— Mr. Kennedy isn’t expected to get much of a push despite his move back to SmackDown, reports the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. The feeling is that he’ll continue to tread water and pretty much stay in the same position he’s been treading on Raw during the past year. — The latest issue of WWE Magazine […]
Trevor Murdoch will defend his NWA National Heavyweight title against Chris Adonis on the NWA’s Back for the Attack pay-per-view this Sunday afternoon. Adonis is the former Chris Masters and will be making his NWA debut. While both worked in WWE at the same time, this will be their first singles match. This will be the […]
A 5-year-old Guatemalan boy who was at risk of being deported without his mother will be allowed to stay in the U.S. while he awaits his court appearance for an asylum case. Early in April, a judge had issued an order of deportation against Wanner Martinez for missing a court date neither his mother nor […]
Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton’s team sent his Mercedes race car to the home of a terminally ill fan in England. Hamilton, who won the Spanish Grand Prix over the weekend, said he dedicated the victory to 5-year-old Harry Shaw after being so inspired by him. Shaw, who has Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare form […]
WWE issued the following press release this morning confirming that actor Freddie Prinze, Jr. has been hired as a creative writer: Prinze, Jr. Joins WWE Creative Team July 30, 2008 STAMFORD, Conn, July 30, 2008 – Freddie Prinze, Jr., a long-time fan of World Wrestling Entertainment®, joins WWE®’s creative team. Prinze, Jr. will now have […]
AEW Dark regular “Captain” Shawn Dean is now officially a signed member of the promotion’s roster. AEW president and CEO Tony Khan posted a tweet on Friday announcing that Dean has signed with AEW. “Thank you for your service to the USA, @ShawnDean773, + thank you for everything you’ve done for @AEW to help us […]
Berlin — Niels Hoegel liked to bring about cardiac arrests in his patients by injecting them with overdoses of heart medication and other drugs because he enjoyed the feeling of being able to resuscitate them. Sometimes he succeeded in bringing them back, but in at least 87 cases they died, making him what is believed […]
Cairo — Egypt’s former president, Mohammed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood leader who rose to office in the country’s first free elections in 2012 and was ousted a year later by the military, collapsed in court during a trial and died, state TV and his family said. State TV, citing a medical source, said Morsi died from […]
Paratriathletes Lauren Steadman and Alison Patrick have both won gold at the Buffalo City ITU World Paratriathlon Event, gaining automatic qualification for the Paralympics in Rio Advertisement Steadman, 23, won the PT4 category and has now qualified for her third Paralympic Games, having competed twice before as a swimmer. She said: “The top women weren’t […]
The panelists, including Nicole Sapstead (CEO UK Anti-Doping), Kelly Sotherton (Olympic medalist) Wendy Martinson OBE (nutritionist to elite sport) and Chris Fisher, Head of Healthspan Elite (a supplier of high-quality vitamins and supplements) debated the use of performance enhancing drugs in athletics and the issues facing the sport ahead of the Rio. Panel members discussed the alternatives for […]