Wrestling

Setting Times stories to music: From Nirvana to Yo La Tengo

2013-05-18 10:00:00

By Kari Howard The stories I read spark musical connections every day. It’s a bit more rare when the walk to work does. But one of my favorite moments this week came when I was strolling down Broadway past Grand Park in downtown LA, a section...

Iran's wrestling team abruptly decides to skip L.A. competition

2013-05-17 20:23:00

On the eve of an international wrestling meet at the Sports Arena, American officials remain at a loss to explain why the Iranian team — making its first visit to the U.S. since 2003 — has unexpectedly withdrawn and flown home. Los Angeles...

Brazil, Japan, sumo and food, deliciously intertwined

2013-05-17 07:00:00

SAO PAULO, Brazil — Fernando Kuroda didn't like eating chankonabe at first, because he was forced to eat so much of the thick stew that he would get sick and could barely walk. "They would just fill me up and fill me up with food, or I wasn't...

UFC 159: Jon Jones beats Chael Sonnen by TKO in first round

2013-04-27 23:35:00

UFC 159 takes place Saturday night from Newark, New Jersey. The event is headlined by a UFC light heavyweight title bout between champion Jon Jones and challenger Chael Sonnen. UFC light heavyweight title: Jon Jones vs. Chael Sonnen Jones is one of...

Boston bombings: A city can exhale

2013-04-19 23:10:00

WATERTOWN, Mass. — A manhunt that locked down metropolitan Boston for 23 hours ended Friday night when police unleashed a barrage of gunfire and snatched the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings from his hiding place in a covered boat in a...

Lucha Libre enlists heavyweight expertise to help push into U.S.

2013-04-12 09:00:00

The firm that helped reboot Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and adapt Hasbro's Transformers toy line for big (and small) screens is charged with a new task: helping Mexican wrestling characters successfully cross the border into the United States. Partners...

'Albanian Bear' Reshat Mati is always up for a fight

2013-04-26 08:50:00

NEW YORK — The first hint of a bruise, blackish and glossy, appears under Reshat Mati's eye as he finishes a jujitsu workout. It seems that he took a knee to the face. Someone offers to get an ice pack, but there isn't time. Reshat hurries off...

Should Wrestlemania be covered as a sport or as entertainment?

2013-04-09 10:04:00

When John Cena beat The Rock in Wrestlemania 29 on Sunday night, it was big news for WWE fans. But just where should those fans go when trying to read about that news -- the sports pages or the entertainment section? Writers from around the Tribune Co....

Setting Times' stories to music: Dusty Springfield, Bob Dylan

2013-04-06 09:00:00

Some people wonder if I can really work with music blaring on my headphones--especially music with distracting lyrics. But my brain is hard-wired a different way: The lyrics inspire me, and help the creativity kick in. It’s like this amplification...

Dwayne Johnson has emergency surgery for hernial tears

2013-04-23 18:37:00

Dwayne Johnson had an emergency operation for three hernial tears he suffered while wrestling John Cena during WrestleMania earlier this month. The actor-wrestler, better known as "The Rock," underwent surgery Monday, which is why he missed the Los...

Wrestling down stereotypes

2013-04-03 08:14:39

Female wrestlers unwelcome but sticking around

2013-04-03 07:00:00

"Boys — move!" a woman's voice commanded. The wrestling team lollygagged offstage at the lunchtime pep rally at Panorama High School, and the crowd wasn't paying much attention. Suddenly, the DJ cranked a bass-heavy beat, and a group of girls...

Enrique Zamora 13, from Brawley (red) and Eimer Valdez 13 from Brawley take part in Sumo Wrestling at the First Annual Spring Fling at Barbra Worth Junior High in Brawley on Friday.

2013-04-27 03:04:00

Wrestler Andy Haley, known as "Jonny Crisis," right, prepares to do a backflip off the ropes and onto Justin Haley, known as Just-N-Sane, left, and Jack Verville during the Outlaw Wrestling match at the Century Center on Saturday, in South Bend.

2013-04-27 00:00:00

Gov. Rick Scott shakes hands with World Wrestling Entertainment wrestler Corey Graves at the announcement of a new WWE performance center coming to Orlando, Thursday, April 18, 2013. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

2013-04-17 00:00:00