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Roman Reigns takes wrestling action to video games. WWE 2K25 cover star is still fighting leukemia

Jan. 28, 2025 11:27 AM EST

Roman Reigns has shared the WWE ring with his family in a storyline for years — he called his faction The Bloodline — so it seemed right to him they were his tag team partners on a cover for WWE 2K25. Reigns was named as this year’s cover star on the standard version of the...

NCAA adds women's wrestling as its 91st and latest championship sport

Jan. 17, 2025 15:37 PM EST

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The NCAA added women’s wrestling as a sport Friday, bringing its total number of championships to 91. The sanctioning body approved the addition at the annual convention in Nashville, Tennessee. Women’s wrestling had been under the...

Sumo wrestlers bring 1,500 years of tradition to London as the sport has an international moment

Dec. 04, 2024 21:06 PM EST

LONDON (AP) — London’s Royal Albert Hall, the gilded concert venue known for an annual “Rule Britannia” singalong, is preparing to host a different kind of spectacle: Sumo wrestling. Camera shutters clicked furiously and reporters “ahhhed” in delight Wednesday as...

Review: In ‘Unstoppable,’ an inspirational, if formulaic sports drama about a wrestler with one leg

Dec. 04, 2024 17:35 PM EST

Anthony Robles’ story seems almost tailor made for a Hollywood film. Born with only one leg, his right, he overcame the prejudices of those around him and his own physical limitations to become a champion wrestler. Though coaches at the top wrestling programs couldn’t see his potential, he was...

Olympic champion wrestler Gable Steveson ends retirement, returns to University of Minnesota

Nov. 12, 2024 18:03 PM EST

Gable Steveson, who won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, said Tuesday he is coming out of retirement and will return to the University of Minnesota for a fifth and final season of college wrestling. Steveson won gold as a freestyle heavyweight in Tokyo at age 21, then won...