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After nearly four years on WWE’s main roster, it was announced Friday that Diva AJ Lee has decided to retire from professional wrestling A statement from the WWE announcing the end of Lee’s in-ring career was posted on the sports entertainment company’s official website on Friday (April 3).

Adrian Peterson’s son dies from brain cancer at age 6, AJ was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor last year. At that time, Adrian and his wife Angela were told the survival rate for their son’s cancer was just 5-9%. They set up a gofundme page to help raise money for A.J.’s treatment and it has raised nearly $40,000.

Jesse Freitas, a former Stanford quarterback who played pro football for the San Diego Chargers and later struggled with mental illness, was found dead in the back of a car in Petaluma, authorities said Wednesday.

Brad Culpepper is being sued for fraud by his insurance company after a physically demanding stint on the CBS reality show Survivor cast into doubt if Culpepper deserved the $175,000 in workers compensation he was being awarded at the time.

Cowboys fan sues NFL for $88 billion over overturned Dez Bryant catch, WFAA reports Freemont Correction Facility inmate Terry Hendrix is seeking the $88,987,654,321.88 from the NFL after a controversial replay reversal in the Dallas Cowboys’ NFC divisional round loss to the Green Bay Packers.

Greg Plitt was killed Saturday when he was struck by a Metrolink train in Burbank, Calif. He was 37. Witnesses told investigators they saw Plitt standing on the track north of the Burbank station even as the train’s horn was blaring. Investigators have ruled out suicide.

Former Dallas Cowboy defensive lineman Jethro Pugh, a member of the legendary “Doomsday Defense,” passed away on Wednesday, January 7, 2015. He was 70 years of age.

Randy Carlyle has been fired as coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Assistant coaches Peter Horachek and Steve Spott will take over the coaching duties when the Leafs return home on Wednesday night against the Washington Capitals. No outside replacement has been lined up as of yet.

The IIHF said Hockey Canada was responsible for the ticket prices that may have led to empty seats at Montreal’s Bell Centre for preliminary games at the world junior championship.

Trey Rich, 26, a football player at Belhaven University in Jackson, Mississippi, was killed Christmas Eve when he was struck on his bike by a motorist.

A poor start for the Leafs saw Chicago hold them to only a single ES chance in the opening period, and a goal in the final second left Toronto a two-goal deficit to try and make up.