Football. The sweet science. America's pastime. The long awaited answer to the question "how hard do you think we could get those big guys to run into each other?" For decades, American football players were paid on a low, per-game basis, but that's all changed. Who's the highest paid player now?
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The UFC was purchased in 2016 for $4.025 billion, and if you believe the UFC president Dana White, its value has only gone up: In 2018, White stated it was worth no less than $7 billion. With that kind of money floating around, it makes sense that White is also making himself a pretty penny, right?
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Heartbreaking occurrences rock the sports world each year. Here are some of the biggest sports tragedies from the past decade.
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Freediving is a competitive sport with different variations on the theme of going dangerously deep underwater without oxygen. "No limits" freediving is the discipline where the record for the deepest free dive ever done by a human was set, and boy was it deep.
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Put on your helmet and get ready for some football as we explain the longest suspensions in the NFL - a league that forgives but never forgets.
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Trying to imagine a fight between Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson is kind of like asking, "What would happen if a lightning-fast Dr. Seuss got into a fistfight with an incredibly dexterous Rottweiler?" Who would have won a trash talk war between these two?
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From baseball games to boxing matches (and even a bit of courtroom drama), keep reading to find out the biggest sports moment in the year you were born.
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WWE superstar Paige retired from the WWE ring in 2018 because her neck had taken too much punishment to continue her occupation. Never one to be underrated, the WWE star is still very much a name on everyone's lips. Let's take a look at what Paige has been doing since retiring from wrestling.
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Paige was the WWE's "Anti-Diva:" A pale, skinny goth girl whose rocker garb and unassuming attitude challenged the company's long-standing tradition of buxom, glittery female wrestlers who looked like cheerleaders. What made Paige quit her sport? What made her retire from the WWE?
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Russia has a bit of a reputation for making questionable decisions in order to further its interests. It might not be a surprise that the "World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has imposed a four-year ban on Russia from all global sport, including the 2020 Olympics and the 2022 World Cup finals."
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When you watch pro wrestling as a kid, every performer seems immortal, 1991 saw the Undertaker undefeated. No one realized it at the time, but that streak would eventually bring an end to Shawn Michaels' career. Here's the real reason he retired.
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At this point, it's probably safe to say that everybody knows Andre the Giant. He was larger than life, but that complicates the task of putting Andre's life into definable terms. How many of the esteemed strong man's feats were an act, and how much was actual, almost supernatural physical strength?
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Prior to the Rumble in the Jungle Muhammad Ali taunted Foreman mercilessly. Even the fans chanted, "Ali, bomaye" ("Ali, kill him"). That mugging marked the end of Foreman's undefeated streak and start of an unbeatable friendship.
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On November 21st, 2019, a man approached the home of 82-year old Rochester resident Willie Murphy, claiming that he needed an ambulance. When Murphy called first responders without opening the door, the man reportedly forced his way into the house. And that is when things got real.
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Woooo! Ric Flair is a true legend of professional wrestling, and a true "stylin', profilin', limousine riding, jet flying, kiss-stealing, wheelin' and dealin' son of a gun." So how much money does the master of the Figure Four Leglock really have? Does he have any at all?
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If you're a longtime wrestling fan reading this in 2019, the story of Kevin Nash's exit from the WWF might seem like ancient news. But for reasons that definitely exist, this story should be revisited. Here's the real reason Kevin Nash left the WWE.
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Chuck Norris is the Total Gym-peddling subject of a thousand memes who wields the combined power of beards and roundhouse kicks. Bruce Lee is, well, the first name most people think when the subject of greatest martial artists in history comes up. So, which of these two would win in a fight?
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When Dave Bautista debuted in the WWE as Deacon Batista, the piously muscular henchman of the Reverend D'Von Dudley, he didn't exactly scream, "big screen" or "big star" and certainly not "Star Lord." But good Lord, Bautista was big. That is, until in 2010 he left the WWE unexpectedly.
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Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris are both legendary martial arts icons. Is there more to their relationship?
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It's easy to forget that Li didn't just pop into existence as a fully formed, super-talented martial artist. His considerable skills are the result of countless hours of practice and rigorous training. But who exactly taught him all those fancy moves? Who trained Jet Li?
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The human body is capable of far more than what we ask of it in a normal day. Some people like to test those limits, like Dean Karnazes, a world-famous endurance runner who ran longer than anyone else, ever, to "test the physical limits of his body while raising money for childhood organ donation."
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For most of us, a $100 Keno windfall at the local neighborhood bar and grill means a big splurge. So when you're among the world's richest people of all time like Jeff Bezos, you can afford to flex in bigger, brawnier ways -- like buying your neighborhood NFL team.
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Whether you think Vince McMahon has the Midas Touch or the Merde Tush, he makes dump trucks of money. In other words, Vince McMahon earns more than enough money each year to tell any wrestler to kiss his green backside.
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The NCAA's governing board has finally voted that college athletes should be allowed to receive compensation. Now that the "federal" governing board of the NCAA has voted, it's up to the three divisions to decide on specific rules and details. But how much money will they get paid now?
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In terms of size and historical significance, "Big Sexy" Kevin Nash, or "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel was one of the best. But how much was he worth?
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Professional wrestling, also known as "the sport of kings," has seen dozens of iconic performers come and go over the years. Sting didn't make the jump to WWE until the 2010s, wrestling in the 2015 Night of Champions event before promptly announcing his retirement the next year. So what happened?
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