Watching Netflix’s Cheer is not for the faint of heart. In Greg Whiteley’s six-part documentary series, which built up an enthusiastic fanbase after hitting the streamer in January, the young athletes ...

Area high school teams hit the stage for the IHSA Competitive Cheerleading finals on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023 at the Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington.

In one episode of the reality-TV show Cheer Squad, four members of a competitive-cheerleading team sit on blue mats at their gym discussing a common problem they face. Their all-girl squad, known as ...

Local competition cheerleaders Kennedy Thompson, a seventh-grader at College View Middle School (CVMS), and Reagan Aldrich, a fourth-grader at East View Elementary School, devote hours of their time ...

Winter Park High School cheerleaders perform in front of the judges during the FHSAA Region 2 Competitive Cheerleading event at Bishop Moore High School in Orlando, Fla., Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022.

Is competitive cheerleading a sport? It depends on whom you ask. A U.S. district judge ruled this summer that competitive cheerleading is “too underdeveloped and disorganized” to be considered an ...

Late in the second episode of NBC’s college cheerleading mockumentary, Stumble, elite coach Courteney (Jenn Lyon) addresses her squad. “Now, when I look at this team, I see grit, determination, heart, ...

Competitive cheerleading coach Patty Ann Romero uses tough tactics to succeed. Sept. 10, 2012— -- Tough-talking competitive cheerleading coach Patty Ann Romero uses persistent yelling and ...

The Netflix docuseries “Cheer” follows the competitive cheer team from Navarro College in Texas (spoilers for the final episode of the show ahead). And while it’s ostensibly about the team’s 2019 ...