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 — ...

WORTH COUNTY, Ga. (WALB) - In Worth County, this student-athlete is acing her tests and her cheerleading stunts. Junior Kendal Garwood is this week’s VSU Scholar Athlete. Not only does she cheer on ...

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 ...

Strapped to a backboard, 14-year-old Chelsea Clocker watched the ceiling lights of the gymnasium blur by as the medics rolled her out to an awaiting ambulance. A stunt she and other members of the ...

‘Salarymen’ spread cheer with impressive stunts By Mariko Katsumura and Kyung Hoon Kim Reuters June 5, 2025 1/2 KIM KYUNG-HOON / REUTERS Satoi Mochizuki, 32, laughed with his Cheer Re-Man’s teammates ...

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 ...