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Cheerleading

When An 'A' For Effort Means Everything

Parenting.com | Posted 04.03.2013 | Parents
Read More: Cheerleading, Special Needs Children, Neurological Disorders, 504, Non-Verbal-Behavior, Special Needs Parenting, Inclusive School Activities, Parents News
Parenting.com

It's easy to make fun of the A for effort, the trophy for participation, but the fact is, for Schuyler and countless kids just like her, those trophies are the ones that sit on their shelves. And they're not cheap tokens of faint praise, either.

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Cheerleader Makes Amazing Front-Flip Half-Court Shot

Posted 02.24.2013 | Sports
Read More: Video, Cheerleading, Ashlee Arnau, William Carey University, Basketball, Trick Shot, Hattisburg, Sports News

Cheerleader Ashlee Arnau usually spends her time on the basketball court raising the spirit of the crowd. On Thursday night, she raised the roof at Wi...

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Boys to Men

George Heymont | Posted 03.15.2013 | Arts
Read More: Cheerleading, Breakdancing, Billy Elliot, B-Boy, Shabbat Dinner Film, Wonderland: Boy Cheerleader, Boy Cheerleaders, Male Cheerleaders, Video, Arts News
George Heymont

Children are full of surprises and, these days, there's no guarantee that a young boy will idolize a football star. Three short films focus on adolescent boys whose development has taken an unexpected turn.

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The Manly Origins of Cheerleading

Lisa Wade | Posted 03.02.2013 | Sports
Read More: Women, History, Sports, Cheerleading, College Sports, College Football, College, Politicians, Cheerleaders, Football, Cheerleader, Men, Gender, Sports News
Lisa Wade

You might be surprised to learn that at its inception in the mid-1800s, cheerleading was an all-male sport. Indeed, cheerleading helped launch the political careers of three U.S. Presidents.

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Cheerleading Coach Must Register As Sex Offender

Posted 12.17.2012 | DC
Read More: Loni Haggins, Video, Loni Haggins Cheerleading Coach, Cheerleading, Loni Haggins Wilson High School, Loni Haggins Sex Offender List, DC News

WASHINGTON -- The educational aide and cheerleading coach who gave birth to the child fathered by a teenage student will be placed on a sex offender l...

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'Extreme Moms': Woman Has Spent $100K On Cheerleading

Posted 12.12.2012 | TV
Read More: TV Canada, Extreme Moms Debbie, Video, Cheerleading, Extreme Moms Home School, Reality TV, Extreme Moms, Cheerleaders, Tv Replay, TV News

"Extreme Moms" premiered on Lifetime, taking a look at the world of competitive cheerleading. In the premiere, viewers met Debbie, who's spent more th...

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Teen: Cheerleading Coach Orchestrated Stripping Game At Team Sleepover

Posted 08.23.2012 | Home
Read More: Teachers-Made-Students-Strip, High School Cheerleading Coach, Cheerleading, Video, Lovejoy High School, High School Cheerleaders, Lovejoy High School Cheerleading Coach, Cheerleading Coach, Teens Stripping, Georgia Schools, High School Cheerleading, Home News

A Georgia high school cheerleading coach has resigned following allegations that she had team members strip during a sleepover at her house. Accord...

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Along With Gold and Glory, Injuries a Growing Pain for Female Athletes

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 10.06.2012 | Los Angeles
Read More: Title IX, Olympic Gymnastics, Olympics, Orthopedics, Female Athletes, Cheerleading, Dr. Braunstein, 2012 Olympics, Young Athletes, ACL Tear, Ankle Sprain, Sports Injuries, Sports Injuries Females, Sports Injuries Women, Los Angeles News
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

Energy isn't an issue for women in athletics. But we also know that female athletes are at a much greater risk for certain musculoskeletal injuries than their male counterparts.

