2011

More than 200 hopefuls come out in bid to join the team By Tim Swift The Baltimore Sun March 5, 2011 [Photo Gallery] Cheerleader tryouts for the Baltimore Ravens kicked off today as more than 200 hopefuls turned out in a bid to join the squad. Newcomers and veterans alike will be fighting for team’s […]

Jennifer Rojas Chargers.com SAN DIEGO – When you think of the Charger Girls, images of beautiful women dancing and shaking gold pom-poms in front of 70,000 fans at Qualcomm Stadium comes to mind. But being a Charger Girl is more than the glitz on game day. The Chargers Girls spend much more of their time […]

By Kamna Bohra The Technique Some students struggle to balance engineering classes alone. Others find distress in taking classes and participating in extra-curriculars. But for Wendy Brown, a fifth-year BMED major and an Atlanta Falcons cheerleader, the work loads of two entirely different activities are manageable both on the field and in the research laboratory. […]

The Lady Spartans, the dance team for the La Crosse Spartans indoor football team, will be “freezin’ for a reason” this weekend as they participate in the annual Coulee Region Polar Plunge. The event is held annually to raise money for Special Olympics Wisconsin and the La Crosse Parks & Recreation Department. The Lady Spartans […]

Satin Stitches, a maker of cheer/dance apparel for over 30 years recently unveiled their first line of Breast Cancer Awareness styles at the recent NFL Cheerleader Directors’ Convention in Miami. Deborah Nelson, Head Designer of Satin Stitches, reports that the styles’ debut drew raves from the Directors. Deborah reports, “They seemed to LOVE them. All […]

Sydney Holmes, Staff Writer Texas Tech Daily Toreador March 3, 2011 Women love to hate them; men fantasize about them. They’ve been around since 1960, and the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders are often thought of as all looks and no brains. Shelley Roper-McCaslin, head recruiter for the DCC, came to Texas Tech to dispel this myth […]

March 2, 2011 (WPVI) — 24-year-old Tracey Dunn desperately wants to be an Eagles Cheerleader and she’s leaving nothing to chance. She’s perfecting her dance moves, while flinging her long hair and flashing a brilliant smile. She made the squad twice already but surprisingly that doesn’t mean a thing! She has to train for tryouts […]

Wisconsin boasts a bumper crop of TV stars Duane Dudek Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel March 3, 2011 You can’t swing a snow shovel without hitting someone on television with a Wisconsin accent. Random Lake resident Andrea Boehlke’s torch is still lighted on “Survivor: Redemption Island.” Milwaukee’s Naima Adedapo earned a standing ovation on this week’s […]

By Michael Stetz San Diego Tribune March 2, 2011 It’s not just the players and coaches and front office people who could be impacted by the NFL labor unrest, so could the Charger Girls. If a lockout occurs and games are ultimately lost, the cheerleaders stand to lose $75 per home game. (Suggestion: Um, maybe […]

Duane Dudek Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel “I love being from Wisconsin,” said Tanya Fischer, 25, from the CBS series “The Defenders.” Fischer, who grew up in West Bend, spent her youth “daydreaming among the cornfields” about being an actress and was involved in “all sorts of activities” in high school. After graduation, she joined the Milwaukee Bucks’ […]