Day 1 of The Cheerleading Worlds 2026 sets the tone with a full slate of elite competition at ESPN Wide World of Sports inside Disney World. Action begins early in the State Farm Field House, with ...

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 ...

Competitive cheerleading is one step closer to becoming a recognized Ohio High School Athletic Association sport. The Ohio Association of Secondary School Administrators and the OHSAA announced a new ...

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 ...

Two, four, six, eight, to whom do we not allocate? Cheerleaders! At least, that’s what the Second US Circuit Court has ruled in a case that pitted women’s volleyball against competitive cheerleading.

It’s funny — in the sad way — how so many adults leading college sports these days engage in the kind of dubious behavior that they’d never tolerate from their own players. Ohio State football coach ...

The International Olympic Committee thinks so. In December, the IOC’s executive board voted to provisionally recognize cheerleading. This means that for the next three years, the IOC will provide the ...

The college announced it had officially added cheerleading to its intercollegiate athletic programs as a National Junior ...

“In fact, it is a full-contact, extreme sport.” If a school or group considers cheerleading a sport, it is subject to strict safety regulations that can limit the dangers, such as the height of ...