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Chris & Nancy

The True Story of the Benoit Murder-Suicide and Pro Wrestling’s Cocktail of Death, The Ultimate Historical Edition

By: Irvin Muchnick

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Chris & Nancy

The True Story of the Benoit Murder-Suicide and Pro Wrestling’s Cocktail of Death, The Ultimate Historical Edition

By: Irvin Muchnick

Muchnick lays bare the murder-suicide of Chris Benoit, his wife Nancy, and their seven-year-old son, Daniel. The Benoit murder-suicide in 2007 was one of the most shocking stories of that year in any realm, and a seminal event in the history of wrestling. Featured on episode SE7ENTEEN of the My Favorite Murder Podcast “Irvin Muchnick is hell-bent on discovering the essence of the cover-ups, the nuts and bolts of the investigations…”— Wrestling Observer “The Ultimate Historical Edition” extends the 2009 true crime account by connecting it to someone who was then a bit player in the wrestling world: Donald Trump. A new introduction reflects on Trump's business ties to WWE's McMahon family, how wrestling "attitude" came to define the populist, demagogic Trump presidency, and their similar scandal management playbooks. Muchnick — the author of Wrestling Babylon and a co-author of Benoit: Wrestling with the Horror That Destroyed a Family and Crippled a Sport —drilled down deep into public records and interviewed dozens of witnesses, inside and outside wrestling, to put together the authoritative account of the events of the gruesome June 2007 weekend in Fayette County, Georgia, during which World Wrestling Entertainment superstar Chris Benoit murdered his wife Nancy and their seven-year-old son Daniel, before proceeding to kill himself. But this book goes beyond the crime itself to answer some of the most important questions behind it. The biography of Benoit, a wrestler’s wrestler, makes it clear that his tragedy was a microcosm of the culture of drugs and death behind the scenes of one of North America’s most popular brand of sports entertainment. The author probes the story of the massive supplies of steroids and human growth hormone found in his home — all prescribed by a “doctor to the stars” who got indicted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and all dismissed by a WWE “wellness policy” that promoted everything except its talent’s wellness. The Benoit case led to unprecedented scrutiny of wrestling’s overall health and safety standards, by Congressional investigators and others, and this book is the primary source of what they found and what they should continue to look for.

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1773057669

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Without Helmets or Shoulder Pads

The American Way of Death in Football Conditioning

By: Irvin Muchnick

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Without Helmets or Shoulder Pads

The American Way of Death in Football Conditioning

By: Irvin Muchnick

“Football’s massive popularity is undeniable, as are the many reasons players and fans are drawn to the game. But what is also undeniable is the game’s brutality and the troubling aspects of football culture at all levels. To whatever extent the reader shares Irv Muchnick’s perspective and conclusions, the evidence and arguments he presents deserve thoughtful attention.” — Bob Costas, Emmy Award–winning sportscaster “Muchnick’s jeremiad digs deeper than ever into the greed and hypocrisy of high school and college football, and the trail of broken bodies left in their wake. His information on the perils of conditioning is essential reading and might save your kid’s life.” — Robert Lipsyte, author of The Contender and SportsWorld Football’s concussion crisis is well known, with our Hall of Fame heroes behaving erratically and dying young. But did you know that kid players across the continent die every year before a single ball is snapped — just from extreme conditioning drills directed by all-powerful coaches? And then, when the unimaginable happens, the football world simply buries the evidence, pays off victims’ families, and moves on … Without Helmets or Shoulder Pads presents the shocking stories of young men struck down by exertional heatstroke and other, often unacknowledged, causes. Taking the conversation about football and public health to a new level with investigations of the sport’s underreported worst tragedies and cover-ups it makes the case that no matter how much we enjoy America’s most popular sport at elite levels it belongs out of our public schools and off our public fields.

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1778522270

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Underwater

The Greed-Soaked Tale of Sexual Abuse in USA Swimming and around the Globe

By: Irvin Muchnick

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Underwater

The Greed-Soaked Tale of Sexual Abuse in USA Swimming and around the Globe

By: Irvin Muchnick

While the celebrity victims of Dr. Larry Nassar and the USA Gymnastics sexual abuse scandals rightly got a lot of attention, the number of affected kids is far more numerous in swimming. Underwater tells the almost unbelievable story, in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, Latin America, and the Middle East, of coaches who preyed on children while hopping from program to program, state to state, and even country to country, in a pattern similar to the pedophile priests of the Catholic Church. Irvin Muchnick, an experienced investigative reporter of the dark side of our popular sports entertainments, gained access to thousands of pages of FBI files and other sources to expose scores of such scenarios, as well as the inaction of bureaucrats and even the most highly regarded politicians. The ranks of abusers include some of the most famous and celebrated coaches in swimming history. And there’s no fixing the problem, the author says, so long as hundreds of thousands of young swimmers annually — elite and casual athletes alike — remain at the mercy of the Olympic system’s money-hungry priorities.

