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Former ROH employee Joey Mercury has filed a lawsuit against the company for disregard for talent safety and more claims...

– As previously reported, former ROH wrestler Kelly Klein has filed a lawsuit against Ring of Honor and parent company Sinclair Broadcasting on alleged claims of discrimination, harassment, among other tings. Since the story broke, Klein’s lawyer, Stephen P. New, later issued a statement to Wrestlezone.com, noting that the lawsuit also claims that Klein is misclassified as an independent contractor, which has been a major talking point and point of contention as of late regarding the wrestl...

Guest columnist Mary C. McKittrick: Runaway development has one goal Published: 2/26/2021 8:55:29 AM In recent years a developer has been buying old homes in the Bay State Village neighborhood of Northampton, tearing them down and replacing them with multiple single-family houses that sell for $500,000 and up and dwarf the neighboring homes. The rate of development here is escalating and the latest project, on Federal Street, has neighbors concerned that this area of modest homes will shift inc...

Former ROH star Kelly Klein has filed a lawsuit against the promotion and parent company Sinclair Broadcasting, alleging discrimination and harassment among other things. Heel By Nature reports that Klein filed the lawsuit against the companies on Wednesday. Klein was released from ROH back in late 2019 alleging breach of contract after she publicized emails between herself and ROH General Manager Greg Gilleland, and claimed that the company didn’t have a concussion protocol. The 28-page la...

Kelly Klein Files Lawsuit Against ROH (Photo Credit: Twitter) Former ROH star Kelly Klein has filed an Employment Discrimination lawsuit against the company, and parent company Sinclair Broadcasting. Klein filed a 28-page lawsuit against Ring of Honor and Sinclair on Wednesday, February 25, according to HeelByNature. Names listed as parties in the lawsuit are ROH General Manager Greg Gilliand, Senior Producer/Creative Director and ROH Dojo Head Trainer Hunter Johnson (Delirous), ROH COO and Vic...

Former Ring of Honor wrestler Kelly Klein filed a discrimination lawsuit against Ring of Honor and Sinclair Broadcasting, first reported by Heel by Nature. In the suit filed this past Wednesday, the 35-year-old Klein is claiming discrimination and harassment, an unsafe work environment, breach of implied contract, unpaid royalties, violations of both state and Federal equal pay acts, and abusive discharge. Klein alleges that ROH and Sinclair terminated her contract on December 31, 2019, "becau...

By Tom King   The 1970’s was really the best decade for almost everything….music, tv-shows and movies, fast food…and political scandals. I bring this up to remind you of that night in 1974 when a stripper named Fanne Foxe brought down one of the most powerful men in DC by taking a 2am swim in the Tidal Basin…she died this week……let your mind drift back to when society really cared about stuff like this….   Here is the Washington Post obit for Fan...

Flint City Bucks Coming Soon to a TV Near You The Flint City Bucks (American Soccer League) are planning to air 10 live matches on TV on Saturday nights in 2021. According to Mid-Michigan Now, CW46 will tentatively lead with the Bucks’ USL League two home opener at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 15. The team will host USL2’s newest member, Toledo Villa FC at Kettering University’s historic Atwood Stadium in Flint. Flint City Bucks President Costa Papista: This is a win for our players, sponsors...

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Recent trials led by Sony indicate that ATSC 3.0, the next-gen broadcast TV signaling standard, has potential use as a connected car technology. If proven out further as a potential alternative to 4G/5G, a new "automotive mode" for ATSC 3.0 could expand on an already growing blend of use cases for an IP-based broadcasting standard that can deliver 4K/HDR video, immersive audio, interactive advertising and even multichannel pay-TV services to TVs and, eventually, to mobile devices. Santa Barba...