CHICAGO (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 ...

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 ...

Jennifer King had always been a dancer. What she didn’t realize, until that day she stood in the long line outside an airport hotel, is that she was a cheerleader, too. She had danced growing up, and ...