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Premature pro-wrestling deaths are bad for business.
The passing of Andrew "Test" Martin serves as another unfortunate reminder.
Martin, 33, was found dead in his Tampa, Fla., apartment last Friday. Autopsy results are pending.

Premature pro-wrestling deaths are bad for business.

The passing of Andrew "Test" Martin serves as another unfortunate reminder.

Martin, 33, was found dead in his Tampa, Fla., apartment last Friday. Autopsy results are pending.

Dear Babe: I have a Rockford Peaches hat from the Hall of Fame with the signatures of four women from the Nov. 5, 1988 induction. The hat is signed by Ruth Richard, Alice Desihanice, Joan Berger and Jean Uamjuin Maminc. Who were these girls? -- Don Ryan, Merrimack, N.H.

Dear Babe: I have a Rockford Peaches hat from the Hall of Fame with the signatures of four women from the Nov. 5, 1988 induction. The hat is signed by Ruth Richard, Alice Desihanice, Joan Berger and Jean Uamjuin Maminc. Who were these girls? -- Don Ryan, Merrimack, N.H.

The recent surge in pro-wrestling television ratings couldn't have come at a better time.

Dear Babe: I was wondering if you could help me out with some history of a hockey puck. It is solid black with no logos. Around the outside ring it says "OFFICIAL" and on the opposite side it says "MADE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA." It was given to me by a friend about 30 years ago in Fresno, so I think it might have something to do with the Falcons, since he said it was game used.

His character may be named after Apollo Creed, but Austin Watson's entree into TNA Wrestling is straight Rocky Balboa.

Kenn Doane still has spirit even if World Wrestling Entertainment doesn't.
A member of the ill-fated Spirit Squad who later wrestled as Kenny Dykstra, Doane was released by WWE last November. But Doane still plans to keep pursuing the dream of grappling stardom he has chased since his early teens.

Andy Roddick's decision to boycott this week's Dubai Tennis Championships, where he is the defending champion, deserves more acclaim than it has received. He pulled out in support of an Israeli player who had been banned from the women's draw a week earlier.

Shame on Venus Williams. And on her sister, Serena, too.
The two of them will meet in the semifinals of the $2 million Dubai Tennis Championships.
They never should have played in the tournament at all.
Not after Shahar Peer, ranked No. 48 in the world, was unable to participate, banned from entering the country because she is an Israeli.