Sports
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What WWE Superstar Paul ‘The Big Show’ Wight Learned About Acting From Peter Dinklage, Thanos
Wight’s family sitcom “The Big Show Show” streams on Netflix
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Sports Media Company WAVE.tv Raises $32 Million in Funding
The LA-based company caters programming to Millennial and Gen Z sports fans across platforms like TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram
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WWE Superstar The Big Show Knows He’s an ‘Attraction’ at This Point, and He’s Fine With That
“When Big Foot cuts through your backyard once in a while, that’s me,” pro wrestler and actor tells TheWrap
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Veteran Sportscaster Bob Costas Joins CNN as Contributor
Costas will provide commentary on the “frequent intersection of sports with larger societal issues,” according to network statement
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Inside ESPN’s Push Toward Narrative Podcasts and Shows
“Across the board, podcasts have been a bright spot not just for ESPN but across the industry,” ESPN vice president of audio strategy Tom Ricks tells TheWrap
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Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya, Olympic Figure Skater, Dies of Apparent Suicide at 20
“This news is something you can never prepare for,” her skating partner Harley Windsor writes
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Jeremy Roenick Accuses NBC of Heterosexual Discrimination in Wrongful Termination Lawsuit
NBC Sports analyst was fired in February for making inappropriate comments about a co-worker
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How WWE Wrestler Alexa Bliss Became a Bowling for Soup Song (Video)
Plus: What Vince McMahon, the guy who owns the Alexa Bliss trademark, thought of the whole thing
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Netflix to Develop Biopic ‘True Spirit’ on Teen Who Sailed the World Solo
Sarah Spillane to direct and co-write screenplay based on memoir of Australian 16-year-old Jessica Watson
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‘Celebrity Family Feud’ Fail: Steve Harvey Wants to Know ‘What the F–‘ Bruce Smith Just Said About Captain Hook and ‘a Penis’ (Video)
Concussions are no laughing matter, but this NFL Hall-of-Famer’s brain activity is
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Mike Golic Will Call College Football for ESPN This Season – ‘IF There Are College Football Games’
Golic’s ESPN Radio show was canceled last week
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Washington Redskins to Change Team Name
D.C. franchise’s nickname has long been considered a racial slur
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ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski Suspended Without Pay After F-Bomb Email to Senator (Report)
The popular NBA commentator may not be on camera when the basketball season resumes this month
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NBC Sports to Move Premier League Streaming Rights to Peacock
Premier League Pass will be shutdown after this season
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Mike Golic Says ESPN Radio Exit ‘Was Management’s Choice’
ESPN declined comment to TheWrap on tweets from Golic’s wife that he offered to co-host Mike Greenberg’s new program