December, along with 2016, has left us. Here’s the news that ended the year, including the news of the year.

• Everyone reported on Cheerleading being granted provisional Olympic status, including Reuters, Inside the Games, The Courier-Mail, BBC, USA Today, USA Cheer, and USASF.
  • The Courier-Mail also published IOC Can’t Be Serious: Cheerleading and Muay Thai in Line to Become Olympic Sports.
  • The BBC published Cheerleading is a Sport, Get Over it.
  • Newshub published Competitive Cheerleading: We Got it Wrong.
  • News Limited published Australian Cheerleading Community Hits Back at Critics Who Say Cheerleading is ‘Not a Sport’.
  • People published Now Cheer This! Cheerleading Becomes (Provisional) Olympic Sport and 6 Impressive Cheerleading Routines to Celebrate Its Declaration as a Sport.
  • Forbes reported Is Cheerleading A Sport? The IOC Ends The Debate.
• The USASF released the draft version of 2017 Worlds Club Divisions Score System.
• NBC reported Cheerleader Bus Crash in West Texas Kills One; Injures Seven. and USA Today followed up with After Tragic Bus Accident, Cheerleaders From Around Texas Gather to Lend Support.
  • The New York Times followed up with Bereaved Texas Town Finds Comfort in a State High School Title Game and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram published Iraan Can’t Claim Title, but Players, Cheerleaders Show True Grit.
• New York Times published Great Moments in Cheerleading: Could the Olympics Be Next?.
• The Lexington Herald-Leader reported Meet the Henry Clay Football Player Who Made the School’s Cheerleading Team and Competitive Cheerleading Championships Draw Passionate Followers.
• The CT Post posted Reports: Cheerleader’s Mom Dies On the Way to Cheerleading Tournament.
• Fox reported Cheerleading Team of Girl Who Drowned Wins National Competition in Florida.
• The Duke Chronicle published Duke Track and Field Sprinter Sydnei Murphy Doubles as Cheerleader in Offseason.
• Reuters also published Cheerleading Boasts Increasing International Appeal.
• Tammy Van Vleet announced Aloha Productions is merging with Varsity Spirit. This includes Aloha Spirit, Golden State Spirit Association and Mid Atlantic Cheer & Dance.
• The Indianapolis Star reported Principal Stunned Over Student’s Racial Slur Toward Colts Cheerleader and the Daily Mail added Outrage at High School Student Who Posed for a Picture with Black Colts Cheerleader then Shared it Online with a Vile Racial Slur.
• Sporting News published Chargers Security Guard Caught Masturbating Near Cheerleaders.
• TWC News posted College Cheerleader, Webster Native Suspended for Election Night Tweets Speaks Out.
• Dallas Morning News reported Mumps Outbreak May be Linked to Cheerleading Contests in Arlington, Frisco, Dallas.