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1778523307

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Concussion Inc.

The End of Football As We Know It

By: Irvin Muchnick

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Concussion Inc.

The End of Football As We Know It

By: Irvin Muchnick

Inside the most controversial issue in sports Traumatic brain injury in football is not incidental, but an inevitable and central aspect of the sport. Starting in high school, through college, and into the NFL, young players face repeated head trauma, and those sustained injuries create lifelong cognitive and functional difficulties. Muchnick's Concussion Inc. blog exposed the decades-long cover-up of scientific research into sports concussions and the ongoing denial to radically reform football in North America. This compilation from Muchnick's no-holds-barred investigative website reveals the complete head injury story as it developed, from the doctor who played fast and loose with the facts about the efficacy of the state-mandated concussion management system for high school football players, to highly touted solutions that are more self-serving cottage industry than of any genuine benefit. Known for extensive reporting on the tragic story of the Chris Benoit murder-suicide, Muchnick turns his investigative analysis to traumatic brain injury and probes deep into the corporate, government, and media corruption that has enabled the $10-billion-a-year National Football League to trigger a public health crisis.

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1770906517

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Wrestling Babylon: Piledriving Tales of Drugs, Sex, Death, and Scandal (Large Print 16pt)

By: Irvin Muchnick

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Wrestling Babylon: Piledriving Tales of Drugs, Sex, Death, and Scandal (Large Print 16pt)

By: Irvin Muchnick

Irvin Muchnick - a widely published writer and nephew of the late, legendary St. Louis wrestling promoter Sam Muchnick - has produced a book unlike any other on the astonishing growth of professional wrestling and its profound impact on mainstream sports and society. In "Wrestling Babylon," he traces the demise of wrestling's old Mafia - like territories and the rise of a national marketing base thanks to cable television, deregulation and a culture - wide nervous breakdown. Naturally, the figure of WWE's Vince McMahon lurks throughout, but equally evident is the public's late - empire lust for bread, circuses, and blood. As this book demonstrates, the more cartoonishly unreal wrestling got, the more chillingly real it became. What truly distinguishes "Wrestling Babylon," however, is Muchnick's ability to show how professional wrestling has become the ur - carnival for a culture that feeds on escapist displays of humiliation, revenge, fantasy characters, and sex. His "People" magazine article on Hulk Hogan blew the lid off the drug abuse of the sport's signature superstar. His award - winning "Penthouse" profile of the ill - starred Von Erich clan was the first to connect the dots between wrestling, televangelism, and MTV - style production values. His never - before - published investigation of the death of Jimmy ''Superfly'' Snuka's girlfriend suggests the cover - up of a murder. The book's appendix - a comprehensive listing of the dozens of wrestlers who died prematurely over the last generation, with little or no attention - is both a valuable resource for wrestling historians and a shocking document of the ruthless way sports entertainment eats its own.

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1459653386

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Benoit

Wrestling with the Horror That Destroyed a Family and Crippled a Sport

By: Steven Johnson,Irvin Muchnick,Heath McCoy,Irv Muchnick

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Benoit

Wrestling with the Horror That Destroyed a Family and Crippled a Sport

By: Steven Johnson,Irvin Muchnick,Heath McCoy,Irv Muchnick

Four noted wrestling writers discuss the life and death of Chris Benoit, a Canadian professional wrestler who became one of the most popular athletes in professional wrestling before committing a double-murder suicide in 2007.

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1554903157

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Chris & Nancy

The True Story of the Benoit Murder-Suicide and Pro Wrestling’s Cocktail of Death, The Ultimate Historical Edition

By: Irvin Muchnick

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The True Story of the Benoit Murder-Suicide and Pro Wrestling’s Cocktail of Death, The Ultimate Historical Edition

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New York

By: Kjersti Hoff Baez,Claire M. Coughlin,Hope Irvin Marston,Ginger O'Neil,Ellyn Sanna

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New York

By: Kjersti Hoff Baez,Claire M. Coughlin,Hope Irvin Marston,Ginger O'Neil,Ellyn Sanna

Hearts are Entwined in Four Complete Novels Written By Kjersti Hoff Baez, Claire M. Coughlin and hope Irvin Marston, Ginger O'Neil, and Ellyn Sanna.

