Even world-heavyweight wrestling champions get spooked in the ring.
Just ask Ivan “The Russian Bear” Koloff, who snagged the WWWF title in 1971.
Unfortunately, that was also the era when André the Giant —who’d go on to win the WWF title in 1988 and, five years later, become the first wrestler to be inducted into the [...]

Unbeknownst to most of the world, Ken Norton recently suffered cardiac arrest.
But don’t fret: The one-time heavyweight champ is still spry when it comes to sizing up his old nemesis, Muhammad Ali.
Interviewed exclusively on The Final Word with JayReelz & J.D., Norton tells hosts Jason Nazario and J.D. Valladares:
“Lately, I’ve been doing nothing. I had [...]

Perhaps better than anyone in cyberspace, Audley Stephenson knows that basketball isn’t just a game, it’s a way of life. And each week on The NBA Breakdown, he and co-host Dave Mendonca, who broadcast from their hometown of Toronto, prove it by not only covering the latest news of the season, but how pro hoops [...]

Is there no end to the stamina, dedication and benevolence of our Fantasy Sports Channel hosts?
Apparently not—as evidenced by the Audible’s Drive for Cystic Fibrosis.
Kicking off Saturday, Aug. 29 at 12pm ET, the 12-hour talkathon will help raise money and awareness for the life-shortening genetic disorder that affects one in every 4,000 children in the [...]

Impossible as it sounds, The Fantasy Sports Channel’s expertise quotient is about to get ratcheted up a notch.
Beginning today, July 30, at 6 p.m. ET, we’re launching “Must-Stream Thursdays,” a prime-time lineup the likes of which has never been seen on any broadcast entity.
In all, seven of the biggest, most respected names in fantasy football [...]

Though we devised the six questions that appear here each week in the name of offering you a peek into the lives and on-air offerings of BTR’s most dedicated hosts, even we never dreamed we’d be talking personal finance, Eastern theology and Mickey Mouse in the same column. But that’s precisely what happened in [...]

If the true test of passion in a sportscaster is disrobing live on the air, then Paul Greco takes the cake. But more on that later. In the meantime, what you need to know about Paul is that he’s a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, he’s V.P. of business operations for FantasyPros911, he current- ly [...]

If you hadn’t heard of The Fitness Buff Show before happening upon this edition of SoundBits, rest assured that you won’t be forgetting it anytime soon. Because (far as we know) it’s the only BlogTalkRadio program whose hosts regularly appear au naturel. Their purpose, however, is not to incite lust. Rather, they disrobe in [...]

It’s been more than 20 years since Kid ‘n Play burst onto the scene with their upbeat, comical hip-hop act.
But at least one member of the superstar duo has still got his wicked sense of humor in tact.
Interviewed on The NBA Breakdown, Christopher “Kid” Reid puts his – and partner Christopher “Play” Martin’s – musical [...]

Former NBA star Wayman Tisdale, who also found success as an award-winning jazz-bass player, died in Tulsa, Okla., today at the age of 44 after a two-year battle with cancer.
Wayman, a 6-foot-9 forward, played with the Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers and Phoenix Suns, averaging 15.3 points during his 12-year career.
He also played on the U.S. [...]