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As cheerleading gets competitive, a Kansas City doctor wants to make it safer from concussions
It’s late on a Tuesday night in December and a handful of cheerleaders are ironing out their routine at Triple Threat KC, a gym in Lenexa. The gym’s advanced team is preparing for competitions later this month: one in Sedalia where they’ll square off …