In Review – September 2016

September came in quietly, but ending with another loss in our community.

• Taunton Daily Gazette published Tragic Anniversary: Bridgewater State Student 2nd Person Killed on 495, about the loss of 19 year old cheerleader Hayley Sandford.
• Cynopsis Media published Varsity Brands Talks Good Cheer.
• Athletic Business published No Longer Sidelined, Competitive Cheerleading Evolves.
• BET published #BlackGirlMagic Haters: This Teen’s Cheerleading Coach Threatened to Ban Her for Wearing Braids.
• The Post and Courier published More Than Pom-Poms and Crop Tops: Competitive Cheerleading More Dangerous Than it Looks.
• Metro Times published The Case Against Cheerleaders and Deadline Detroit responded with Readers Cheer (Mostly) Lions’ Dancers, but Not Pay.
• Wisconsin Public Radio published The Masculine Origins Of Cheerleading.
• CBS published Cheerleader with Leukemia Brought to Tears by Football Players’ Kind Act.
• Her Daily published Is Cheerleading A Sport?.
• Hawaii Prep World published Cheerleading the Crux of Title IX Disagreement.
• LA Times published Cheerleading – A Sport and Passion.
• Fox 13 published Timpview High Cheerleaders Rally in Defense of Uniforms After Complaint, a story picked up by Inquisitr, Heatstreet, Seventeen, People, and Yahoo!.
• MSN published Japan’s Granny ‘Dreamgirls’ Bitten by Cheerleading Bug.
• LA Times published Discussions Begin on Making Competitive Cheerleading an Official CIF Sport in 2017-18.
• KNOP (NE) reported Off-Ground Cheerleading Stunts Allowed at the High School Level.
• The Daily Pennsylvanian published Two Penn Cheerleaders Kneel, Raise Fist During National Anthem of Football Opener, Opposing Views published Cheerleaders Join Kaepernick, Kneel During Anthem, and The Georgetown Voice published Kneel with GU Football Players and Cheerleaders.
• The Dallas Cowboys reported Former Director Of Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Suzanne Mitchell Passes Away, also reported by the Star-Telegram and New York Times.