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Wrestler and actor Andre The Giant is being honored with a roadside marker in a small town in North Carolina that was once his home. Officials plan to unveil the marker Thursday. The wrestler, whose real name was Andre Rene Roussimoff, lived on a ranch near Ellerbe. He was involved in the community even fighting a landfill for low-level radioactive waste. Billed as 7-foot-4 and 520 pounds, he was a towering figure in wrestling during the 1970s and 1980s, famously facing Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania in 1987. Later that year, he appeared as Fezzik in The Princess Bride. He died in 1993 at age 46.
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FILE - Professional wrestler Andre the Giant is seen in 1988 in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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FILE - Chuck Wepner is tossed out of the Shea Stadium ring by Andre the Giant, June 25, 1976, in New York. (AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine, File)
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AMES, Iowa (AP) Iowa State, which dropped its women's gymnastics program last month, will start a women's wrestling team that will begin com…
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As WWE gears up for WrestleMania this weekend, the biggest annual event for the professional wrestling organization, data shows that its appearance in Las Vegas last year had an economic impact worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Parent company TKO said Wednesday that recent studies conducted by research firm Applied Analysis show that the event had an economic impact of $322.2 million, with wrestling fans traveling from all over the U.S. and abroad to spend money on hotels, restaurants, shops and at other businesses.
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LONDON (AP) Tyson Furys latest comeback has revived the prospect of a long-awaited showdown with Anthony Joshua.
MADISON Parkview/Albany senior Wesley Egan suffered his first loss of the season in the sectional finals first-place match but finished sec…
SALEM LAKES Janesville Parker sophomore Dominic McGuire (126 pounds) and senior Carter Wesley (190), and Janesville Craig sophomore Leo Getc…
MILTON Janesville Craig stole Miltons WIAA Division 1 girls wrestling regional title on Friday in enemy territory. In the Red Hawks gym, t…
Janesville Parkers wrestling team had one clear goal entering the season: winning the Big Eight Conference tournament.