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The Wiz without an Emerald City

Found August 02, 2012 on The Penalty Flag: Yardbarker Blogger Network
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A man whose nickname is the “The Wiz” conjures up ideas of the man being known for being smart, magical and or being a performer in the 1978 urbanized retelling of the “Wizard of Oz”. Those terms will often refer to a happy ending to the man with that nickname. However Steve Wisniewski is known [...]
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