Amateur Wrestling news, gear and photos from the side of the mat.
Amateur Wrestling news, gear and photos from the side of the mat.
R.B. FALLSTROM Associated Press ST. LOUIS – Organizers seeking to make St. Louis the permanent site of the NCAA wrestling tournament got half of their wish on Thursday. The city was awarded the event in 2008 and 2009, making it…
Smith, Cowboys face tough schedule to achieve program’s 34th NCAA National Championship Ben Elder Sports Editor Victory reigned from the East Coast to the West Coast and was completed under the shadows of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Mo.…
The retired Greco-Roman wrestler was in studio to talk to sports anchor Susie Wargin about life after wrestling and his new book “Never Stop Pushing”. However, business reporter Gregg Moss (who must have read the book) asked Rulon if he…
– Throughout the season, IUHOOSIERS.com will take wrestling fans back in time into the rich past of IU Wrestling. Since the beginning of the program in 1909, the Hoosiers have produced one National Championship (1931), 10 NCAA Champions (Last: Joe…
BULAGRIAN-born wrestler Kotooshu, with looks compared to David Beckham, has brought sex appeal to sumo wrestling. And now the 22 year-old is on course to become the first European to win a sumo tournament in Japan. Not only is he…
Steve Meehan/Long Island Wrestling Association Senior Ryan Patrovich of Islip High School in New York, last year’s State Champion for Suffolk County, has given his verbal commitment to wrestle at Hofstra University. Ryan will be the third member of the…
Gary Abbott/USA Wrestling Note: To nominate a wrestler for TheMat.com Wrestler of the Week, send the athlete’s name, accomplishments for the week and career accomplishments to John Fuller at [email protected] John G. Roberts (Washington, D.C.) has been named TheMat.com Wrestler…
John Fuller/USA Wrestling Kyle Maynard of Georgia, an inspiring young wrestler who has overcome a challenging physical disorder and has received considerable national recognition, will appear on ABC’s 20/20 news program on Friday, September 23 and also on Oprah on…
Gary Abbott/USA Wrestling Under the new rules of international wrestling, each weight division is completed in one day. The World Wrestling Championships will be held in Budapest, Hungary from September 27 “October 2, with different divisions each day. Below is…
Real Pro Wrestling’s 8-disc DVD set will be delayed in its release due to technical issues surrounding the data on computer hard drives. Toby Willis, CEO and also one of RPW’s resident technology gurus stated that “we are still suffering…
Even after he became a Greco-Roman Olympian for the first time, Shawn Sheldon continued wrestling in freestyle competitions. After all, he’d been successful in both forms, winning two junior national championships in each. By 1991, however, he decided to focus…
Dan Chaid earned a bachelor’s degree in radio and TV communication at the University of Oklahoma, but for the past eight years, the native Californian has taught high school history classes in Santa Clara, Calif. “History was more of an…