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Barbour Publishing

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1586607146

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Wrestling Babylon

Piledriving Tales of Drugs, Sex, Death, and Scandal

By: Irv Muchnick

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Wrestling Babylon

Piledriving Tales of Drugs, Sex, Death, and Scandal

By: Irv Muchnick

Irvin Muchnick ' a widely published writer and nephew of the late, legendary St. Louis wrestling promoter Sam Muchnick ' has produced a book unlike any other on the astonishing growth of professional wrestling and its profound impact on mainstream sports and society. In Wrestling Babylon, he traces the demise of wrestling's old Mafia-like territories and the rise of a national marketing base thanks to cable television, deregulation and a culture-wide nervous breakdown. Naturally, the figure of WWE's Vince McMahon lurks throughout, but equally evident is the public's late-empire lust for bread, circuses, and blood. As this book demonstrates, the more cartoonishly unreal wrestling got, the more chillingly real it became. What truly distinguishes Wrestling Babylon, however, is Muchnick's ability to show how professional wrestling has become the ur-carnival for a culture that feeds on escapist displays of humiliation, revenge, fantasy characters, and sex. His People magazine article on Hulk Hogan blew the lid off the drug abuse of the sport's signature superstar. His award-winning Penthouse profile of the ill-starred Von Erich clan was the first to connect the dots between wrestling, televangelism, and MTV-style production values. His never-before-published investigation of the death of Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka's girlfriend suggests the cover-up of a murder. The book's appendix ' a comprehensive listing of the dozens of wrestlers who died prematurely over the last generation, with little or no attention ' is both a valuable resource for wrestling historians and a shocking document of the ruthless way sports entertainment eats its own.

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155490286X

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Chris and Nancy

The True Story of the Benoit Murder-Suicide and Pro Wrestling's Cocktail of Death (Large Print 16pt)

By: Irvin Muchnick

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The True Story of the Benoit Murder-Suicide and Pro Wrestling's Cocktail of Death (Large Print 16pt)

By: Irvin Muchnick

The Benoit murder - suicide in 2007 was one of the most shocking stories of the year, and a seminal event in the history of wrestling. It laid bare the devastating prevalence of steroids and its effects on users. In order to tackle the whole story, dig up the facts, and connect the dots, Irvin Muchnick gives the most sensational scandal in pro wrestling history the full true - crime treatment in Chris & Nancy. Muchnick - the author of Wrestling Babylon and a co - author of Benoit: Wrestling with the Horror That Destroyed a Family and Crippled a Sport - has parsed public records and interviewed dozens of witnesses, inside and outside wrestling, to put together the first thorough and authoritative events of the gruesome June 2007 weekend in Fayette County, Georgia, during which World Wrestling Entertainment superstar Chris Benoit murdered his wife Nancy and their seven - year - old son Daniel, before proceeding to kill himself. But this book goes beyond the crime itself to answer some of the most important questions behind it. The biography of Benoit, a wrestler's wrestler, makes it clear that his tragedy was a microcosm of the culture of drugs and death behind the scenes of one of North America's most popular brand of sports entertainment. The author probes the story of the massive supplies of steroids and human growth hormone found in his home - all prescribed by a "doctor to the stars" who got indicted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and all dismissed by a WWE "wellness policy" that promoted everything except its talent's wellness. The Benoit case led to unprecedented scrutiny of wrestling's overall health and safety standards, by Congressional investigators and others, and this book is the primary source of what they found and what they should continue to look for.

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1459652444

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Benoit

Wrestling with the Horror That Destroyed a Family and Crippled a Sport

By: Steven Johnson,Irvin Muchnick,Heath McCoy,Irv Muchnick

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Wrestling with the Horror That Destroyed a Family and Crippled a Sport

By: Steven Johnson,Irvin Muchnick,Heath McCoy,Irv Muchnick

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Chris & Nancy

Chris & Nancy

Without Helmets or Shoulder Pads

Without Helmets or Shoulder Pads

Underwater

Underwater

Concussion Inc.

Concussion Inc.

Wrestling Babylon: Piledriving Tales of Drugs, Sex, Death, and Scandal (Large Print 16pt)

Wrestling Babylon: Piledriving Tales of Drugs, Sex, Death, and Scandal (Large Print 16pt)

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