Gevechtssporthistoricus en krijgskunstenaar
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/b7uzv9/Episode_30abul2.mp3Podcast: Spelen in een nieuw venster | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss the Dick Shikat double-cross
Wie is de grootste legitieme professionele worstelaar die in de Verenigde Staten worstelt?? How do
Rarely does one fundamentally alter their profession but Stanislaus Zbyszko did just that on April
Tom Hyer won the American Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship in 1841. Like most prizefighting champions
Op donderdag, Januari 23, 1902, St. Louis awakened to the news millionaire A. Deane Cooper was found murdered in the Vista Bathhouse at Franklin Avenue and North Grand Boulevard. Cooper, one of St. Louis’ wealthiest men, owned residential real estate and other assets valued at 2 miljoen dollar. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Louis. He
Op woensdag, November 26, 1902, 110 paren aangekomen bij het St. Louis Marriage License Bureau officieel om te trouwen op Thanksgiving. De 110 koppels brak het vorige record set in 1901. Dit record zou ook alleen maar staan voor een jaar, totdat 1903. Beginnend bij 9 a.m. en doorgaat tot 5 p.m., Recorder Hahn issued license after license as three ministers
Van 1931 naar 1954, Lum and Abner occupied a spot among the most popular shows during the Old Time Radio era. Chester Lauck and Norris Goff attended the University of Arkansas together. Lauck and Goff later developed their show Lum and Abner based on life in Arkansas. The show struck a cord with many listeners. My wife’s grandmother once told
I recently watched the Eddie Bravo Invitational 13: The Lightweights, where über talented Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Gary Tonan defended his title. I enjoy the EBIs more than most of the other non-UFC events on UFC Fight Pass, the Ultimate Fighting Championship subscription streaming service. Tonan is famous for his leg locks but I noticed most of the competitors were
In het begin van maart 1873, Bare Knuckle bokser Ned “The Irish Giant” O'Baldwin bereidde zich voor op een mogelijke match met Jem Mace, die de Wereld Bare Knuckle prizefighting Championship beweerde. Echter, voordat O'Baldwin kunnen worden geconfronteerd met Mace, Hij diende als een tweede voor een vriend en collega-bokser noemde Hicken. Professionele gevechten genoten in de 19e eeuw buiten een slechte reputatie
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Boer” Burns twice but was mostly thought of as a good lighter wrestler. Berg held the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in the late 1910s and competed for the Middleweight Title, which was contested at 158 pond. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg wrestled in
The Vampire Bat (1933) is a genre bending film (affiliate link) starring Lionel Atwill. Ogenschijnlijk, it is a horror film but is actually more of a mystery. It would fall into the “B” movie category, een korte film bedoeld om het voorgerecht voor de hoofdfilm op een double bill te zijn. Majestic Pictures produceerde de film, which was directed by
After Theodore Roosevelt won reelection in his own right during November 1904, TR impetuously announced he would not run for another term. His inner circle, particularly his wife Edith, would think the decision a mistake. Echter, once Theodore Roosevelt made a pronouncement, he intended to keep his word. Roosevelt picked his Secretary of War and former Governor of the Phillipines
On January 10, 1927, Universum Film (UFA) released Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927) (affiliate link). The German film company produced a science fiction class, which still holds up today. On the Internet Movie Database website (IMDB), users rate it 8.3 buiten 10 stars. It is #104 on the Top 250. In a theme society has wrestled with since the beginning
Als het gaat om de machine de politiek en de georganiseerde misdaad, Kansas City heeft altijd overtroffen St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City was ook de thuishaven van een aantal high-profile gangland schietpartijen. St. Louis’ laatste georganiseerde misdaad leider werd gearresteerd voor speelkaarten. We did have a Democratic party political machine around