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Ex-NFL lineman tops bill for Pyongyang fight night

By Eric Talmadge
Published August 19, 2014 6:28am ET
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Ex-NFL lineman tops bill for Pyongyang fight night
In this Friday, Aug. 15, 2014 photo, former NFL player Bob "The Beast" Sapp speaks during an interview in Tokyo. Sapp, a 6-foot-5, 350-pound tank of a man who played briefly as a lineman with the Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings, will be topping the bill at a martial arts extravaganza in Pyongyang later this month. The two-day event is being staged by Japanese pro-wrestler-turned-politician Kanji "Antonio" Inoki in an oddball attempt at sports diplomacy just as relations between North Korea and Japan are beginning to thaw. "This is the No. 1 unusual and a little bit crazy thing (I've ever done)," Sapp said of his upcoming trip. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) | Koji Sasahara

TOKYO (AP) — Former NFL player Bob “The Beast” Sapp isn’t exactly a household name back home in the United States. But he’s big in Japan. Very big. And soon he hopes to be living large — for a week, anyway — in North Korea.

Shades of Dennis Rodman, anyone?

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