“Slowly but surely, sumo wrestling is growing in America. Meet the men finding meaning in the ancient art of pushing each other around.”
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Into the Abyss: An Extreme Sports Reading List
Why some athletes seek the very limits of human capacity — even in the face of unimaginable risk.
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Barry Horowitz Pats Himself on the Back
“Pro wrestling’s most outwardly Jewish performer on his legacy, jabronis, and rules for life.”
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Wrestling in Paris
A pilgrimage to the 2017 World Championships makes Andrew Kay wonder: is wrestling a metaphor for current global politics, or have global politics become increasingly wrestling-like?
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Pro-Wrestling Fans Are Experts on Authenticity
What if the WWF became an entertainment juggernaut not despite its artificiality, but because of it?