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EXCLUSIVE: TLC Tackles Competitive Cheerleading With 'Cheer Perfection'

The Huffington Post | Chris Harnick | Posted 06.26.2012 | TV
Read More: TV Canada, Competitive Cheerleading, Reality TV, Cheerleading, Video, Tlc, Cheer Perfection Tlc, Cheer Perfection, Alisha Dunlap, Cheer Time Revolution, TV News

TLC has tackled infant beauty pageants, extreme couponers and polygamist families, and now the network is going behind the scenes of competitive cheer...

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Grandmother Tries Out For Cowboys Cheerleading Squad

Posted 05.09.2012 | Sports
Read More: Video, Cheerleading, Oldest Cheerleader, Nfl-Cheerleader-Auditions, Nfl, Cheerleader, Grandma Cheerleader, Cheer, National League Football, Dallas Cowboys, Sharon Simmons, 55yearold Cheerleader, Sports News

To become a cheerleader for "America's Team" has long been considered among the top gigs for professional cheerleaders across the county. This past Su...

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WATCH: Cheerleader Fails

Posted 01.21.2012 | Sports
Read More: Cheerleader Fail, Cheerleading Fail, Cheerleading, Video, Sports Bloopers, Sports Fail, Cheerleaders, Cheerleading Bloopers, Sports News

Don't let the short skirts and the wide smiles fool you, cheerleading is serious business. Between the more acrobatic elements of the sport and the pr...

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Girls on Top

George Heymont | Posted 03.20.2012 | Arts
Read More: Cheerleading, Jeff Whitty, Andy Blankenbuehler, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tom Kitt, Bring It On: The Musical, Amanda Green, Glee, Video, Arts News
George Heymont

It's been a long time since I enjoyed a new musical quite as much as Bring It On: The Musical, which played San Francisco as part of an extended pre-Broadway tour.

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WATCH: Young Cheerleaders Break World Record

Posted 11.14.2011 | Home
Read More: High-School-Cheerleading, Pop Warner, Cheerleading, High School Sports, High School News, Science Cheerleader, World's Largest Cheer, Home News

Talk about bringing it on -- science and cheerleading came together this weekend when Pop Warner and Science Cheerleader combined forces to break the ...

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UFC's Dana White on Alcoholic Dad, Donald Trump, the Mob, John McCain & New York

Graham Bensinger | Posted 12.03.2011 | Sports
Read More: India, Georges St. Pierre, Ferrari, John McCain, Mma, Ultimate Fighter, Nike, Divorce, Frank Fertitta, Fox Sports, Spike TV, Fedor Emelyanenko, Las Vegas, New York, Station Casino, Cheerleading, Mike Tyson, Lorenzo Fertitta, Nfl, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Mob, Donald Trump, Brock Lesnar, Manny Pacquiao, Mixed Martial Arts, Boxing, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Ufc, Whitey Bulger, Dana White, China, Sports News
Graham Bensinger

White discusses why the new deal with Fox Sports means so much to him, his worldwide expansion plans for The Ultimate Fighting Championship and how his aggressive personality has helped the company grow to what it is today.

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Tony La Russa's Daughter Forced To Quit Raiderettes

Posted 11.30.2011 | Sports
Read More: Larussa Oakland Raider, Bianca Larussa Quits, Cheerleading, Nfl, Tony Larussas Daughter, Bianca Tai, Bianca Oakland Raiders, Bianca Raiderettes, Bianca Cheerleader, Raiderettes, Bianca Larussa, Sports News

Statistically, cheerleading is one of the most dangerous sports around. For further proof of this, take the case of Bianca La Russa, a Raiderette ...

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The Sparkle Effect: When Everyone Cheers, Everyone Wins

Sarah Cronk | Posted 10.17.2011 | Home
Read More: Cheerleading, The Sparkle Effect, High School Sports, Students With Disabilities, Do Something Awards, Extracurricular Programs, Home News
Sarah Cronk

For the past three years, our Spartan Sparkles, whose disabilities range from Down Syndrome to autism, have practiced and cheered alongside the varsity cheerleaders at home football and basketball games to roaring crowds and standing ovations.

