Welcome to the soap-opera world of Stamford-based WWE, in which the company’s chairman Vince McMahon has pulled the strings behind the scenes for decades, while hamming it up in the ring as a Machiavellian, ruthless boss fans have loved and loathed. READ FULL STORY

• More than half of all major-league ballparks offer all all-you-can-eat tickets
• Fans appreciate the cost certainty, and it has boosted ticket sales in MLB
• Nutritionists aren’t big fans of the fad, which they fear encourages binge eating

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Teams are helping fans pile on the pounds at baseball games, and major league clubs are helping with all-inclusive eating packages.

Ex-WWE champion Dave Batista is mulling a move to MMA with Strikeforce

Just because Brock Lesnar made the transition doesn’t mean Batista can do it

Batista is 41, nine years older than Lesnar, with no experience in “real” sports

World Wrestling Entertainment is the latest company looking to shatter traditional release windows, saying it will bow DVDs for its films shortly after they unspool in theaters.

WWE chairman Vince McMahon has been hinting for some time that WWE would adopt the strategy when it starts releasing a new slate of pics that it is self-financing and distributing through Samuel Goldwyn Films this year. With WWE’s movies still trying to find a broader audience at the box office, the company has been eyeing theatrical releases as a way to prop up DVD sales, and didn’t want to spend more money to “promote and market the (films) twice.”

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Lil Wayne may be locked in Rikers Island away from the industry, but that’s not stopping some of his associates from handling business with him. Grammy award-winning producer, Shondrae “Bangladesh” Crawford has a bone to pick with Mr. Dwayne Carter. A $500,000 bone. READ MORE

The veteran mixed martial arts fighter is concerned that the association might have shorted him, particularly in regard to last summer’s Ultimate Fighting Championship 100.  Read full article.

14 cities hope to pin down WWE event – WrestleMania won’t eclipse the Olympics or the Super Bowl anytime soon, but World Wrestling Entertainment’s annual showcase of its top stars is creating a bidding frenzy among cities who want to host the event.

Check out this story below, not so much an article, but it’s actually a true story from a co-worker of my homie Bright Eyes!

I was left at the altar

It was supposed to be my dream wedding on a beach in Hawaii. But an hour before the ceremony, he got cold feet.