Pediatricians say cheerleading should be called a sport and subject to increased safety rules FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2011 file photo, a cheerleader from Nampa High School is thrown into the air as ...

It’s fast moving, it’s high energy,” Anne Rossiter, an MCPS athletic department coordinator told the crowd that gathered in ...

CHICAGO — Cheerleading isn't just jumping and waving pompoms — it has become as athletic and potentially as dangerous as a sport and should be designated one to improve safety, the nation's leading ...

But as its popularity thrives, cheerleading has evolved into feats of complex maneuvers, lofty basket tosses and human pyramids as tall as some small buildings. Safety regulations can limit the ...

(AP) Cheerleading isn’t just jumping and waving pompoms it has become as athletic and potentially as dangerous as a sport and should be designated one to improve safety, the nation’s leading group of ...