Cael Sanderson ready for new challenge

By KEVIN EVANS, Executive Sports Editor AMES — Cael Sanderson isn’t ready to say he won’t wrestle again. But he’s getting close. “I haven’t completely (ruled it out), but pretty close, “said Iowa State’s assistant head wrestling coach. “If I…

Wrestling A Family Affair for Wisconsin’s Crass Twins

Madison, WI (U-WIRE) — Just glancing at Wisconsin wrestlers Jordan and Josh Crass can give one the feeling of experiencing double vision. The two are identical twins, and more than look the part. Remarkably enough, they make up only one…

Weighing in on wrestling

Billy Jack Saylor changed the sport of wrestling forever on Nov. 7, 1997. The 19-year-old freshman at Campell University in North Carolina, one of only 35 three-time Florida state wrestling champions, died of cardiac arrest amidst a grueling training session.…

Wrestling With Tradition: Keep Your Shirt On

By ERIC WILSON WALL paintings in Egyptian tombs depict wrestlers competing in crude loincloths that drooped to their knees. Greek antiquities show that when wrestling was introduced to the Olympic Games in 708 B.C., participants competed in the buff. In…

Mass. USA Wrestling To Sponsor FREE Gable Clinic in Nov

Massachusetts USA Wrestling to co-sponsor a free Dan Gable Clinic in Natick, Sunday, Nov. 27 Gary Abbott/USA Wrestling Massachusetts USA Wrestling has announced that it will co-sponsor a free wrestling clinic for wrestlers, coaches and fans in Natick, Mass., Sunday,…

Kyle Klingman: Jack Spates Ceases The Day

A Trip To Oklahoma Wrestling Room Changes Opinion of Team Writer Once Despised By Kyle Klingman “TWM Columnist Please send comments, questions or replies to: [email protected] It wasn’t that I disliked Oklahoma wrestling; it’s that there was never a time…

NYAC’s Holiday Championships Nov 19-20

Talented wrestlers expected for New York Athletic Club Holiday Championships set for Nov. 19-20 in New York City Gary Abbott/USA Wrestling The tournament date has been changed, but the quality of the field is expected to be outstanding at the…

Nat Wrestling Legends Fund To Support USAW, NWHOF

National Wrestling Legends Fund created to support the work and mission of USA Wrestling and the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Gary Abbott/USA Wrestling USA Wrestling and the National Wrestling Hall of Fame have combined their annual giving programs through…

NWHOF To Host All-Star Reunion at All-Star Classic

National Wrestling Hall of Fame/ STILLWATER, Okla. — The National Wrestling Hall of Fame & Museum will host an All-Star Reunion in conjunction with the 30th NWCA Marines All-Star Classic at Oklahoma State University on Nov. 21. All former All-Stars…