My good friend David Gordon is an avid professional wrestling fan and probably already knows this, but the great Bruno Sammartino, former heavyweight champion of the world, has passed away.  I met Bruno when I was 10-12 years old and there was a professional wrestling venue at the baseball field in my hometown of New Castle, PA.  Bruno had family in town, right on Croton Avenue a few blocks from my elementary school, so my buddies and I would hang out there on the big front porch after the wrestling matches.  (My father’s family, as Bruno’s, was from Abruzzo, Italy). … Continue reading Bruno Sammartino, R.I.P.