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Knicks' Jalen Brunson gets custom WWE championship belt, KAT chokeslams two wrestlers at MSG
19+ hour, 43+ min ago (25+ words) Karl-Anthony Towns emerged from a cloning machine to help pro wrestler Danhausen and Brunson closed the show with WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns....
Suni Lee announces return to gymnastics about two years before the Los Angeles Olympics
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (154+ words) Suni Lee, of the United States, performs on the beam during the women's artistic gymnastics individual balance beam finals in Bercy Arena during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Aug. 5, 2024, in Paris. Credit: AP/Morry Gash The America gymnastics star announced she is…...
Masked wrestlers flood Mexico's World Cup streets as fans embrace lucha libre fever
2+ week, 3+ day ago (801+ words) MEXICO CITY — He's everywhere: around the stadiums, in the streets, having a beer at bars. The anonymous masked wrestler has become one of the defining images of the World Cup in Mexico, often found in throngs of fellow lucha libre…...
For Long Island wrestling fans, AEW show in Queens is the main event
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (459+ words) When Josh and Matt Danishefsky were growing up in Massapequa, they had to hide their professional wrestling fandom. "Our mom tried to ban it from us," Josh Danishefsky, 34, said in an interview. "It didn't work." No longer do the brothers…...
Tiny town in North Carolina honors towering Andre The Giant with roadside marker
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (422+ words) Professional wrestler Andre the Giant is seen in 1988 in New York. Credit: AP/Richard Drew ELLERBE, N.C.. — Andre The Giant, a towering menace in the wrestling ring but a gentle giant on the movie screen, is being honored with a roadside…...
ESPN rolls out big-event coverage as WrestleMania 42 streams on its app for the first time
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (390+ words) WrestleMania XL prepares at Lincoln Financial Field on April 6, 2024. Credit: AP/Yong Kim As it does with any championship, ESPN is giving WrestleMania the big-event treatment. The network will have coverage on “SportsCenter” beginning Thursday, and “First Take” will originate…...
Chuck Norris, martial arts master and actor whose toughness became internet lore, dies at 86
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (623+ words) Chuck Norris attends the premiere for "The Expendables 2" in Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 2012. Credit: AP/Jordan Strauss Chuck Norris, the martial arts grandmaster and action star whose roles in “Walker, Texas Ranger” and other television shows and movies made him…...
Main Event set to join battle for Long Islanders' entertainment dollar
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (539+ words) Long Islanders will have a new place for a burger, drink or games when Main Event opens its first location in New York State at Tanger Outlets Deer Park in May. Credit: /Morgan Campbell Main Event will bring its billiards,…...
Harry Styles coming to Madison Square Garden for 30 shows
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (156+ words) Harry Styles' tour is in support of his album "Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally," which comes out in March. Credit: Getty Images/Matt Winkelmeyer Harry Styles is about to take root at Madison Square Garden for an impressive run…...
Mick Foley, wrestling legend, says he's leaving WWE over its ties to President Donald Trump
7+ mon, 3+ day ago (392+ words) Mick Foley gets inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on April 6, 2013. Credit: Newsday/Errol Anderson Wrestling icon Mick Foley has announced plans to sever ties with the WWE over its connections to President Donald Trump. In a Facebook post…...