One of the NFL's first male cheerleaders has no time for recent critics of the Minnesota Vikings' cheerleading squad. Earlier this year, conservatives were freaking out over two male dancers, Blaize ...

Randolph Rivera of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will begin his ninth season on the sidelines as a male NFL cheerleader. The post No. 22 of 2025: This NFL male cheerleader is gay, married and can bench 215 ...

NFL teams have defended the use of male cheerleaders following a backlash after 12 franchises signed up performers for the 2025 season. Since the first team brought in a male cheerleader for the 2018 ...

In August, when the Minnesota Vikings announced several additions to their cheer squad, namely male dancers Blaize Shiek and Louie Conn, a certain sect of the internet had a lot to say. “I’m not a ...

The Minnesota Vikings hiring of their first two male cheerleaders for the season has caused some people to lose their minds, but the controversy has obscured the fact that men on NFL cheer squads is ...

Two moments, seemingly trivial in isolation, have ignited outsized cultural debates: the redesign of the Cracker Barrel logo and a viral video featuring two male cheerleaders for the Minnesota Vikings ...

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., has joined the discourse surrounding the Minnesota Vikings cheer squad’s inclusion of two male cheerleaders, saying he hopes “to God it doesn’t come south to Atlanta.” ...

When I was in high school, I had a social studies teacher who was a male cheerleader in college. So when the Minnesota Vikings announced that Louie Conn and Blaize Shiek — two male cheerleaders — were ...

The return of male cheerleaders to the NFL has reignited debates over gender, athleticism, and masculinity. The Minnesota Vikings’ debut of two (fabulous) male cheerleaders has drawn both praise and ...