The sharp echo of “One! Three! Five! Seven!” cuts through the gym as athletes launch into the air, twisting and rotating ...

Cheerleading is no longer a sideline sport. With roughly 4 million participants from elementary school through college, revenue estimated at more than $2 billion a year and national championships ...

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, the people who ask me: say, are race car drivers ...

The Cheerleading Worlds 2026 in Orlando has released semifinal scores across multiple divisions, narrowing the field for the final day of competition. Top teams from the U.S., Canada, England, and ...

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 ...

The 2026 Cheerleading Worlds has ended and teams left it all on the mat. See 5 must-watch routines from Day 4 below and ...

Too! Aggressive! Too, too aggressive! When it comes to risking your neck — and head — cheerleading practice is almost as bad as football. A new report published in the medical journal Pediatrics ...

Jeff Webb is known as the "founder of modern cheerleading" for his role in turning it into a competitive sport. He died Thursday, a family spokesperson said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10913647Gymnasts sometimes fall off the beam. Basketball players often crash to the court. Softball players have unfortunate meetings of ...

As the 2020 Tokyo Olympics wind down, many athletes are already looking ahead to 2024. For the competitors in one sport, that's particularly true. On July 20, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ...

At its annual meeting in Chicago on Monday, the American Medical Association adopted a policy recommending that cheerleading be considered a sport at the high school and collegiate levels. The AMA is ...

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 ...