Google Mildred Burke and you’ll find vintage pictures of the pro wrestling icon showing off her impressive biceps. Those photos gave Emily Bett Rickards inspiration not only for what she needed ...

Ash Avildsen, son of 'Rocky' director John G. Avildsen, helms a mediocre copy of his father’s Oscar-winning boxing pic. Spanning two decades in Burke’s life, from her start in the 1930s to ...

Nina Cardona is a native of Middle Tennessee and near-lifelong listener to WPLN. Cardona joined Nashville Public Radio in 1997 fresh out of Converse College. She began as a classical music host and ...

“I can’t sing and I can’t dance,” Mildred Burke tells her future manager, husband, business partner (and later ex-husband and rival) Billy Wolfe. “But I can tell a story and beat some ass.

When she first stepped into the ring in the 1930s, Mildred Burke became one of the very first professional women wrestlers. Director Ash Avildsen's new film The Queen of The Ring explores the rise ...

Queen of the Ring is now officially in theaters and the story of Mildred Burke is finally mainstream. At the end of the day, that reality was the goal for director, Ash Avildsen. "It was a year ...

Mildred Weems, age 84 of Erie, passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, February 27th, 2025. She was born in Laurel, MS on April 16th, 1941, a daughter of the late Elmer Weems and Mary ...

Just in time for the beginning of Lent, Cardona’s Market is debuting a new fish sandwich. Catholics give up meat on Fridays, so the specialty foods market with locations in Albany, Latham and ...

Wrestler Mildred Burke (Emily Bett Rickards) takes down an opponent in “Queen of the Ring.” Sumerian Pictures Share Just as the 2023 pro wrestling period piece drama “The Iron Claw” was a ...

Most ardent wrestling fans have at the very least heard the name Mildred Burke, even if they are not intimately familiar with her rise to fame in the 1930's, 40's and 50's. Many casual members of ...

Former WWE Superstar Matt Cardona (Zack Ryder) says he wasn’t surprised by John Cena’s heel turn at WWE Elimination Chamber 2025 in Toronto. Cardona took to Twitter to comment on Cena’s turn and ...