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Professional Wrestling

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    Brock Lesnar reportedly 'rips apart' WWE dressing room following PPV double-crossing [VIDEO]

    Just one month after his asskicking return to the WWE, Brock Lesnar is already the center of backstage drama.Last Sunday, Brock wrestled his first WWE match in nearly eight years, a brutal affair against superstar John Cena on WWE's Extreme Rules pay-per-view. Though you might be surprised to learn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    Brock Lesnar makes kickass return to pro wrestling on WWE Monday Night Raw [VIDEO]

    If you can't beat 'em, make a lot of money fake fightin' 'em.Just over three months after his body and UFC reputation took a beating at the hands and feet of Alistair Overeem, Brock Lesnar entered a WWE ring for the first time in eight years.When 26-year-old Brock got bored with pro wrestling and le ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2011

    Brock Lesnar loses, then retires

    ​Brock Lesnar retired from the UFC tonight after losing in the first round to Alistair Overeem.Lesnar took a brutal liver kick that crumbled him to the ground, then Overeem continually punched Brock in the face until the referee called a halt to the bout.Immediately afterward, Brock told Joe Rogan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Gail Elin Gagne ordered to register as a sex offender

    Gail Elin Gagne​Gail Elin Gagne, daughter and granddaughter of Minnesota pro wrestling legends, has been ordered to register as a sex offender in the wake of a scandal in which she admitted bedding a 16-year-old Cretin Derham Hall student in 2008. The now 28-year-old woman was the school's weight ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Gail Elin Gagne will plead guilty to misdemeanor in sex with student

    Gail Elin Gagne avoids felony charges.​Gail Elin Gagne won't face felony charges after all for allegedly befriending and bedding a Credtin-Derham Hall student in 2009. She's worked out a deal to plead guilty to misdemeanor fifth-degree criminal sexual conduct instead, and will go before a ju ... More >>

  • News

    October 6, 2010

    Dale Gagne wrestles with the truth

    Drama and deceit in sports entertainment's inner circle

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    Gail Gagne's sexual assault trial moved to November

    Photo by ericmcgregorGail Gagne, with a wrestler's pedigree, was the weight room supervisor at Credin-Derham HallThe case of the Creditin-Derham Hall student befriended and then allegedly bedded by Gail Gange, has taken another twist. Her trial on sexual assault charges, which was to have started n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    Mixed Blood's "Chad Deity": First thoughts

    ​ It was hard to know precisely what to expect heading into The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity during its opening weekend at Mixed Blood. I knew it was a play about professional wrestling, and that it tackled the murky intersection between race, money, entertainment, and authenticity. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    Gagne, accused of having sex with Cretin-Derham Hall teen, surrenders

    Prosecutors say Gail Gagne engaged in unlawful sex with a student in the summer of 2008.

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2009

    Warrant out for wrestler Gagne's granddaughter in sex crime

    Gail Gagne is charged with two counts of third-degree criminal-sexual conduct with a Cretin-Derham Hall student.

  • News

    December 2, 2009

    Jesse Ventura exclusive: Conspiracy Theory host talks 9/11, JFK, and Vietnam

    Tru TV show Conspiracy Theory finds news editor in The Body

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Jesse Ventura on WWE Raw: The Body returns to form

    It almost feels like the old days on WWE as Minnesota's former governor takes the mike.

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2009

    Jesse Ventura returns to the WWE ring

    "The Body" has a new TV show. Now he's showing up on WWE. Conspiracy? You be the judge.

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    Hulk Hogan rallies Hulkamaniacs, talks to Gimme Noise

    The Hulkster talks about the tabloids, wrestling, and Rocky 3.

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    Surviving an encounter with Hulk Hogan

    Get ready: Hulkamania is running wild all over the Mall of America tonight.

  • Calendar

    September 2, 2009

    WWE presents RAW LIVE

    Get ready: Hulkamania is running wild all over the Mall of America tonight.

  • Calendar

    August 19, 2009

    The Wrestling Show

    Get ready: Hulkamania is running wild all over the Mall of America tonight.

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    Brock Lesnar: God, not steroids, built me "like a black man"

    Brock Lesnar, former U of M wrestler and current Ultimate Fighting Champion heavyweight champ, talks about being built like a black man, steroids, disliking President Obama, and WWE.

  • News

    May 6, 2009

    Readers respond to Best of the Twin Cities 2009

    Brock Lesnar, former U of M wrestler and current Ultimate Fighting Champion heavyweight champ, talks about being built like a black man, steroids, disliking President Obama, and WWE.

  • Calendar

    March 25, 2009

    Bob Mould

    Brock Lesnar, former U of M wrestler and current Ultimate Fighting Champion heavyweight champ, talks about being built like a black man, steroids, disliking President Obama, and WWE.

