While third-year Austin Beam’s accident in January was a stark reminder of the sport’s potential dangers, players and coaches view these risks within the context of regulations. The routine was simple ...

With the lights catching their sparkling black-and-pink uniforms, a dozen girls at Precision Cheer ran through their routine last weekend — all handsprings and flips and one girl even balancing in the ...

A cheerleader's stunt went horribly wrong during a college football game. Corey Martens says she went to perform a back handspring when she blacked out. It happened during a Morehead State University ...

For years at high school basketball games, someone from one team’s cheerleaders would do a series of handsprings and then someone from the other team’s cheerleaders would do a longer series of ...