WTVD

Cheer Extreme Raleigh hosts virtual practices during COVID-19 crisis

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Cheer Extreme Raleigh is home to more than 450 athletes from 3 to 30 years old. This year, 5 teams were selected to go to the World Championships in Orlando. "I really believe in my ...
KWTX

‘Honestly thought that this was it’: Extreme Cheer and Tumble staff recall day devastating tornado struck Temple

TEMPLE, Texas (KWTX) - Extreme Cheer and Tumble in Temple is figuring out their next steps after their building was damaged in the May 22 tornado. Extreme Cheer and Tumble has been a staple in the ...
WESA

Youth cheerleading is getting more athletic — and riskier

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 — ...
NPR

NPR's Embedded: Buffalo Extreme follows Black cheer team in aftermath of mass shooting

May 8, 2023; Washington, D.C. – On May 11, NPR's signature documentary show Embedded will launch Buffalo Extreme, a first-person podcast following Buffalo All-Star Extreme, a Black cheer team in ...
Essence

After The Buffalo Mass Shooting, This Local All-Black Cheer Squad Is Telling Their Story

“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 ...