Cheerleading

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Turns out, the Bobcat had it in for the Buckeye all along.

HARTFORD, Conn. - A second organization announced plans Wednesday to create a new sport out of competitive cheerleading in an effort to get competitions recognized by the NCAA.

HARTFORD, Conn. - The national governing body for gymnastics has agreed to sanction college cheer competitions, a step aimed at getting competitive cheerleading recognized as a sport.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - An expert in cheerleading has testified that cheerleading should not be a competitive sport, saying that making it so would threaten "classical sideline cheerleading." Jeff Webb, CEO of the cheerleading organization Varsity Spirit, testified Tuesday in federal court in Bridgeport, Conn., in a lawsuit against Quinnipiac (KWIN'-ih-pee-ak) University.