Male NFL cheerleaders became a big talking point this year when a TV broadcast featured two men cheering the Minnesota ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.” ...

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 ...

The Minnesota Vikings’ male cheerleaders sparked a debate among NFL fans in the preseason even as the franchise was far from the first to have them on their sideline. Napoleon Jinnies, who was the ...

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 ...

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 ...