A federal appeals panel has tossed out a lawsuit against Hustler magazine brought by the family of a slain professional wrestling personality, a case testing privacy concerns and the competing right to publish "newsworthy" material.
The Supreme Court has decided that the family of a slain professional wrestling personality can continue its lawsuit against Hustler magazine, a case that tested privacy concerns and the competing right to publish "newsworthy" material.
ORLANDO -- As WWE champion Randy Orton sits backstage at the House of Blues with his pregnant wife, Samantha, who is due to give birth to their first child this summer, he doesn't have to think too long about his favorite WrestleMania matches.
The late Chris Benoit idolized the Dynamite Kid, who was half of a professional wrestling team famous in the 1980s for spectacular high-flying, acrobatic moves.
CNN's Drew Griffin talks with WWE Chairman Vince McMahon about allegations of steroid abuse in pro wrestling.
Clues inside Benoit's brain
Imagine, if you will, that in the last decade 186 men who had played major league baseball died before they were 50. Imagine that in that same time 435 men who had played in the NFL likewise died before they were 50.
Benoit death toxicology report
As friends and family gathered in Florida this weekend to mourn Chris Benoit's wife Nancy and 7-year-old son Daniel, questions remained as to what caused the professional wrestler to kill his family and then himself - specifically, whether steroids played a role in the tragedy.
Before Chris Benoit killed himself and his family, the Drug Enforcement Administration knew he was an "excessive purchaser of injectable steroids," documents show.
The father of Chris Benoit spoke out Friday, saying he had no idea why his son killed his wife and child and then committed suicide - but is anxious to see the results of toxicology tests.
Somebody altered Chris Benoit's Wikipedia entry to mention his wife's death - before her body was found.
Police said Thursday they are trying to determine who altered the entry on the reference site before authorities discovered the bodies of the couple and their son
Drug agents raided the office of Chris Benoit's personal physician, a spokesman for the Drug Enforcement Administration in Atlanta has confirmed to PEOPLE.
World Wrestling Entertainment has released a timeline and five cryptic text messages related to the Chris Benoit tragedy.
Pro wrestler Chris Benoit strangled his wife and smothered his son before hanging himself in his weight room, a law enforcement official said
World Wrestling Entertainment star Chris Benoit asphyxiated his wife Nancy and their 7-year-old son Daniel before hanging himself, Fayette County Sheriff's Department's Lt. Tommy Pope said at a press conference outside the Benoit home on Tuesday.
Authorities in Georgia say pro wrestler Chris Benoit strangled his wife and suffocated his 7-year-old son before hanging himself this weekend.
The discovery of anabolic steroids in pro-wrestler Chris Benoit's home has raised speculation that the performance-enhancing drugs may be linked to his death and the killings of his wife and young son.
Since last summer Sports Illustrated reporters Luis Fernando Llosa and L. Jon Wertheim have been investigating an alleged illegal steroid distribution network that has implicated numerous pro athletes. On Feb. 27 the two SI writers accompanied federal and state drug enforcement agents on a raid of a Jupiter, Fla., anti-aging clinic that investigators allege conspired to fraudulently prescribe steroids, human growth hormone and other performance-enhancing drugs over the Internet.
In November 2005, 38-year-old professional wrestler Eddie Guerrero died in a Minneapolis hotel room due to what a coroner later ruled as heart disease, complicated by an enlarged heart resulting from a history of anabolic steroid use.
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