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November 16, 2010

Late Lance Cade Might Beg to Differ Over Whether WWE’s ‘Raw’ Belongs on Daily Beast List of TV’s Most Dangerous Shows

As noted here yesterday, pro wrestling programs aren’t listed in The Daily Beast’s ranking of the 22 most dangerous shows on television. Tell that to the […]
November 15, 2010

Where Is WWE in Daily Beast Ranking of TV’s Most Dangerous Shows?

The Daily Beast today published a story headlined “The 22 Most Dangerous TV Shows.” See http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-11-14/dancing-with-the-stars-glee-survivor-more-dangerous-tv-shows/?om_rid=Ni$D6U&om_mid=_BM4TPKB8Vuau5b. The list starts with The Vampire Diaries (1 minor injury, […]
November 14, 2010

Cageside Seats Post-Election Rap

I talk at length about the election and its aftermath in a podcast with David Bixenspan and Keith Harris of Cageside Seats at http://www.cagesideseats.com/2010/11/13/1812688/cageside-radio-11-13-10-w-irv-muchnick-on-the-linda-mcmahon-campaign.
November 12, 2010

Political Commentator: Will Blumenthal Succeed Feingold As ‘Conscience of the Senate’?

“Who Will Replace Russ Feingold as the Conscience of the Senate?” Philip Terzian, The Weekly Standard http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/who-will-replace-feingold-conscience-senate_516561.html “My own (admittedly unconventional) nominee would be Richard Blumenthal, […]
November 12, 2010

“Muchnick says Blumenthal has ‘moral obligation’ to investigate sports concussions”

Thanks to Tom Dudchik of Connecticut Capitol Report (http://ctcapitolreport.com) for that headline and link to my Beyond Chron piece today.
November 12, 2010

‘Concussion Issue Reaches Critical Mass in American Culture and Politics’ … today at Beyond Chron

Have you seen the new TV commercial from Toyota about concussions in football? The car company brags that its research on crash safety has been turned […]
November 11, 2010

Thoughts on Mick Foley’s Interview on TSN’s ‘Off the Record’

Wrestler-author Mick Foley, the hardcore legend, has another one of his interesting interviews, with Michael Landsberg of the Canadian cable network TSN’s Off the Record. The […]
November 9, 2010

Linda McMahon Is Determined to Run for Something Again

In her first post-election interview, with Neil Vigdor of Hearst, Linda McMahon suggests that she will be running again for high elective office, despite her $50 […]
November 8, 2010

‘Road Map to New Government Investigations of Pro Wrestling’ … full text from Wrestling Observer website

[originally published on the website of Wrestling Observer on November 3, at http://www.f4wonline.com/content/view/18192/] Road Map to New Government Investigations of Pro Wrestling by Irvin Muchnick The […]
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