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One-Legged Cheerleader Makes Exclusive University of Arkansas Team

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:00:57 +0000

The gravity-defying tosses, spins and flips of college cheerleading are hard enough to do on two legs. Now imagine trying to do them on one.

That's Patience Beard's reality, as the 18-year-old lost her left leg to an illness when she was a baby. But she's never let her lack of a limb hold her back, and this year she was one of only five freshmen to make the University of Arkansas cheerleading squad.

Everything's Bigger in Texas: Cheerleader Breaks a Guinness World Record for Back Hand-Springs [VIDEO]

Lori Crofford — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 12:45:07 +0000

Everything is bigger in Texas, even when it comes in the tiniest form. Miranda Ferguson, a 16-year old cheerleader from Hockaday School in Dallas. Just set a Guinness World record for the most back hand-springs in a row. Check her out as she does 35 back hand-springs in a row. The previous record was 32.

Cheerleader's Kick Doesn't End Well

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 23 May 2012 12:26:06 +0000

There are two things you should know about cheerleaders. One, they are serious athletes. And, two, is that cheerleading is by far the most dangerous sport for high school and college girls in terms of injuries suffered. The video below encapsulates both of these attributes in four glorious second. Watch a very spry cheerleader kick herself right in the [...]