Becoming a mom is often seen as a time to set aside dreams, but for Maddie Gardner, it’s just the beginning.

Dr. Amy Xu got hooked on cheerleading in the fifth grade. As she pursued the sport in high school and college, she witnessed how the routines started demanding increasingly complex acrobatic feats — ...

For 2 minutes and 30 seconds on the competition mat, the cheers, chants and stunts from the Cheer Extreme DMV’s Supernovas squad don’t stop. “It’s such an adrenaline rush,” said Sarah Septoff, one of ...

Ayanna Williams Gaines is the coach and founder of Buffalo All-Star Extreme, a Black competitive cheerleading and dance team from Buffalo, New York. Williams Gaines started the gym as a space for ...

Sofie Dossi and Anna McNulty challenge Salish in an acro, gymnastics, and cheer competition. The winner will receive their ...

“What happens after a racist mass shooting in your neighborhood?” NPR attempts to answer this very question in a new three-episode podcast “Buffalo Extreme,” which hands over the mic to a group of ...

Fleetwood High School cheerleader Samantha Colelli, 17, a senior at Fleetwood, does a basket during halftime at a game in 2017. As cheerleading has become more ambitious over the last decade, it's ...