Marc Raimondi

George Kittle is here at Joey Janela’s Spring Break in Las Vegas during WrestleMania weekend. His former college roommate, 1 Called Manders, just won a ladder match and Kittle celebrated with him in the ring

RT @AdamSchefter: Sources: the Falcons are trading DT Ruke Orhorhoro to the Jaguars in exchange for DT Masson Smith.

My hotel in Las Vegas is playing Christmas music over breakfast. WrestleMania week is kind of like Christmas, but this might be excessive.

Say Hello to the Bad Guys: How Professional Wrestling's New World Order Changed America is available in hardcover wherever books are sold. The paperback is currently available for pre-order. More here: simonandschuster.com/books/Say-Hell…

Dennis Rodman will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame later this week. Here's an ESPN excerpt from my book Say Hello to the Bad Guys about how Rodman and Karl Malone interjected pro wrestling into the 1998 NBA Finals ahead of their WCW match espn.com/wwe/story/_/id…

More about the Falcons exercising the fifth-year option on standout RB Bijan Robinson’s contract, via @marcraimondi: espn.com/nfl/story/_/id…

RT @AdamSchefter: Falcons picked up RB Bijan Robinson’s fifth-year contact option.

PRIDE NEVER DIE

@snoringelbow I'm gonna come up behind you and put you in a rear-naked choke

If you see me in Vegas come say hi have a drink or a slice of pizza Ask me any question take any picture you want I don’t know how many more times I’ll be doing these mania shows I want to make sure the last ones are memorable

@RJcliffordMMA @dc_mma @ChaelSonnen Just happy to spread the love of combat sports

@marcraimondi @dc_mma @ChaelSonnen When his sons become Fortune 500 CEOs you should get a cut.

Funny story. Kirk was looking for a place in Georgia to send his sons to train in wrestling. He knew I covered MMA for many years so he asked me in the locker room one day last year if I knew a gym. I did not. But I knew exactly who to ask. Thanks to @dc_mma and @ChaelSonnen for the assist

The #Falcons worked quickly to replace Kaleb McGary, with RT Jawaan Taylor, who was released in a cap-cutting move by the Chiefs. Taylor won a Super Bowl in Kansas City and has 111 career NFL starts. He did struggle with penalties with the Chiefs, but is a good pass protector.

Falcons coach Kevin Stefanski said Wednesday that edge rusher James Pearce Jr. is not with the team at the start of the voluntary offseason workout program. More via @marcraimondi: espn.com/nfl/story/_/id…

Falcons and former Chiefs free-agent offensive tackle Jawaan Taylor reached agreement today on a one-year deal with a base value of $5 million and an additional $1 million in incentives, per his agents Drew Rosenhaus and Robert Bailey.

With two left-handed quarterbacks on the roster, the #Falcons will need to find a new right tackle to cover their blindsides. RT Kaleb McGary is retiring, per @JFowlerESPN.

RT @JFowlerESPN: Falcons right tackle Kaleb McGary is retiring, per his agent @collinroberts. McGary, a former first-round pick, played s…

Bates said he has not had contract extension talks yet, but he'd love to retire as a Falcon. #Falcons

Bates said he did speak with James Pearce Jr. "Just letting him know he's not alone during this tough time. ... James is not just a teammate, he's a brother to us." Bates said "of course" the team would love to see him its locker room. #Falcons

Bates said it'll be hard to replace a guy like Kaden Elliss, but the hope is younger players learned from Elliss and can step up now. #Falcons

Bates: We got the sack record last year, maybe the interception record this year. #Falcons