Cheerleading needs sports safety rules, docs say

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

CHICAGO -- Cheerleading isn't just jumping and waving pompoms -- it has become as athletic and potentially as dangerous as a sport and should be designated one to improve safety, the nation's leading group of pediatricians says.

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