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Jamie Jones: Palsy hits Ross again
Here are the news and notes from the week in the wild world of pro wrestling:
• The Big Show will hit the big screen next year. “Knucklehead,” WWE’s movie starring The Big Show is scheduled to be released in October 2010.
• WWE announcer Jim Ross suffered another bout with Bell’s Palsy this week and missed the “Smackdown” television taping on Tuesday night. Bell’s Palsy is a neurological disorder that affects facial muscles.
“It has been decided that I should not risk further issues by working tonight.
“And I am in the process of arranging a flight back to OKC (Oklahoma City) so I can see a neurologist on Wednesday,” Ross wrote on his Web site at www.jrsbarbq.com.
• Former WWE diva Torrie Wilson told The Houston Chronicle her near-death experience earlier this month was caused by a reaction with thyroid medicine.
She denied any problems with pain medication.
• Got a few million dollars to spare? The Pontiac Silverdome, which hosted the very memorable Wrestlemania 3, is being sold to the highest bidder by the city of Pontiac. Wrestlemania 3 set the largest indoor record for a sporting event and featured the epic match pitting Andre the Giant against Hulk Hogan.
The stadium also hosted the Detroit Lions, Detroit Pistons and the Michigan Panthers of the defunct USFL.
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The Local Corner: Johnny Quaz and Silas Quaz claimed they would hold the TWA tag team belts for a long time. Well, a long time for the Quaz family is one week. Crazy and Billy Jester won the tag team titles last week.
TWA will hold its Legends/ Hall of Fame Show on Nov. 7.
TWA runs Fridays at 8 p.m. in the TWA Arena off Reed Road in north Whitfield County, about 3 miles north of the bypass. The Action Zone runs Saturdays at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for kids 6 to 12. Kids younger than 6 are free. Any military member with proper identification will be admitted free.
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Trivia Teaser: Who accidentally threw the electric chair switch that lit up Abdullah The Butcher at Halloween Havoc in 1991?
Check back next week for the answer.
Last week’s question: Powerteam U.S.A was comprised of these four wrestlers who competed in the California circuit during the mid-1980s.
Steve Borden, Garland Donoho, Jim Hellwig and Mark Miller. Borden is better known as Sting, and Hellwig became famous as The Ultimate Warrior.
Jamie Jones knows a few prominent Daltonians who attended Halloween Havoc in Chattanooga. He can be reached at jamiejones@daltoncitizen.com or at (706) 272-7723.
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Dalton splits with Murray
Dalton and Murray County split a pair of matches in Chatsworth on Friday in Region 7-4A tennis competition, with the Catamounts winning, 3-2, and the Lady Indians coming out on top by the same score.
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Larry Fleming: Ex-Bruin in NCAA limelight
Steve Prohm is enjoying the college basketball spotlight that’s shining on Murray State’s Racers, who upset Vanderbilt on Thursday in the NCAA tournament and will face Butler this afternoon at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., in a second-round matchup.
Prohm, 35, a native of Vienna, Va., spent six years in Dalton and attended Northwest Whitfield High School, where he played basketball three years under coach Allen Carden. He was at Northwest from 1988-92 and was a self-proclaimed “average” player on good teams that came within a win of qualifying for the state tournament his junior and senior seasons. Losses to Cedartown and Carrollton kept the Bruins from advancing to the big stage in Georgia. -
Area Roundup: Cats on track for good year
Dalton High coach Scott Thomson wasn’t sure what he was working with as he began putting together this year’s Catamounts track and field team.
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Prep basketball: Northwest to host action on Saturday
The 12th Make-A-Wish All-Star basketball games continue to prosper as a top-notch charitable event.
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TNA needs changes — now
The bottom line? “Stone Cold” Steve Austin is still a ratings machine.
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Bruins' bats still too quiet
After scoring in double digits in four of its first five games, Northwest Whitfield’s baseball team finds itself in a sudden scoring slump with just five runs in the past three games.
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Cats' year had some 'feathers'
In a 15-team Region 7-4A that ran deep, Dalton High’s boys and girls basketball teams hung with the best squads throughout the season.
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Rhodes is next stop for Northwest's Brown
Travel softball teams frequently play in “exposure” tournaments designed to give college coaches a first-hand look at top talent.
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The awakening bats
Blake Raber’s two-run homer in the fourth inning awoke Dalton High’s bats on Tuesday and the Catamounts went on to a 4-2 non-region baseball victory over visiting LaFayette.
The Cats (2-1) had done little against Ramblers pitching for three innings. After Raber’s homer, Mitch Townsend singled and stole second and scored on Alex Blackwell’s single to cap the inning.
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Ringgold’s Crownover holds off Northwest
A day after coming up with a 2-1 victory, Northwest Whitfield’s baseball team found itself on the losing end of that same score against Ringgold on Tuesday at Richard S. Chumley Field in Tunnel Hill.
With Region 7-4A play four days away for the Bruins, they’ll take the same thing from both of their past two games: The defense is solid and the pitching is coming along, but the hitting — scrappy as it has been — has to be a little better. - More Sports Headlines
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