Midget Wrestling the Rage at Northwestern

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Little People Wrestling At Northwestern [Little People]
Published 1/15/2008 by Leitch at Deadspin
... Apparently, some students at the Delta Upsilon fraternity at Northwestern are in trouble for hiring the Half Pint Brawlers to "entertain" at one of their parties. The Daily Northwestern, a vastly inferior newspaper to the in-state rival Daily Illini (Warning: Your editor is helplessly biased), is shocked, SHOCKED to find little people wrestling on their campus. ...

High Five
Published 1/15/2008 by Fornelli at Foul Balls
... ] Northwestern University has been overrun by wrasslin' midgets! [ Wizard of Odds ] Apparently people in Louisville are a bit homophobic. [ ...

Around the Blogosphere for 1/15
Published 1/16/2008 by Anthony Hall at MVN Outsider
... great athletes, but how would they handle themselves in beer pong? [Ghosts of Wayne Fontes] NFL Network commercials = fortune tellers? [With Leather] 10 teams to watch as the NBA trade deadline draws nearer. [True Hoop] Andrea Bargnani hasn’t exactly delivered a breakout season in the 2007-08 campaign, but don’t call him a bust just yet. [The Basketball Jones] Midget wrestling is unacceptable at Northwestern. [The Wizard of Odds]

Link Dump!
Published 1/16/2008 by McD at Rumors and Rants
... And 10 Inches What kills me about this story isn't the continuing hatred of Rich Rodriguez coming from WVU, it's that the athletic department and the school didn't think to make copies of records of class attendance or anything else related to the football program. Maybe it's S.O.P. for big programs to not do that, but seriously, people. - The Charleston Gazette Northwestern is a good school, so the kids must be smart because this was a brilliant idea - The Wizard of Odds The final link is this article in the Boston Herald, just for the ...

‘Midget Wrestling’ Causing a Stir
Published 3/16/2008 by Larry Brown at Larry Brown Sports
... you not be laughing at these guys for the same exact reason you would laugh at Rick Flair? Because they have ridiculous personalities and exceedingly exaggerated fake combat? I didn’t see anyone complaining when Nacho Libre was getting his ass kicked by those tag-team little men. What’s the problem now? Aside from the terminology which can be offensive (the m-word), what’s the issue? How come I’m missing out on all the fuss? Also picked up by The Wiz and 100% Injury Rate oh, I dunno, about two months ago while I was ...