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Seven staff members at the popular website Deadspin quit on Wednesday as part of a dispute with management over its focus, a spokesman said. The resignations come after stories were posted on Deadspin in open defiance of management’s edict that its staff members stick to sports coverage and set aside other topics. “We’re sorry that they couldn’t work within this...

King Kong Bundy, the 6-foot-4 (193-centimeter) professional wrestler best known for facing Hulk Hogan in WrestleMania 2, has died. He was 61. Bundy died Monday, said promoter and longtime friend David Herro, who posted on Facebook : “Today we lost a Legend and a man I consider family.” The cause of death and other details were not disclosed. Bundy, whose...

“Mean Gene” Okerlund has died at the age of 76. The wrestling legend worked for the AWA, WCW and WWE during his hall of fame career.

WWE Hall of Famer Gene Okerlund, the interviewer known to a legion of wrestling fans as “Mean Gene” when he came to prominence along with professional wrestling in the mid 80’s, has died at 76 according to the WWE.

A burglar targeted a toy store in Redlands and stole rare items valued at $3,000.

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....

A group of porch pirates was caught on camera swiping a package from the Florida home of pro-wrestler and reality TV star Hulk Hogan.

A billionaire tech mogul rumored to be behind Hulk Hogan’s high-profile lawsuit against Gawker has admitted he bankrolled the case, telling The New York Times Wednesday that he wanted to put the gossip website out of business. According to the Times interview, PayPal founder Peter Thiel quietly put $10 million into funding lawyers to find people Gawker had written about...

Former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan is suing Gawker again, saying the gossip website leaked sealed court documents that quoted him making racist remarks.

A New York news website has filed motions in a Florida court seeking a new trial in the Hulk Hogan invasion of privacy case.

A jury hit Gawker Media with $15 million in punitive damages and its owner with $10 million, adding to the $115 million it awarded last week for publishing a sex video of Hulk Hogan. The jury returned its decision Monday. From the size of the punitive award, it was clear that the jury wanted to punish Gawker even more. During...

A jury has been selected in the civil trial between pro wrestler Hulk Hogan and a popular news website.