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Cheer Scandal: Coach Let Non-Student Compete

Daily 49er | Posted 06.21.2011 | College
Read More: Eric Anderson, Cheerleading, Cal State Long Beach, Csulb, College Cheerleading, The West, College News

The Long Beach State Cheer Team forfeited a national title and terminated its coach's contract after a non-student was discovered competing as a membe...

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SHOCK: Court Rules High School Cheerleader Is Required To Cheer For Her Alleged Rapist

Think Progress | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Appeals Court, High School Cheerleader, Cheerleading, 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, Court Cases, Cheerleader, Politics News

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, one of the most right-wing courts in the country, sanctioned a former high school cheerleade...

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Cheerleading NOT A College Sport, Judge Rules

AP | PAT EATON-ROBB | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: Cheerleading College Sport, Quinnipiac University, Cheerleading, The Northeast, Cheerleading a Sport, College Sports, College News

HARTFORD, Conn. — Competitive cheerleading is not an official sport that colleges can use to meet gender-equity requirements, a federal judge ru...

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Cheer Coach Gets Probation For Sex With 16-Year-Old Student

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: St. Charles Cheerleading Coach, Cheerleading Coach Sex Case, Cheerleading, Chicago, Christopher Frum, Cheerleading Coach, St. Charles, Christopher Frum Gets Probation, Chicago News

A cheerleading coach accused of having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student was sentenced to probation Tuesday on a reduced charge. Chris...

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Cheerleading Not A Competitive Sport, Expert Testifies At Trial

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: Cheerleading Competitive Sport, Cheerleading Expert, Cheerleading, Cheerleading Trial, Cheerleading Quinnipiac, College News

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — An expert in cheerleading has testified that cheerleading should not be a competitive sport, saying that making it so would ...

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Trial To Find If Cheerleading Is Sport

AP | PAT EATON-ROBB | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: Cheerleading Sport, Cheerleading, Quinnipiac University Cheerleading, College Cheerleading, Title Ix Gender-Equity, College Cheerleaders, Connecticut Cheerleading, The Playing Field, College News

HARTFORD, Conn. — A federal judge is being asked to decide whether cheerleading can be counted as a sport by schools looking for ways to meet ge...

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A Channel to Cheer For...

Joe Favorito | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
Read More: Texas, Miss-Texas, Miss America, Cheerleading, Hispanic Women, Nfl, Haim Saban, Nascar, Abc, Fox, Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders, Cyo, Sports News
Joe Favorito

The Cheer Channel, which launched online May 14, may quickly find a digital home in select cable systems around the country and on satellite.

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Injuries Occur When Kids Are too Active in Sports

Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Pitching, The Balanced Life, American Sports Medicine Institute, Children, Curveball, Orthopedics, Practice, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Childhood Obesity, Stress, Cheerleading, Carl Nissen, Kids, Summer, Muscle, Academics, Sports Injury, Medicine, Health Care, Sports Medicine, Family, Healthy Living, Baseball, Healthy Lifestyle, Football, Glenn Fleisig, Parenting, Basketball, Obesity, Athletics, Competition, Sports, Coach, Exercise, Health, Mark Hyman MD, New York Times, Ramon Resa MD, Curve Ball, Recuperation, Schools, Young People, Healthy Living News
Ramon Resa, MD

I advocate for our kids to become more balanced. Stressful organized sports take away from family time, and the experience no longer remains a simple and pleasurable experience.

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The Fundamentals of the Economy are Not Strong

Jeff Madrick | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Economic Fundamentals, Debt, Cheerleading, Mccain, Inequality, Wages, Bush, Economy, Business News
Jeff Madrick

Of course, Americans workers are energetic and skilled. But this does not mean the fundamentals are nearly in place for rapid economic growth in the new global environment.

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