Yesterday, seventh-grader Audrianna Beattie — a straight-A student who's fighting to be allowed on her middle school's boys wrestling team — testified before a Federal judge for 40 minutes. (As a former 12-year-old, I am dumbfounded as to how she stayed on one topic for 40 minutes.) Audrianna's rural Pennsylvanian…
Remember that Saved by the Bell episode when Kristy Barnes wanted to try out for the wrestling team and the caricature of a misogynistic coach was all, “But you’re a lady! This is a gym not a Jane! Bake us some brownies! Mwahahahahaha, I’m terrible!”? It was one of the show’s heavier moments, and not just because we…
The agony, the ecstasy. Gird yer loins: Hollywood.com has the sexxxiest erotic pics from this year's Wrestlemania.
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Ukraine's Hleb Kutex, left, and India's Rinku fight during "Mission Dosti", an Indian style wrestling competition at Katra, about 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Jammu, India, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. The annual event has participants from India Pakistan, England and Ukraine. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
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GLOW: The Story of The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling is a documentary chronicling the alternately glamorous and brutal world behind the 1986 all-female, pro-wrestling show of the same name. The release date is still to be determined (filmmakers are raising money on Kickstarter now), but they're aiming for this year.…
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Andrey Valiev, of Russia, throws Keith Gavin during a bout at 185 pounds in a freestyle wrestling event in New York's Times Square on Thursday, June 7, 2012. Valiev won. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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You might remember WCW star Diamond Dallas Page from such hits as the "Self High Five" and "suing Jay-Z for doing a thing with his hands in a certain way," but did you know that he also invented yoga???
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Chris Brown just can't seem to stop pissing off gigantic people who want to punch him in the face. Earlier this week, the perpetually shit eating grin-wearing singer once again couldn't resist the siren's call of spazzing out at a detractor on Twitter, accusing him of having shrunken genitalia. That detractor was…
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There's beer, ring girls, and a rowdy crowd — it's got all the hallmarks of your standard-issue cage match, with one slight difference: The fighters at this British nightclub haven't hit puberty yet. And they cry.
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Ten years ago, female wrestlers Arezou Mansourian, Lauren Mancuso and Christine Wing-Si sued the University of California, Davis for, they said, violating Title IX in offering equal opportunity to female athletes. Today, they got their ruling, a mixed one in which both sides claimed victory.
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Wrestling may be "fake" — choreographed, set up, rehearsed, meant as entertainment — but when you watch these Bolivian chotlitas jumping off of the ropes and flying through the air, it's obvious there's risk — and talent — involved. Mike Powell, who was in the audience as these women fought, says that the best fighter…
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You asked, he answers. Our favorite hardcore wrestling legend isn't just handy with a steel cage — he also enthusiastically wished you a happy International Women's Day and, while he was at it, gave some handy advice to answer your questions about work, life, love, and what to do when you can't throw a chair at…
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A top-ranked Iowa wrestler defaulted rather than compete against the first girl to qualify for the state tournament.
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[Moscow, September 8: Winner Oleksandra Kohut of Ukraine, left, challenges with Yu Horiuchi of Japan during their final women's 51kg wrestling match, during the World Wrestling Championships. Image via AP.]
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Saturday night, for the first time ever, two women were the main event at a major mixed martial arts bout. MMA is a full-contact, male-dominated sport:
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A common theme on Wife Swap is that one family places an emphasis on traditional gender roles, while another family has a more unconventional approach as to the expected behavior of males and females. On last night's episode, teenage C.J. is a fan of "screamo" (I guess it's like emo but with screaming instead of…
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