  • Calendar

    March 18, 2009

    F1rst Wrestling: Minneapolis Massacre

    Brock Lesnar, former U of M wrestler and current Ultimate Fighting Champion heavyweight champ, talks about being built like a black man, steroids, disliking President Obama, and WWE.

  • Music

    March 11, 2009

    The Songs We Can't Escape

    Brock Lesnar, former U of M wrestler and current Ultimate Fighting Champion heavyweight champ, talks about being built like a black man, steroids, disliking President Obama, and WWE.

  • Calendar

    January 7, 2009

    F1rst Wrestling: Enter Sandman!

    Brock Lesnar, former U of M wrestler and current Ultimate Fighting Champion heavyweight champ, talks about being built like a black man, steroids, disliking President Obama, and WWE.

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2008

    Nancy Drew Crew's 'whitebread' hip-hop mystifies

    Brock Lesnar, former U of M wrestler and current Ultimate Fighting Champion heavyweight champ, talks about being built like a black man, steroids, disliking President Obama, and WWE.

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2008

    Salvia, Ron Paul, and the illusion of democracy: My interview with Joe Rogan

    Brock Lesnar, former U of M wrestler and current Ultimate Fighting Champion heavyweight champ, talks about being built like a black man, steroids, disliking President Obama, and WWE.

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2008

    RNC host committee recruits steroid user to lecture us about Minnesota Nice

    Brock Lesnar, former U of M wrestler and current Ultimate Fighting Champion heavyweight champ, talks about being built like a black man, steroids, disliking President Obama, and WWE.

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2008

    Express Train to Pain

    Brock Lesnar, former U of M wrestler and current Ultimate Fighting Champion heavyweight champ, talks about being built like a black man, steroids, disliking President Obama, and WWE.

  • Calendar

    June 18, 2008

    F1rst Wrestling Presents: The Return 08!

    Brock Lesnar, former U of M wrestler and current Ultimate Fighting Champion heavyweight champ, talks about being built like a black man, steroids, disliking President Obama, and WWE.

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2008

    Dana White to make major UFC announcement ... with Brock Lesnar?

    Brock Lesnar, former U of M wrestler and current Ultimate Fighting Champion heavyweight champ, talks about being built like a black man, steroids, disliking President Obama, and WWE.

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2008

    The Man styles and profiles out of the ring

    Brock Lesnar, former U of M wrestler and current Ultimate Fighting Champion heavyweight champ, talks about being built like a black man, steroids, disliking President Obama, and WWE.

  • News

    February 6, 2008

    The Real Brock Lesnar

    "The Next Big Thing" looks to live up to his WWE moniker in the UFC

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2008

    Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's No More Heroes

    "The Next Big Thing" looks to live up to his WWE moniker in the UFC

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2008

    The Real Brock Lesnar UPDATED W/FIGHT VIDEO

    "The Next Big Thing" looks to live up to his WWE moniker in the UFC

  • Calendar

    January 23, 2008

    F1rst Wrestling Presents: Anarchy Rules!

    "The Next Big Thing" looks to live up to his WWE moniker in the UFC

  • Columns

    January 2, 2008

    DVDish

    The best DVDs of '07 made old movies feel new again

  • Unknown

    June 20, 2007

    Maybe too 'Hard'

    The best DVDs of '07 made old movies feel new again

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2007

    Got Claw?

    The best DVDs of '07 made old movies feel new again

  • Arts

    April 18, 2007

    Spotlight: The Baron

    The best DVDs of '07 made old movies feel new again

  • Arts

    July 6, 2005

    The Grappler

    Inspired by his father’s pro wrestling career, photographer and curator Karl Raschke struggles to blur real and fake, introspection and spectacle

  • Arts

    February 28, 2001

    The Discovery Channel

    The Walker's eighth "Women with Vision" series offers global cinema as a form of self-understanding

  • News

    February 28, 2001

    So you want to be a public servant?

    You too could be mayor of St. Paul! Just answer a dozen of the most preposterous, frivolous, and insultingly direct questions you could ever hope to encounter in your whole squirming political life.

  • News

    November 15, 2000

    Sharkey Mania!

    Eddie Sharkey has wrestled champs, chumps, and chimps. Now the tough guy turned trainer drops knowledge on Generation WWF.

  • Movies

    March 15, 2000

    Carnage, Inc.

    A new documentary grapples with the real violence behind the most fabricated of sports--pro wrestling

  • Sports

    September 22, 1999

    Odd Man In

    Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends offers a televised tour of American eccentricity

  • Arts

    September 23, 1998

    Why We Fight

    Wrestling with the popularity of our most incredible--and most American--sport

  • Feature

    November 12, 1997

    Body-Slam Cinema

    Grappling with Stardom: Michael Rapaport is the heavy in The Naked Man.

  • Books

    July 9, 1997

    Ring Around the Wrestlers

    Grappling with Stardom: Michael Rapaport is the heavy in The Naked Man.

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