HARTFORD, Conn. – Quinnipiac University has agreed to settle the gender equity lawsuit that led a federal judge to rule that competitive cheerleading isn't a sport. The lawsuit was filed in 2009 ...

(CN) – Competitive cheerleading “does not qualify as a varsity sport for the purposes of Title IX,” a federal judge in Connecticut ruled in barring Quinnipiac University from replacing its women’s ...

June 21, 2010— -- A judge in Connecticut has ruled cheerleading is not a sport-- and universities therefore cannot direct money to the activity to meet federal gender-equality regulations. U ...

The Quinnipiac University women's volleyball team picked up another major victory in federal court Wednesday when U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill ruled that competitive cheerleading is not ...

Quinnipiac University says it has plans to add more women's sports teams, after a judge rejected its attempt to replace the women's volleyball team with a competitive cheer squad.

BRIDGEPORT --It is unclear whether federal judge Stefan R. Underhill will offer an opinion on whether competitive cheerleading is a viable varsity sport or not. But, Underhill will have to decide ...

A judge has ruled that Quinnipiac University violated the rights of female athletes when it tried to get rid of the women’s volleyball team and replace it with competitive cheerleading. In doing ...

Connecticut's Quinnipiac (KWIHN'-uh-pee-ak) University plans to keep its women's volleyball team and its competitive cheer squad as it follows a court order to bring its athletics programs into ...

The university naturally is disappointed that the court did not rule as it had hoped, school spokeswoman Lynn Bushnell said in a statement. Quinnipiac will continue to enhance opportunities for ...

A U.S. District Court judge in Connecticut has again ruled that competitive cheerleading, despite some upgrades, is not a sport, and says Quinnipiac University must remain under an injunction that ...

Five members of the Quinnipiac University women's volleyball team, and the team's coach, have sued the school for dismantling the team to use the money for a cheerleading squad.

More than 200 students boarded buses to cheer on their team in their first-round NCAA tournament match-up against Merrimack and a virtual home game in Bridgeport. “Hopefully the Bobcats do win.