Ex-wrestling CEO running for Senate missed voting

Linda McMahon's wrestling empire urged young adults to vote in 2008, but the former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO didn't always follow suit.

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Get a wrestling gold, get a lot of green

A gold medal at the London Olympics will be worth $250,000 for U.S. wrestlers.

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‘Exorcist’ director produces creepy ‘CSI’

If tonight’s “CSI” seemed reminiscent of “The Exorcist,” it’s because the director of that famous film, William Friedkin, directed the episode. It was easy to see his touches in the scary opening victim-stalking scene and in the creepy ritual. We may not have gotten a “French Connection”-style car chase, but he kept those wrestling scenes pretty lively. Happy 200th, “CSI”!

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My Network TV will show mostly reruns in the fall

My Network TV said it will essentially get out of the business of presenting original programming except for professional wrestling, a sign of how the economy is hurting the television business.

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Congressman: Steroids still plague pro wrestling

A key congressman says the "apparently widespread use" of steroids in pro wrestling is sending a bad message to youngsters, and he wants the government to do something about it.

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Is Brock Lesnar the LeBron James of MMA?

LAS VEGAS - On the day that Brock Lesnar’s signing was officially announced by the UFC, the company’s heavyweight division was in disarray.

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Candidates get ready to rumble ... verbally

They've talked a lot of smack. Now the presidential candidates are taking it to the ring.

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Mayweather to Get $20 Million to Wrestle

Floyd Mayweather Jr. is a champion boxer and has tested his moves on "Dancing With the Stars." Now the man many consider the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world is preparing to drop the gloves and do some wrasslin.'

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Killer of 6-Year-Old Pleads in Robbery

The man whose killing of a 6-year-old girl once made him the youngest person in modern U.S. history sentenced to life in prison accepted a plea deal Tuesday in a robbery that occurred while he was free on probation.

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Man in 'Nacho Libre' Mask Robs Store

Police are looking for a man they say robbed a Genesee County convenience store wearing a wrestling mask like one seen in the Jack Black comedy "Nacho Libre."

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Sentence Upheld for Fla. Child Killer

An appeals court has upheld a 30-year probation violation sentence for Lionel Tate, who for a time was the youngest person to be sentenced to life in a U.S. prison.

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Dad Jumps Into Son's Wrestling Match

A father bounded into a youth wrestling match, picked up his son's winning opponent and launched him off the mat, an episode caught on a home video.

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Women Peel More Than Potatoes in Tavern

Some women at a tavern near this Metro East community took playing with their food to a new level last week by wrestling in mashed potatoes, and now the bar's owner is in hot legal water.

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Pro Wrestler Miffed by Pregnancy Tests

A professional wrestler claimed Friday that the state is intruding on her privacy by requiring her to provide proof from her doctor that she is not pregnant within a week of every match.

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Child-Killer Gets 30 Years for Gun Offense

Lionel Tate, the teenager who got a second chance after he beat and stomped a 6-year-old girl to death, was sent back to prison for 30 years Thursday for gun possession.

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THE Hulkamania promotional press conference at Star City veered violently out of control today. Hulk Hogan and ring rival Ric Flair let their animosity break into a full scale bloody brawl.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson will be appearing in a taped segment on the special 10th anniversary episode of Smackdown on Friday.

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A woman has been arrested in Mexico over the deaths of two midget wrestlers - twin brothers - discovered in a hotel room last month.

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Police have detained a woman in the deaths of two professional wrestlers who were found drugged in a low-rent hotel in the Mexican capital, prosecutors said Tuesday.

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Mexican authorities say two professional wrestlers found dead in a low-rent hotel in the capital may have been drugged to death by female robbers.

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Mexican authorities say two professional wrestlers found dead in a hotel in the country's capital may have been fatally drugged by a gang of female robbers.

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WWE had announced on its Web site Monday that WWE chairman Vince McMahon would name a new Raw general manager on the show. The Internet pundits immediately surmised that since Raw was in Charlotte, N.C., Ric Flair would be introduced as the brand's new authority figure.

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"Even though the Denver Nuggets had a strong team this year and were projected to make the playoffs, obviously Nuggets and Pepsi Center owner Stan Kroenke did not have enough faith in his own team to hold the May 25 date for a potential playoff game," said WWE Chairman Vince McMa …

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Among the enduring questions of modern times is whether professional wrestling is real or pretend.

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As a stable master awaits trial for the death of a young apprentice he allegedly ordered to be beaten, David McNeill talks exclusively to the sport's first European champion about the scandals that plague it.

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During his glory days as a pro wrestler, Verne Gagne shared the spotlight with other burly men in trunks, guys with names like Killer Kowalski, Mad Dog Vachon, The Crusher and Baron Von Raschke.

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Ultimate humane animal sport challenges professional athletes and coaches

Ultimate humane animal sport challenges professional athletes and coaches .. Can you analyze and train? What fighting style and breed will become the world champion?

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Where do you draw the line between real fake wrestling and phony fake wrestling?

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Economic recovery for the rural areas and small businessmen

" inhumane to humans"

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Authorities have arrested a 38-year-old Riverbank man, a 1990 college wrestling standout who fell on hard times, in connection with stabbing three people to death and leaving a fourth hospitalized.

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SmackDown star Ron "R-Truth" Killings was detained at the Canadian border upon his arrival in Toronto this morning.

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--Podcast Link to the show within article.-- Excerpt: Brutus Beefcake joins the show and immediately tells us the whole cease and desist from the WWE was settled yesterday and he's free to use the name (as well as the booty man,zodiac, and the butcher)

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My # 1 Weight Loss Weapon Is Eating Smarter- Not More Often! Despite All of Today's Diet Fad Claims of "Eat All You Want" and Still Be Able To Lose Weight==Hyperbole!

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For all its cartoon daftness, the reality of the punk rock DIY world of indie wrestling is subtly layered.

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TNA wrestling sent out a text alert to its mobile subscribers yesterday teasing that Kurt Angle's "mystery guest at Final Resolution is a former World champion who was a former tag team champion with Mick Foley."

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You may have noticed that WWE has been conducting double Smackdown tapings on various Tuesday nights, except when it is not possible due to scheduling. Look for that trend to continue, at least until Wrestlemania, reports the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

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Now, the title of this piece is "WWE: The Most Racist Organization?" I don't mean that black people don't get similar opportunities as white people, no.

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Gymnastics, wrestling and volleyball were among five Olympic sports cited by the World Anti-Doping Agency for failing to implement consistent out-of-competition testing programs.

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The famous University of Oxford was rocked by scandal this week after hordes of students watched girls wrestle topless and an erotic party. Pictures may be unsuitable for viewing at work....

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If Sarah Palin still wants to be a running mate, she's got options. Total Nonstop Action Wrestling — TNA to fans — is making the Alaska governor and former vice presidential candidate a $50,000 offer to take an honorary position in the company.

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