In August, the Minnesota Vikings Cheerleaders experienced backlash for adding two male cheerleaders to their roster, sparking a league-wide conversation about the presence of men on professional dance teams. Male cheerleaders have been part of the NFL since 2018, when Quinton Peron and Napoleon Jinnies joined the Los Angeles Rams Cheerleaders. Since then, the ranks […]
…Everybody wins! The Wall Street Journal recently recruited three of our favorite choreographers to create touchdown dances for NFL stars (because why the heck not), and the results are straight-up hilarious. To say more would honestly just spoil the fun, so give this vid a watch—because Charlie and the Chocolate Factory‘s Joshua Bergasse, Come From […]
When it comes to dance team, you know you’ve got the “dance” part of the equation down cold. But the pom work? Not so much. Maybe you’re afraid it’ll be too much like cheerleading, or that you won’t understand the terminology. To help, we spoke with three college dance-team coaches to find out what you […]
Most of the time, the NFL isn’t a big fan of over-the-top end-zone dances. And by “isn’t a big fan,” we mean “charges players who have too much fun out there $30,000 fines.” (No, really! That’s what then-New Orleans Saints wide receiver Joe Horn got after one particularly nutty 2003 celebration.) From now until the […]
As the girlfriend of a football-loving dude, I’ve spent many an uncomfortable Sunday afternoon watching big guys in serious padding beat up on each other. (To be fair, the dude has also spent many an uncomfortable Friday evening watching tiny girls in serious tutus pirouette around each other, so.) But maybe NFL showdowns aren’t as […]