Art ‘The Great’ Shires: Ballplayer turned rassler
The crack of a bat, the sound of ball meeting leather, and the cheering of fans. Yes, ladies and...
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Category: The Sporting Connection
Who is Floyd Mayweather?
The months leading up to WrestleMania 24 have seen the usual build-up of feuds that have wrestlers...
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‘Money’ Mayweather focus of WrestleMania 24
LOS ANGELES – The biggest heel coming out of Monday’s press conference to promote...
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Bill Mercer takes the reader behind the microphone
The world of radio and television programming is a part of the day-to-day entertainment for...
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Walter Johnson: A cautionary tale of gridiron and the ring
Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time. Just as wrestling in Cleveland was heating up in...
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‘The Big Cat’ Ernie Ladd was seldom tamed
By GREG OLIVER & STEVE JOHNSON – SlamWrestling It almost didn’t happen. All the...
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The Fighting Fisherman’s adventures in wrestling
While “The Fighting Fisherman” Yvon Durelle is justly celebrated in the boxing...
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The Strange Case of Carnera
It’s been 100 years, today, since Primo Carnera was born. His name may not be familiar to...
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Mat Matters: Wrestling with the Fall Classic
It’s funny what connections our brains make sometimes. With the World Series in full swing,...
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Manoukian shunned football for ‘rasslin
With football season again in full swing, Don Manoukian, a veteran of one whole year for the...
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