Jim Murphy Illinois College Sports Information Illinois College will add swimming and discontinue wrestling in an effort to bring its intercollegiate athletic program into line with the rest of the Midwest Conference. In making the announcement, Athletic Director Gale Vaughn…
By Erin Keilah Chin A tall, slender, gray-haired man will greet you in the wrestling room at the top of the stairs in Uchida Hall. That man is Jim Lucas, the head coach of San Jose State University’s Wrestling Club.…
By Kim Minugh — Bee Staff Writer Two weeks after Colfax High parents and students pleaded with trustees to reverse the firing of popular coach Jerry Sinkey, he has been reinstated as head of the school’s wrestling program. Officials announced…
Eddie Goldman has a series of interviews in Podcast format over at It’s definitely worth a check out and a listen!
Few of today’s high school wrestlers remember Tab Thacker. He was a star at N.C. State, winning the NCAA heavyweight title in 1984. Before that, he dominated the heavyweight class while at West Forsyth High School, tipping the scales at…
Applications for the position are due by this Friday, April 21, 2006. Please see the description below for more details. *****Job Description***** Department Of The Air Force U. S. Air Force Academy Vacancy Announcement Number: 06-27AH Opening Date: Tuesday, March…
Anthony Robles, the Senior National champion at 112 pounds, will throw out the first pitch at the Arizona Diamonbacks Major League Baseball game against the San Francisco Giants. Robles went 53-0 en route to an Arizona state championship before his…
By MIKE FINNEY The News Journal 04/16/2006 DOVER — Ed Bordley has always had the clear vision of a winner. It did not matter to him that he was legally blind, even while competing in a sport as challenging as…
Manheim, Pa. “Alan Meltzer of Bethesda, Md., was named the recipient of the National Wrestling Coaches Association Meritorious Service Award for 2006. The award is given annually to individuals that have given significant time and effort to the sport of…
BY GORDON WITTENMYER Pioneer Press Gophers wrestling coach J Robinson has said things about race and diversity that many consider offensive, but he still has the support of the university ” and of his athletes. J Robinson has built the…
