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 ...

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 ...

Mary Cooper wants to make it clear: Cheerleading is not a popularity contest. Cheerleaders are athletes. "They condition, they train, they perform, " said Cooper, cheer coach at Santa Rosa's Cardinal ...