11.   Hulk Hogan is running for president, and another former pro wrestler, Bob Backlund, is campaigning for Congress in Connecticut.

12.   If Maddux pitches with the efficiency and detached demeanor of an accountant, Brown possesses the subtle approach of a pro wrestler.

13.   Maybe the voters of Minnesota were telling the political establishment something last November when they elected a former pro wrestler governor.

14.   Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, former pro wrestler, political newcomer and emerging media star, took on the Washington press corps on Monday.

15.   No bellowing pro wrestlers or shrieking game-show contestants here.

16.   Newcomer Nick Von Esmarch is her younger husband, a big sweet lug who wants to be a pro wrestler.

17.   Nils Allen Stewart stars as the pro wrestler who is now governor of Minnesota.

18.   Obviously, that is what a plurality of Minnesota voters decreed last general election when they made a pro wrestler governor.

19.   Pro wrestlers are everywhere.

20.   Pro wrestlers are wondrous athletes, traditionally in better shape than baseball players and even most football players, and they work harder at entertaining us.