RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - According to USA Cheer, cheerleading started in 1860. In 2024, its popularity continues to grow. From the Bring It On movies to the Netflix series Cheer, cheerleading has ...

Back in the 1960s and 1970s, cheerleaders stuck to leading the crowd and cheering on their teams with big poofy pom-poms. Now, a lot of cheerleading squads have added on a dance element as well ...

underscoring the development of competitive cheerleading as a standalone sport. There has even been talk about including it in future Olympic games. Forget pom-poms and pep-rallies: the sport ...

But what does the staff of MLSsoccer.com think of pitchside pom-poms? Here's a sampling. "I don’t understand this notion that cheerleaders don’t belong in soccer. Cheerleaders have been around ...