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Daily Mail
15-05-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS Wrestling icon announces shocking health news a year after being hospitalized in major scare
Professional wrestling icon Jim Ross has revealed he has been diagnosed with colon cancer. The 73-year-old said on social media he received the diagnosis this week, with surgery being scheduled over the next few weeks. Ross works for All Elite Wrestling as a part-time commentator and senior advisor and is best known for his long run as a play-by-play broadcaster with World Wrestling Entertainment. Ross works for All Elite Wrestling as a commentator and is best known for his time with WWE More to come.
Al Arabiya
09-05-2025
- Sport
- Al Arabiya
Sports' ticking time bomb: Former wrestler's mission to save athletes' brains
The excitement of competitive sports is hard to beat and drives athletes to push themselves to the limit. But over the past couple of decades, the risk of concussion and brain damage involved in contact sports has been revealed through some very tragic stories, where athletes have experienced serious behavioral changes and have taken their own lives or even killed others. This week's guest on the Riz Khan Show, Dr. Chris Nowinski, had a promising career playing American football from a young age, before becoming something of a star in the world of professional wrestling. But after suffering repeated violent blows to the head and regular severe concussions, his life took a turn that forced him to face reality. He turned his Harvard-educated brain to finding out what exactly was going on in the minds of athletes, both metaphorically and literally, when they faced repeated severe head trauma.
