Stan Kowalski: Wrestler, veteran, patriot, fundraiser … friend to many
With the death of Stan “The Big K” or “Krusher” Kowalski on October 20,...
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Buddy Wolff dies
One of the proudest moments in the ring for Les “Buddy” Wolff, who died on July 11,...
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Author of Minnesota’s Golden Age of Wrestling takes issue with SLAM! Wrestling review
I was wronged with Chris Schramm’s review of my book. And I use the word...
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Minnesota’s Golden Age of Wrestling misses target
When James C. Melby released Gopherland Grappling in 2006, he covered the Minnesota wrestling...
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Noted historian James C. Melby dies
The name James C. Melby would be familiar to any wrestling fan of a certain age. He wasn’t a...
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Asner & Gagne recall The Wrestler
A wrestling promoter turns his back on the company’s aging champion, and instead puts all of...
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’60s wrestler Boris Volkoff dies
In the late 1950s, and early 1960s, the ‘Russian’ tag team of the Volkoffs, Nicoli and...
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‘Addiction’ to wrestling more than just baloney
LAS VEGAS – At the annual Cauliflower Alley Club’s Baloney Blowout on Tuesday night,...
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