We take a brief look at cheerleading, its role in football, and why eight NFL teams have not fielded a cheerleading squad this season.

A Broncos cheerleader has become the latest to bring the realities of an NFL cheerleading job to the forefront. And it has caused more football fans to demand higher pay for the squads throughout the ...

The rise of men being NFL cheerleaders continues unabated, with 68 in the 2026 season. This is down slightly from 2025.

NFL fans are fed up with it.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Ahead of the 2026 NFL season, backlash is circulating online over the ...

The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders have arrived in Brazil as the NFL prepares to make its long-awaited debut at the Maracanã.

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders lit up Maracanã as Brazil fans packed in for the NFL’s Rio debut and fans went nuts.

Lots to cheer about at Astoria high school Donna Murdock remembers being a shy and reserved kid. Though she was a competitive gymnast growing up, she said it was only through cheerleading that she ...

Forty years ago this month, a visitor at the Dallas Cowboys’ cheerleading tryouts described a scene that was “as tense as that at an open casting call for a Broadway production,” with 150 women — “the ...