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Going into the 2020 Mr. Olympia, the defending champion, Brandon Curry, had two objectives. One was to beat seven-time champion Phil Heath, which he had never done before. The second was to obviously repeat as the winner of the Sandow. The Tennessee native went one for two. He did place ahead of...

At the ripe old age of 24, WWE Superstar Rhea Ripley (Demi Bennett) has already lived the career of a pro wrestling veteran. Since leaving home in Australia in 2017 for the bright lights of WWE, she has lifted the NXT UK and NXT women’s championships. This past Sunday at WrestleMania 37, Ripley...

The sport of CrossFit has seen perhaps its greatest competitor hang up his training shoes. Mat Fraser announced on his Instagram account that he will no longer be competing. The caption of the post had one simple sentence. “Today I leave the sport older, wiser, fitter and grateful. #HWPO...

Three years ago, WWE made history when the first Women’s Royal Rumble dropped on the wrestling world like a Macho Man flying elbow, instantly lifting the sport’s glass ceiling. Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch were the first to enter the ring in that inaugural event, before nearly two dozen WWE...

When Frank Zane won his Mr. Olympia titles, there were weight divisions in pro bodybuilding for men. In the 1980s and 1990s, when Shawn Ray was at his peak, there were none. As muscular as he was, Shawn was not a big man so he had to compete against heavyweights like Lee Haney. So, he won the...

The breaking news that seven-time Sandow winner Phil Heath will enter this year’s Olympia in December, and attempt to win back the crown he lost in 2018, brought to mind my first interaction with the former basketball player back in 2005. SNAP DECISION It was early June 2005 when I saw a...

Sponsored Content Women in sports have travelled a long, challenging road. Women’s bodybuilding, in particular, was slowly developed over many years by female pioneers. The sport’s growth has faced many obstacles, including the near elimination of women’s championship shows five years ago...

Courtesy of WWE Now standing strong as a WWE Women’s Tag Team champion, thanks to a victory on the last Monday Night RAW alongside partner Nikki Cross, Alexa Bliss is very much winning at life. She’s the youngest female to earn an IFBB Pro Card, and the first woman to capture both the WWE Raw...