Several volleyball players and their coach successfully sued the university in 2009 after it announced it would eliminate volleyball for budgetary reasons and replace it with a competitive cheer squad. U.S. District Court Judge Stefan R. Underhill ruled in their …
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Eagles schedule cheerleader tryouts – Philadelphia Inquirer
Last year, 101 women survived to the next round at the NovaCare Complex, where more than 100 season ticket holders winnowed the field to 30 newcomers plus 30 members of the outgoing cheerleading squad. Once again, the public will be invited to the …
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The NFL’s 10-year-old cheerleading sensation – Philadelphia Inquirer (blog)
For a lot of people, the best action on the field was Christian Bottger, a 10-year-old boy from Largo, FL., who showed the Tampa Bay Buccaneers cheerleading squad how it’s done. Fox cameras caught Christian as he tried to fist-bump the team’s mascot, Capt.
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Inquirer Editorial: Let’s hear it for treating cheerleaders as athletes – Philadelphia Inquirer
Citing a staggering rise in emergency room visits by cheering squad members over the last three decades, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a policy paper calling on school sports associations to designate cheerleading officially as a sport.
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Double Duty – Gonzales Inquirer
Simper is a three-year letterman in both volleyball and cheer as well as a four-year letterman in softball. She also happens to be the only senior on the cheer squad at Gonzales. “I didn’t know how being the only senior cheerleader would pan out at first, but I …
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Cops: Woman looted cheerleader account for online date – Philadelphia Inquirer
An Audubon woman has been arrested and charged with looting $ 9,400 from the account of a South Jersey competitive cheerleading squad to send money to a man she met at an online dating site, police said. “She got scammed,” Audubon Police Detective …
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Audubon woman charged with stealing from cheerleaders’ fund – Philadelphia Inquirer
An Audubon woman has been charged with looting $ 9,400 from a South Jersey competitive cheerleading squad to help what she believed was a man she had met through an online dating site, police said Friday. “She got scammed,” Audubon Police …
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8 rookie cheerleaders join new Eagles squad – Philadelphia Inquirer
By Peter Mucha The Eagles held their final audition for their 2012 cheerleader roster Tuesday night at the Kimmel Center. 60 women will be narrowed down to just 30 for the coming season. A panel of judges, including former Eagles players, assessed the …
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Eagles draft party: How to get free tix – Philadelphia Inquirer
Eagles Cheerleaders Final Audition Show. On April 24, 60 young women, including 30 members of last season’s squad, will compete at the Kimmel Center for about three dozen spots on the 2012 cheerleading roster. Tickets, $ 24, are available through: …
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Eagles cheerleader auditions are Saturday – Philadelphia Inquirer
said Barbara Zaun, the team’s director of cheerleading. “We had 275 women attend the optional pre-audition workshops that we hosted earlier this month so we are expecting a good turnout,” she said. Contestants must be 18 and already a high school …
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