April

April 18, 2011

‘Will Ritalin Become the Human Growth Hormone of Sports Concussion Testing?’ … today at Beyond Chron

Here’s a story you may be hearing a lot more about in six months or six years: National Football Leaguers – followed by college, high school, […]
April 13, 2011

WWE’s Edge Retires on Top. But What About the Spinal Fusion Surgery the Company Did Not Underwrite for Mid-Carder Charlie Haas?

Wrestling star Adam “Edge” Copeland abruptly announced his retirement on Monday’s edition of Raw. Eight days earlier he had successfully defended his “world championship” at WrestleMania. […]
April 12, 2011

New Wrestling Death: Chip Fairway, 38

http://www.f4wonline.com/content/view/20234/
April 11, 2011

New Wrestling Death: Larry Sweeney, 29

http://www.f4wonline.com/content/view/20213/
April 8, 2011

Vince McMahon and Triple H Thread the Needle on Cranial Chair Shots – Will the Old Sew-and-Sews Get Away With It?

I live 2,927 miles from Greenwich, Connecticut, home of Linda McMahon – this according to Google Maps, one of the bêtes noires of Richard Blumenthal, the […]
April 7, 2011

Chair Shots to the Head Are Fine. Just Watch Those ‘Unprotected’ Ones. Got That?

Sean Radican, who writes for Pro Wrestling Torch, is a nice guy who seems to suffer from an acute, perhaps terminal, case of rationalizing fandom. Radican […]
April 7, 2011

‘NFL Labor Negotiations Aren’t Just a Bilateral Affair’ (full text from Beyond Chron)

[originally published April 4 at Beyond Chron, http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/NFL_Labor_Negotiations_Aren_t_Just_a_Bilateral_Affair_9049.html]   by Irvin Muchnick Addicted populist poseurs that so many of them are, our elected leaders can soon […]
April 7, 2011

Connecticut Sponsor of MMA Legalization Won’t Comment on Wrestling Regulation

The Connecticut state representative who introduced legislation to legalize mixed martial arts won’t comment on parallel efforts to regulate the pro wrestling industry, which is dominated […]
April 6, 2011

Hits Keep Coming From WWE – Where They Don’t Do Chair Shots to the Head Except When They Do

A new Cageside Seats piece by David Bixenspan has chilling additions to the reporting here on World Wrestling Entertainment’s ugly history of indefensible cranial chair shots, […]
Concussion Inc. - Author Irvin Muchnick