A GREAT NEW PHOTO BOOK!
It’s my pleasure to introduce a new photo book: The Lens of Brad McFarlin: Volume 1 Detroit territory 1969-74.
It’s been a labour of love for Brad and I to work on the book together, him scanning and sharing stories and I got to edit, layout and shape the book. We made a great tag team — but now we want you to check it out!
Besides the blood and fire of The Sheik, there’s a look into competing promotions, wrestlers away from the ring, rookies on the rise (like a very young Randy Savage), women, little people, bears! Oh my!
And there’s a short history of the Detroit territory during this time period by celebrated author Brian S. Solomon.
It’s available at Amazon or check out the page for The Lens of Brad McFarlin.
INTRODUCING GAME DAY!
In 2024, Doug MacLean had a runaway bestseller with Draft Day: How Hockey Teams Pick Winners or Get Left Behind which he wrote with Scott Morrison. Well, Scott was burned out over doing a number of high-profile books in a row, and, through our shared literary agent, I was asked about working on a project with Doug.
Of course I was in!
Doug and I got to know each other and started to shape what would become Game Day: The Uncensored Life of an NHL GM, which comes out from Simon & Schuster in October 2026.
We talked to a lot of people and relied on some of my archives to put together a fascinating look into what an NHL general manager does. Trust me, half the time I was just a fan wondering, How does a GM do this? or What happens if …?
I can’t wait for hockey fans everywhere to get to read Game Day!
For more information, see the Game Day page.
OLIVER EDITORIAL SERVICES
Besides writing books, I have been hired often to help lay out and edit books.
The KayfabeNews.com website has entertained me and so many others for years, so it was a pleasure to help Colin Hunter publish a collection of some of his favourite pieces. Kayfabe News: Unreal News About an Unreal Sport will have you laughing out loud again and again. Order it at Amazon.ca or Amazon.com
LEARN MORE!
I have been at this writing thing for a long time. Use the menu at the top of this page to learn about all my work in professional wrestling, writing about hockey, even the two kids books that I self-published!
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