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When the Minnesota Vikings announced their cheerleading team roster earlier this month, they also unleashed an internet firestorm. “The next generation of cheer has arrived,” the team wrote on Instagram Aug. 9, alongside a video that opened with a smiling Louie Conn jumping into a backflip then dancing and shaking his pom-poms alongside …

If you’re among the millions who have been riveted by America’s Sweethearts, Netflix’s docuseries about the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders, then you already know that the 36 women who make the squad are nothing less than pro athletes. Most come from studio-trained dance backgrounds. They endure gruelling training programs and have to meet …