Have you ever asked yourself if cheerleading is actually a sport? Well I have I asked myself that everyday before I actually joined a cheer squad in 6th grade. I wondered if it was a good idea because ...

Judge says calling cheerleading a sport violates federal gender-equality rules. June 21, 2010— -- A judge in Connecticut has ruled cheerleading is not a sport-- and universities therefore cannot ...

For decades, the sport has been shaped in large part by one company — and one man. Members of the Valley Elite All Stars in Allentown, Pa., which is sending an elite team to Varsity Spirit events to ...

Sharita Richardson's passion for cheerleading is thousands of members strong. For Sharita Richardson, cheerleading has always been a passion. The North Carolina native started cheerleading in middle ...

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 — ...