Here’s some shots recently sent in by readers of the Laker Girls from the 1980s:

From the 1988 Lakers victory parade:

Finally, the Lakers’ recruiting secret for Laker Girls revealed? …

Looks to me like the team has long been dipping into the Las Vegas Hilton’s waitstaff.
Now, like you, I couldn’t stop wondering who the woman in that […]

My favorite Title IX scam got blown out in U.S. District Court today, as a judge ruled that cheerleading is not a sport.

(Really?)
The sharpies at Quinnipiac College in Connecticut were hoping to eliminate volleyball and replace it with cheerleading, and then spend the money they saved on revenue-generating men’s sports.
Makes sense. Everybody wins except […]

A Tampa Bay Buccaneers cheerleader named Marlana Aref was brought to my attention today by a SbB reader in Tampa.

The 20-year-old Aref just completed her second season as a Bucs cheerleader.

Aref, in her official NFL team video profile, says she’s a student at South Florida.

The EUGENE (OR) REGISTER-GUARD reports today that the legal problems of the Oregon football team have officially infected the cheerleading squad.

Molly K. Maginnis, 18, was detained after trying to parallel park her black Chevrolet Equinox.

Ryan Howard’s new girlfriend is Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleader Krystle Campbell. A photo of Howard holding an anonymous woman’s hand in Miami last week was posted by Bossip.com.

(Are those zippers?)
A Bossip commenter (#92) and TheFightins.com subsequently identified the woman as Campbell, who Howard has reportedly been dating for a few months.

(Video link)
Campbell was previously […]

Jaime Edmondson spent six years as a Dolphins cheerleader. She also appeared on the CBS reality show Amazing Race and is a former police officer. So how did she follow all that up? By sending nude photos of herself to Playboy, dummy. And now, at age 30, I’m honored to report Edmondson is Playboy’s Miss […]

As part of its cheerleader of the week photo featurette, SI.com has the first comments from Oregon cheerleader Katelynn Johnson since she sustained a concussion. While on the field following the Arizona-Oregon game in Tucson, Johnson was struck in the head by a bottle.

Johnson revealed that she actually lost consciousness for some time after she […]

After the Arizona-Oregon game in Tucson Saturday night, Oregon cheerleader Katelynn Johnson was, while still on the field, struck in the head by a full water bottle apparently thrown from the stands.

The PORTLAND OREGONIAN sets the “terrifying scene” Saturday night:
Oregon senior associate athletic director Joe Giansante, who announced the Ducks’ television replay broadcast in the […]

You might recall that a few months ago, the University of Connecticut banned its cheerleaders from doing physically strenuous gymnastic activities, trying to avoid the specter of serious injury or any other calamity that may befall one of the young ladies or men. You’d think, in this increasingly litigious society, that such a move would […]

Hey, someone has to drive around and photograph all the college cheerleaders, then post the photos and break down their performances on his web site. That someone is Orlan Ree, Jr., editor of the Cheer Times. One of man’s finest inventions, in my opinion.

This isn’t just some eye candy receptacle: They’ve put a lot of […]