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The Rock Goes Back to Black

In 1996, a twenty-four-year-old Dwayne Johnson made his début in the World Wrestling Federation as Rocky Maivia, sporting cornflower-blue trunks and a thirsty white smile. The event was the annual Survivor Series, a winner-take-all group match. A big boy–six feet…

The Mystery of Hog Island

In 1996, a Queens College geology professor named Nicholas Coch helped to rediscover a forgotten piece of New York history. Coch, a towering man with a booming voice, had sent his students to a beach in Edgemere, Queens, to practice…