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In Review – October 2016

November 1, 2016 By Spirit Company

October has left us and we are now in Worlds bid season for dance teams.

Several cheerleading groups engaged in national anthem protests, including groups from the University of Michigan, Omaha Central HS, and Cornell HS.
One of the Omaha Central cheerleaders wrote a guest piece for the Omaha World-Herald.
ABC News published Cheerleader Hit By Multiple Concussions Warns Other Athletes.
Cardoza Law published Professor Buccafusco Talks About U.S. Supreme Court Cheerleading Uniform Copyright Case.
KPTV in Oregon published Salem High School Cheerleading Team Embraces Student With Down Syndrome.
SuakValley.com published People’s Choice: Local Cheerleader to Appear in Magazine.
The Tennessean published TSU Homecoming Honors 101-Year-Old Cheerleader.
USASF posted the 2016-17 USASF Dance Divisions & Categories document.
MLive published Michigan Alumni Marching Band, Cheerleaders Take Part in Homecoming Game.
TAPinto Randolph published Randolph High School Cheerleaders Support Breast Cancer Survivors, Fighters and Families.
The Courier-Tribune published Competitive Cheerleading: Chasing a World Championship.
The Worlds 2016 Commemorative Yearbook was released.
The were many articles published regarding the Supreme Court case between Varsity and Star Athletica, including by The Federalist Society, the New York Times, the Daily Mail, and The Conversation.
The Daily Telegraph published Cheerleading Australia: Growing Sport Will See 10,000 Competitors Flock to Gold Coast for Competition.
The Rodney Times published Adaptive Cheerleading Team First in New Zealand to Compete.
ESPN published Longhorn Network to Debut “Texas Cheer”.

In Review – February 2016

March 1, 2016 By Spirit Company

February came and went, bringing a couple of the largest events of the year with it.

The USASF posted Rules Change Forms for Cheer and Dance, Worlds Score Sheets & Deductions, Young Athlete Scholarship information, and updated National Advisory Boards for Cheer and Dance.
The Orlando Sentinel published Disney’s ESPN Sports Complex to Open Cheerleading Venue.
Opposing Views published #BowsForBoys: School Rallies Around Male Student Who Was Reportedly Denied Lunch Over Hair Bow.
PR Newswire published National High School Cheerleading And Dance Team Championships Attract Record Participation, CHEERSPORT National Championships Attract More Than 1,100 Teams To 20th Annual Event, and NCA & NDA All-Star National Championships Host More Than 1,200 teams and 50,000 Spectators.
The Idaho State Journal published Coach: ‘Cheerleading is in Every Sense of the Word a Sport’.
USA Today published NFL Cheerleaders Scoring Victories in Labor Lawsuits.
The Minaret Online published Cheerleading Just as Demanding as Other Sports.
Inc. published Inside the Vicious, Vicious Cheerleader Wars and the Dallas Morning News followed with What Inc. Taught Us About Varsity, Rebel and the Leaps to Win the Cheerleading Apparel Battle.
The Telegraph published The Rise of Cheerleading in the UK.

In Review – March 2015

April 1, 2015 By Spirit Company

Here is the March 2015 news we enjoyed:

On March 4th TMZ published My Son’s a Cheerleading Champ… And I’m Damn Proud!.
On March 12th ESPN published Basketball Players Stop Game To Stand Up For Cheerleader.
On March 14th USA Today published Wichita State Invites Lone Loyola Cheerleader to Cheer With Their Squad.
On March 18th Kari Kampakis published 8 Lessons I Learned From My Daughter’s Cheerleading Tryouts.
On March 19th Cheer Professional published State of the Union 2015 Part 1, followed by Part 2 on March 24th.
On March 25th The Sanford Herald published A Cheerleader’s Hope to Inspire Others.
Also on March 25th The Gazette published Cheering: Their ‘Favorite Thing To Do’.
Breaking Muscle published The 2 Coaching Styles: Choose What’s Best For Your Kid.

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