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 — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Roland Pollard, a former professional cheerleading coach, practices stunts with his two children Jax, 4 months and Jayden, 5.

BYU cheer and STUNT team members, accompanied by Liz Darger, senior associate athletic director and senior woman administrator, pose after their first STUNT tournament in Sacramento, California. They ...

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 ...

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Think back to any high school or college sporting event, and you’ll probably picture the tumbles, pyramids, and tosses of cheer squads hyping up the crowd. But the sport is no longer just confined to ...