20 sports with highest rate of head injuries, according to American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Consider the typical cheerleading stunt. There is a flyer, ...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) recognized cheerleading as a sport late last month, and things are now moving faster than a tumbling pass. Jeff Webb, the head of the International Cheer ...

Somehow we're still talking about whether cheerleading is a sport or not. Many don't seem convinced yet, including one federal appeals court which ruled in 2012 that colleges can't claim that ...

Critics say that professional cheerleading is sexist, and a recent spate of class-action suits against NFL teams suggests it's also exploitative. This has led some observers to suggest that maybe ...

Some fans don't like the trend of men joining NFL cheerleading teams. Are men on the Indianapolis Colts cheer squad this season?