Former NFL defensive lineman Dana Stubblefield was charged Friday with making false statements, becoming the first football player accused in the BALCO federal steroids investigation.
Stubblefield, a three-time Pro Bowl player who testified before the BALCO grand jury in 2003, is charged with lying to federal agents about his alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs...More?
source: msn.foxsports.com
January 18, 2008
Stubblefield pleads guilty to lying to federal agents
Ric Flair & Torrie Wilson Coming to DC
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC
Come meet Ric Flair at the 2008 Washington DC Auto Show starting at 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC
Come meet Torrie Wilson at the 2008 Washington DC Auto Show starting at 5:00 p.m.
If you attend either of these events, send in a report and your photos and they will be posted!
Walker Claims Multiple Personalities
Georgia football legend Herschel Walker is expected to reveal in an upcoming book that he has multiple personalities -- a revelation that surprises the man who coached the 1982 Heisman Trophy winner...More?
source: sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Female wrestlers do it for release, entertainment, camaraderie
A group of women in their 20s sits on the floor in an Allston Pilates studio, simultaneously stretching and poring over notebooks, like some sort of sorority study group.
Then they begin cursing like truckers. And then they start throwing each other around.
“Does anybody remember the neck-breaker?” someone asked.
This is the Boston League of Women Wrestlers, a group of tattooed, foul-mouthed women who get out of their day jobs and come together for some grappling and camaraderie. It’s not Olympic-style Greco Roman wrestling, but the character-driven, made for entertainment, thrown through tables brand of wrestling that resembles World Wresting Entertainment...More?
source: wickedlocal.com
January 17, 2008
Teen charged with impersonating officer, pulling over pro wrestler
A man has been charged with impersonating a police officer, accused of pulling over a professional wrestler during a fake traffic stop along Interstate 77.
The teen used a flashing red light in his car and falsely claimed to be an undercover police officer when he stopped WWE wrestling star Dave Batista’s vehicle Jan. 5, Stark County sheriff’s deputies said.
The 18-year-old faces a first-degree misdemeanor that can bring up to 180 days in jail if he is convicted. He was released from the Stark County Jail on Wednesday after turning himself in on a warrant...More?
source: cantonrep.com
January 16, 2008
Pacman Jones in Another Nightclub Incident
A woman is seeking an arrest warrant against suspended Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones, claiming he punched her at an Atlanta strip club.
Fulton County Magistrate Court officials told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Wanda S. Jackson asked for the warrant after a Jan. 3 altercation at the Body Tap Strip Club.
Jackson, an attorney, says in her filing that she was in the club's office when an angry Jones accused managers of stealing his money and bracelet....More?
source: associated press
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Invades Japan for Groundbreaking 'Global Impact' Special on Spike TV
"TNA is excited to bring our American audience a pro wrestling experience unlike anything previously seen on television," TNA President Dixie Carter said. 'Global iMPACT' is a chance for wrestling fans to witness the partnership between TNA and IWGP Japan and celebrate the best professional wrestling action in the entire world."...More?
source: money.cnn.com
January 15, 2008
Kurt Angle to Stand Trial for DUI Charge
WTAE in Pittsburgh is reporting that Kurt Angle will be going to trial for DUI and careless driving, stemming from his arrest on September 28, 2007. Angle appeared at a preliminary hearing in town today and was ordered to stand trial by District Judge Mary Murray. No trial date has been set yet...More?
UFC Sues Randy Couture for Breach of Contract
From the Las Vegas Review Journal:
The strained relationship between the Ultimate Fighting Championship and its heavyweight champion Randy Couture has taken another bad turn -- directly into a Las Vegas courtroom.
Lawyers for Zuffa, LLC, the UFC's parent company, on Monday filed suit in Clark County District Court, alleging chiefly that Couture's comments about the UFC and its senior management caused the business irreparable damage and that he is in breach of the contract he signed with the company in December 2006...More?
Oderint Dum Metuant: Let Them Hate As Long As They Fear
