A mother and son take up sumo wrestling, defying stereotypes. Jenni Crook, top right, ... The country’s best sumo wrestlers practice kitty-corner from a 99-cent store in a Torrance strip mall.

Apparently, “Excuse me, where can I get a Hull Pattie?” isn't quite enough for a professional sumo career. His father, Georgi ...

Sumo wrestling from Japan is among the world’s oldest sports, dating back at least 1,500 years. The rules are simple: square off with an opponent, in a ring lined with sand, then try to push the other ...

The country's best sumo wrestlers practice kitty-corner from a 99-cent store in a Torrance strip mall. The floor in the rented dojo has just enough space for one ring made of a white plastic tarp ...

The sumo wrestling champ in the entire United States lives right here in Central Florida, Daytona Beach to be exact.And he’s headed to Tokyo to represent the United States to face the best sumo ...

Sumo wrestling is taking a beating. ... From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Back in Japan, the 6-foot-1, 280-pound Hanada rose to the highest amateur ranks of sumo wrestling by refusing to be pushed around in the ring. He’s taking that same approach to the football f… ...

Like so many fathers and sons before them, Georgi Zilkin and Nicholas Tarasenko had an earnest conversation a while ago about ...

No, the 16-year-old Palm Coast native has not beaten his coach and national sumo wrestling champion Mark Jones yet. But he’s had him on the ropes a few times.