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President Donald Trump on Monday awarded Olympic gold medalist Dan Gable the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his achievements in wrestling in the U.S. and abroad.

Former professional wrestler James Harris, who was known as Kamala “the Ugandan Giant,” has died at age 70, the WWE said. Harris was a mainstay from the ’80s and ’90s when a cast of wrestling legends that also included Hulk Hogan, The Undertaker and Andre the Giant entertained fans. WWE did not detail Harris’ cause of death but Kenny Casanova,…

Growing up in New Lexington, Ohio, Leilah Castro’s parents tried entering her in beauty pageants before realizing dresses and makeup weren’t for her. When Castro saw her brothers competing in wrestling matches, that’s when she found her calling. Her Olympic dream may have been postponed by the coronavirus, but Castro is still focused on gold.

Hana Kimura, a Japanese pro-wrestler who appeared in the latest series of the popular reality show “Terrace House,” has died

An Olympic wrestler says a University of Michigan doctor touched him inappropriately during medical exams at the school and made the behavior seem normal

Amanda Nunes won in spectacular fashion. Jon Jones barely hung on. Both champions still emerged from UFC 239 with their belts around their waists. Nunes stopped Holly Holm late in the first round to defend her bantamweight title, and Jones squeaked out a split-decision victory over Thiago Santos to defend his light heavyweight title Saturday night.

Bryce Harper, who expects to play all weekend, wants his young Phillies teammates to lean on him when it comes to managing all this new attention. By Corey Seidman

CTE is a degenerative brain disease that has been diagnosed in former NFL players. Former NFL player and ESPN analyst Merril Hoge and Dr. Peter Cummings, a forensic neuropathologist, talk about  their book “Brainwashed:The Bad Science Behind CTE and the Plot to Destroy Football” and what they call misinformation and flawed research about CTE and football.

Former professional wrestling champion “Luscious” Johnny Valiant has died after being struck crossing a street in a Pittsburgh suburb. The Allegheny County medical examiner says in a statement that 71-year-old Thomas Sullivan died Wednesday morning at a hospital. He was struck just before 5:30 a.m. while crossing a street in Ross Township, about 8 miles (12 kilometers) northwest of Pittsburgh....

The man loves ice cream. But he also loves looking good. That’s a pickle.

Already dominating the box office with “The Fate of the Furious,” Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is set to open another blockbuster this weekend with “Baywatch.” Here are five fun facts about the superstar that you may not know.

Bill Wolfe was a youth wrestling and little league coach from central Pennsylvania who was killed in the Las Vegas mass shooting on Sunday. A church will hold a memorial for him Wednesday night.

A Pennsylvania youth wrestling and Little League baseball coach has died after a gunman rained bullets down onto a Las Vegas country music concert. Bill Wolfe’s loss left his Pennsylvania community “brokenhearted.”

Jon Jones reached the pinnacle of mixed martial arts and then fell harder than just about anyone ever had before. When he got back on top Saturday night by stopping his greatest rival in dramatic style, Jones vowed to appreciate everything he had lost and regained. Jones reclaimed his UFC light heavyweight title by stopping Daniel Cormier in the third...

A transgender boy who won a girls wrestling state title in Texas says he would compete against boys if allowed and is taking lower doses of testosterone to try to be fair to his opponents....
Mack Beggs said in an interview that aired Sunday on ESPN that he competes against girls only because the state’s governing body for public high school...

WWE’s Leon White, known as Big Van Vader, announced Tuesday that he was given less than two years to live by his doctors. White announced the news in a tweet, in which he says, “I am only now allowing this as part of my reality.”

Jordan Burroughs began his Gold Medal defense with a first-round victory Guinea-Bissau’s over Augosta Midana. But if he’s going to become the third-ever American to win back-to-back wrestling golds, his biggest challenge awaits. Burroughs scored four points in the first minute of the match against Midana, and then cruised to an 8-3 victory. He advanced to the quarterfinal, where he’s...

This year, two South Jersey natives – wrestling gold medalist Jordan Burroughs and soccer gold medalist Carli Lloyd – could be considered for the honor of leading Team USA into the Olympic Stadium.

A New Jersey high school is expecting hundreds of people to attend a vigil being held Tuesday night for two former star athletes found dead outside a crashed car off a highway in Mahwah Monday morning. Jen Maxfield reports.

Two 19-year-old college students who were former high school athletes were found dead outside a crashed vehicle in the woods off a New Jersey highway Monday morning, state police and school officials say say. The bodies of Samuel Cali and Leonidas Vagias, both of Towaco and former athletes at Don Bosco High School, were discovered outside a blue Lexus off…