Edmonton Eskimos

That’s a photo from last Sunday’s Grey Cup, the championship game for the Canadian Football League. Every Grey Cup features cheerleaders from all the CFL teams. They perform at events leading up to the game and the game itself. How awesome would it be if the NFL brought in all their cheerleading squads for the […]

By Allison Salz Edmonton Sun October 13, 2012 Photo Gallery>> The days of ruffling pom-poms and shouting the team name are gone — these days it takes much more to be an Edmonton Eskimos cheerleader. Cheerleading has come a long way since the Esks first joined the CFL in 1949. Back then, the team didn’t […]

By Anna Borowiecki St. Albert Gazette When a Canadian Football League team is undefeated in the rankings, you pretty much have to notice the cheerleaders, right? For one St. Albert resident, having landed a spot on the Edmonton Eskimos cheer squad as a flyer is a dream come true. Yes, Riley Myck, 18, is the […]

By Andrew Hanon Edmonton Sun November 24, 2010 [watch the video] Johnny Campbell, you created a monster. A high-flying, gravity-defying, move-busting monster. That’s the only way I can describe the Edmonton Eskimo Cheer Team, which will host the 2010 Grey Cup Cheer Team Extravaganza on Nov. 27. Campbell is the man credited with inventing modern […]

Profiles and uniform shots for this year’s edition of the Edmonton Eskimos Cheer Team are now online. Click here to read up on the squad!

Over 500 cheer alumni gathered in Edmonton

From The Canadian Press Sandy Topechka misses the adrenalin rush of the 1980s, running out onto the sidelines at Commonwealth Stadium to lead the Edmonton Eskimo crowd in cheers – but she doesn’t miss Novembers. It was never warm enough, said Topechka, who was dressed in the velour green jumpsuit of the era at a […]