On the front lines

“There was always a base somewhere where one of the soldiers asked, ‘What the hell are you doing here? Don’t you understand you’re in the middle of a war? Get the hell out of here,’” said Triple H, who insists he’ll keep going back as long as there are troops in Iraq.

Interview With "Big" John McCarthy

MMANews.com conducted an interview with the MMA referee and one of the faces of UFC history "Big" John McCarthy. John discusses his recent retirement from his job as an MMA referee, his new job as analyst and fight commentator, and other topics. Click here.

Vikings Birk, Kleinsasser Feel For Redskins' Plight

In a far corner of the Minnesota Vikings locker room, an open stall sits sealed off. The name plate reads "77 STRINGER."

The locker is situated between veterans Matt Birk and Jim Kleinsasser, the last two Vikings left from that horrific training camp day in 2001 when right tackle Korey Stringer collapsed and died of heat stroke.

If anyone knows what the Washington Redskins are going through these days, it's Kleinsasser and Birk...More?

source: nbc4.com

Young People Who Rock

She sounds like a country singer. She's got the soul of a country singer and the moves to match. But some say Rissi Palmer doesn't look a country singer...More?

Schilling offers suggestion to Clemens

Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling called on Roger Clemens to give up the four Cy Young Awards he's won since 1997 if he can't clear his name from allegations that he used steroids to prolong and enhance his career...More?

WWE slams unlicensed, unsafe toys

World Wrestling Entertainment has slipped Eliot Spitzer's body slam, insisting that it has no connection with toys that the New York governor has asked retailers to remove from shelves across his state.

Multicolored "Wrestle Mania" action figures, targeted by the New York state Consumer Protection Board's "Safe Toys NY" campaign for containing unsafe levels of lead paint, are not WWE-licensed products, the Stamford-based company said...More?

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Flair Mentions Hunter at the SmackDown Tapings

SmackDown - Ric Flair comes out and says Triple H is the best wrestler going today and that if he loses to him, he will have no regrets.

10 Reasons To Be Careful With Email - Especially Sex Email

A recounting of some of the most embarrassing emails ever.

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WWE's Ron Simmons gains popularity with catchphrase

If you speak with WWE superstar Ron Simmons these days, he might not have much to say. At least when he is on camera.

While Simmons spends more time now in a public relations role for the company that in the ring, his popularity might be at an all-time high due to one simple, four letter word - DAMN!...More?

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Triple H and HBK interview

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State delays decision on pro wrestling regulations

Professional wrestling put a smackdown Tuesday on a state panel's proposal to regulate the industry, prompting a 60-day delay on a decision.

The proposed regulations by the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commisiion, such as having paid medical personnel on hand for all events, would apply only to small-time wrestling operations like the Clarkesville-based NWA Anarchy Wrestling. The board also wants to increase inspection of wrestlers and their organizations as well as banning any physical or verbal threats toward the audience and the use of too much grease lotion or foreign substances on a wrestler's body.

"Asinine," is what NWA Anarchy wrestler Eddie Chastain called the proposed measures...More?

source: ajc.com

WWE threatens to bypass Georgia

World Wrestling Entertainment says it will pull out of the state if subjected to state regulation.

"If those regulation are applied to us, we won't do Georgia," WWE attorney Jerry McDevitt warned Monday afternoon.

The threat came on the eve of Tuesday morning's scheduled 11 a.m. meeting of the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission in which the state governing body is expected to discuss abuses in professional wrestling. The body, which is better known as the state boxing commission, regulates the state's boxing and mixed martial arts, as well as ticket brokers.

Professional wrestling also falls under the group's jurisdiction, but the WWE had been exempt thanks to a 2005 statute that excluded groups with total assets or more than $25 million. Only the state Legislature can undo the exemption...More?

source: ajc.com