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Card Exam: Thanksgiving Witschis
I have long been fascinated by the life and times of Jack Pfefer, one of the most notorious...
Card Exam: Heading to Cooperstown for Hall of Fame weekend
It’s induction weekend in Cooperstown, New York, for the National Baseball Hall of Fame. If...
Card Exam: Misspellings abound as AWA arrives in North Bay
I’m a spelling nerd. You can’t really help but be if you are a writer. When I pick up...
Card Exam: Drawn in by Fuzzy Cupid’s odd pose
Publicity photos are a big part of pro wrestling … or at least they used to be. A wrestler...
Card Exam: Thesz loomed big in 1951
Every so often, digging through newspaper archives, you run across an advertisement for a card...
Card exam: That time Jericho reported on a Winnipeg AWA show
Many probably don’t know, given how long Chris Jericho has been on top in professional...
How The Sheik helped heal Detroit after 1967 riots
It was a hot Summer in the City of Detroit in 1967. Lyndon Johnson was president, “Light My...
Remembering actor/wrestler Chief Suni War Cloud
The list of wrestling stars-turned-movie stars is almost too long to enumerate anymore. The Rock....
How a lady wrestler picked a fight to prove she was no fraud in 1880
The initial story told in my first wrestling book, Bluegrass Brawlers, is one that has captivated...
Alma Mills’ connections to Al & Tiny Mills were legit — and so was she
Truck driver. Barber. Woman wrestler. Fighter of bears. What a story! Meet the wrestler known as...
