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Linda McMahon Leads Polls In Conn. Senate Race
HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS 2) – Tuesday is primary day for residents of Connecticut, and voters will be grappling with a lot of choices. Perhaps the most high-profile race is the battle for the Republican...
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Some Women Turned Off By Linda McMahon
HARTFORD, CT (AP / WCBS 880) - A new poll shows Democratic Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s lead over Republican Linda McMahon has grown to double-digits in the U.S. Senate race in Connecticut....
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Linda McMahon Officially Launches New Bid For U.S. Senate From Connecticut
STAMFORD, Conn. (CBSNewYork) — She’s back for round two. Linda McMahon kicked off her second big money bid for a seat in the Senate. The former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment is trying again —...
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Another Case Of MRSA Confirmed At Hauppauge High School
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – A health alert has been issued to parents and students at Hauppauge High School after health officials confirmed another case of MRSA. WCBS 880′s Sophia Hall On The Story...
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Gotham Gossipist: Stacy Keibler Is Fashion Week’s Newest It-Girl
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – There are some perks that come along with dating George Clooney. The first is that you’re dating George Clooney. The second is that you automatically become a household name....
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Wrestling Dropped From 2020 Olympics; Modern Pentathlon Stays
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (CBSNewYork/AP) — IOC leaders dropped wrestling from the Olympic program on Tuesday, a surprise decision that removes one of the oldest Olympic sports from the 2020 Games. The IOC...
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High School Wrestlers Upset Sport Will Be Dropped From Olympics
WYCKOFF, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Wrestling has been an Olympic sport since the first Games in ancient Greece. But on Tuesday, the International Olympic Committee made the decision to drop wrestling from...
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A League Of Their Own: NYC PSAL Unveils All-Girls High School Wrestling
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — History has been made in New York City schools — with all-girls wrestling. As CBS 2’s Dave Carlin reported Thursday, some girls used to wrestle on boy’s teams, but now they...
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Wrestling Legends Diamond Dallas Page And Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts Practice...
NEW YORK (WLNY) – With WrestleMania dominating the headlines this week, we had two wrestling legends join us for Thursday’s Fit Minute. More: ‘The Miz’ Talks WrestleMania On The Couch Diamond Dallas...
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John Cena Defeats The Rock In WrestleMania 29 At MetLife Stadium
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – Wrestling fans descended upon the Meadowlands Sunday for WrestleMania 29, watching John Cena defeat Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to become the new WWE champiopn. Other...
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Rumble On The Rails At Grand Central Aimed At Bringing Wrestling Back To...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The annual Rumble on the Rails went down Wednesday afternoon at Grand Central Terminal. As WCBS 880′s Marla Diamond reported, the cheering for the wrestlers was deafening in the...
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Wrestling, Baseball-Softball Make Short List For Inclusion In 2020 Olympics
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (CBSNewYork/AP) – Wrestling, squash and baseball-softball made the IOC short list Wednesday for inclusion in the 2020 Olympics. Three months after being dropped from the 2020...
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Ex-WWE Star Snitsky Lands On A-Rod Security Detail
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Where Alex Rodriguez goes, drama follows. And in Reading, Pa., a motley crew of five security guys aren’t far behind. The group tasked with protecting A-Rod during Double-A...
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State Officials Investigate NJ H.S. Wrestling Team Photo That Depicts Lynching
TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) –New Jersey school sports officials have asked the state Division on Civil Rights to look into a photo that shows members of a high school wrestling team apparently...
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Attorney: Phillipsburg High Wrestlers’‘Lynching’ Photo Was ‘Spontaneous,’...
PHILLIPSBURGH, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) – An attorney for eight members of the Phillipsburg High School wrestling team said the photo that surfaced of team members apparently simulating a lynching was...
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New Jersey High School Wrestling Champ Accused In Bizarre Rampage
MANASQUAN, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Lukas Iorio was a high school wrestling champion and a good student, but now he has been arrested and brought up on serious charges. Iorio’s father told CBS 2’s Lou Young...
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U.S. Defeats Cuba 9-4 In Times Square Wrestling Exhibition
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. beat Cuba 9-4 in a wrestling exhibition in Times Square on Thursday night. Olympic gold medalist Jordan Burroughs beat Luis Quintana Martinez by technical fall at 163 pounds...
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Hulk Hogan, Dropped By WWE, Apologizes For Racial Slurs Caught On Tape
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Hulkamania is dead at the WWE. Vince McMahon’s wrestling behemoth severed ties with Hulk Hogan on Friday morning, hours after the superstar was noticeably scrubbed from its...
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Lawsuit: Wrestling Mats To Blame For Rocky Point Student’s MRSA Infection
YAPHANK, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — The family of a high school wrestler in Suffolk County has sued his school district for $12 million, claiming negligence caused the 15-year-old to contract a dangerous MRSA...
View ArticleLISTEN: ‘Mac & Monz with Tommy Podcast’ Previews WrestleMania 33
NEW YORK (WFAN) — In a special WrestleMania preview edition of “The Mac & Monz with Tommy Podcast,” the boys give their thoughts on the huge upcoming weekend in the world of wrestling, including...
View ArticleHelen Maroulis: Beat The Streets Is One Of My Favorite Events To Wrestle In
Ryan Mayer 25-year-old Helen Maroulis is a rising star in freestyle wrestling. She’s won 10 straight matches at the World Championship and Olympic level dating back to the 2014 World Championships...
View ArticleWWE’s Lana Previews First Ever Women’s Evolution Pay Per View
(CBS Local)- On Sunday, WWE will make history when it rolls out its first ever all women’s pay per view at NYCB Live. The event will feature stars such as Ronda Rousey, Nikki Bella and Charlotte Flair....
View ArticleMan Accused Of Attacking WWE Legend Bret Hart Arraigned On Assault,...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The man accused of attacking wrestling legend Bret “The Hitman” Hart during a WWE event at Barclays Center in Brooklyn was arraigned Sunday. Zachary Madsen faces assault and...
View ArticleWWE’s NXT Vs. AEW: New Wednesday Night Ratings Battle Kicks Off This Fall
(CBS New York/CBS Local) Everything old is new again. Within a matter of weeks pro wrestling will be thrust back 20 years into a time where the more vicious battles were occurring outside the ring in...
View Article‘It’s Like A Modern Day Sparta, They Train These Kids Up To Be Fighters’:...
(CBS Local Sports)– Reporter Alzo Slade has been all over the world to cover crazy stories, but spending time to learn about how Dagestan in Russia became a wrestling and mixed martial arts hotbed...
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New Jersey City University Women’s Wrestling Team Making History As Sport’s...
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — For the past three years, girls wrestling has been a varsity sport in New Jersey, but now those athletes can take their talents to the next level. Sandra Guerrero is...
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