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Jamie Woode broke three vertebrae in her back and a rib when she fell backwards while performing with the Orlando Magic Stunt Team. But the dancer said she's ready to get back out there once she heals. NBC's Thanh Truong reports, with an interview between Jamie Woode and TODAY's Erica Hill. (TODAY)

High school cheerleader Miranda Ferguson, who did 35 back handsprings across her high school's football field, has officially been declared the Guinness world record holder for most consecutive handsprings. She and Guinness representative Mike Janela chat about her exciting accomplishment. (TODAY)

Though former NFL cheerleader and teacher Sarah Jones denied for months that she was guilty of felony sex crime charges for having an inappropriate relationship with a student, she and the now 18-year-old student are speaking out, saying they are a couple. NBC's Jeff Rossen reports. (TODAY)

During halftime of a football game at her Dallas, Tex., high school last week, 16-year-old Miranda Ferguson flipped 35 times across the school's football field, breaking the Guinness world record of 32. She reveals how she prepared for the challenge and shows off a few of her record-setting flips. (TODAY)

Sarah Jones, the teacher and former Bengals cheerleader charged with sexually abusing a teenager, broke her silence for the first time, sitting down with NBC's Jeff Rossen to discuss details of her trial and her life under house arrest. (TODAY)

Sarah Jones, the teacher and former Bengals cheerleader charged with sexually abusing a teenager, broke her silence for the first time, sitting down with NBC's Jeff Rossen to discuss details of her trial and her life under house arrest. (TODAY)

Sarah Jones, the teacher and former Bengals cheerleader accused of sexually abusing one of her students, is moving forward with a defamation lawsuit against TheDirty.com, a gossip site that claimed she had sexually transmitted diseases and sex with football players. (TODAY)

People magazine editor Nancy Jeffrey discusses the magazine's interview with a Texas woman thrust into the national spotlight in 1991 after her mother was arrested, and ultimately imprisoned, for trying to hire a hit man to kill a teen rival for a spot on a cheerleading squad. (TODAY)

Faylene Frampton, 11, says that she doesn't regret refusing to partake in her squad's booty cheer, which made her feel uncomfortable. "I think I did the right thing," she tells msnbc's Tamron Hall. 

The parents of 6-year-old Kennedy Tesch say complaining about a raunchy "bootie" cheer led to their daughter's dismissal from her cheering squad. They speak to TODAY's Meredith Vieira.