The Florida Athletic Commission has stalled a request to open a slap fighting league pending advice from medical experts, combat sport website Bloody Elbow reported Tuesday, as outrage and concern ...

Now, Dr. Brian Sutterer has explained why Tai Tuivasa ‘s Run Nation Championship is ‘so much worse’ than slap fighting.

Ever since Cher invented the slap in 1987, the open-handed strike has been one of the most versatile moves it pop culture. It can be shocking, pithy, funny, insulting, emotional, and so very gay. And ...

The blow certainly sounded pretty percussive. But was Rock in any mortal danger? It depends who you ask. Writer and director Judd Apatow, for one, tweeted that the slap “could have killed” Rock, ...

Blood poured from Makini Manu’s nose, and tears streamed down his cheeks, after Danie ‘Pitbull’ van Heerden slapped ‘Big Mak’s’ face, and seemed to scrape his eye after. Though there were a number of ...

A SLAP tear is a shoulder injury that involves the top part of the labrum—the ring of cartilage that surrounds your shoulder socket. Your labrum helps keep your shoulder stable. SLAP stands for ...

For Sisterhood contributor Elissa Strauss, a recent panel discussion on marketing embarrassing products to women brought to mind an episode of the 1990s sitcom “Blossom,” in which the title character ...

There are few things as satisfying to wrestling fans as a crisp Superkick. Few things can generate that collective "ooh" from the crowd as much as a Superkick that finds its target with an ...

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