He's spent a lifetime cheering on the Illini on every kind of field and court, but on the night he was meant to be honored, the founder of a brand-new scholarship for cheerleaders ...

Ahead of the beginning of the 2026 NFL season, backlash over the existence of male cheerleaders is circulating online.

The Minnesota Vikings hiring of their first two male cheerleaders for the season has caused some people to lose their minds, but the controversy has obscured the fact that men on NFL cheer squads is ...

Cheer Extreme will take the mat at the 2026 edition of The Cheerleading Worlds at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Disney World in Orlando, Fla. starting Friday, April 24. The notorious Senior ...

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 ...

Jennifer King had always been a dancer. What she didn’t realize, until that day she stood in the long line outside an airport hotel, is that she was a cheerleader, too. She had danced growing up, and ...

The pinnacle of the All Star cheerleading season has arrived. The Cheerleading World Championship is sure to bring the heat this weekend. Across the globe, an invitation to the Cheerleading Worlds is ...

I'm afraid I ruined Sydney Ertl's day. When we connected on the phone on a Tuesday, the college senior was on a high. Just a few days before, her University of Minnesota cheerleading squad had placed ...

If you were to imagine what any cheerleader would look like, I assume you would picture a ditsy, popular bully. If you were looking to cast one for your high school dramedy, you’d likely go with ...

With the state's annual dance competition behind us, the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) will now host its 2026 cheerleading championship this weekend. With two days chock-full of performances ...