Throughout Tiahna Selby’s eight seasons as a twirler for the Rutgers University Marching Scarlet Knights, she’s tossed her baton for the band at a New York Giants halftime show, at a rally with ...

Emilie Thibeault began twirling baton at the age of 7. When she reached the eighth grade, she approached Jim Ackerman, who was then the Pequea Valley High School marching band director. Thibeault ...

Weekends for UCLA Athletics manifest themselves as grand productions, spectacles of sports and commotion with athletic prowess and excited crowds. Saturdays at the Rose Bowl are filled with lights, ...

At the next table, a young woman’s dreams were on fire. As I chowed down on chicken wings at Outlanders Southern Chicken, my wife struck up a conversation with a mother and daughter she recognized ...

When Julia Arciola steps onto the field at Kenan Stadium, she is alone. Not in the literal sense of the word — she’s usually surrounded by the 300-odd members of the Marching Tar Heels, not to mention ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Every summer for the last 57 years, UT's campus briefly holds more batons than people. Kids of all ages come to learn from UT's majorettes at twirling camp. "It's a combination of ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — She earned a gold medal at the 2018 World Baton Twirling Championships. Now she's earned a spot in front of the band at the University of Tennessee. Laney Puhalla has come a long ...

Her toes pointed, a smile on her face, Ally Grooms tosses and catches a spinning bar that seamlessly connects the choreography she’d perfected months ago. It’s a Wednesday afternoon, and the sun is ...