Wrestlers to grapple with kimonos

By Bruce Campbell Times Editor High River Times ” A pair of Highwood Mustang wrestlers are exchanging their graduation gowns for singlets and kimonos. Conrad Jones and Josh Schug missed the Highwood high school graduation ceremonies June 29 because they…

Pinning Down A Dream: 13-Year-Old Gentle Giant

YOUTH SPORTS: A Superior 13-year-old takes his zest for wrestling to national levels. BY DALTON WALKER NEWS TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER Most 13-year-olds can be found playing video games or hanging out at a mall. Nikola Bogojevic can be found in…

Life according to John Irving

In his 11th novel, “Until I Find You, “the author excavates his own past, unearthing painful secrets and finding his father By Dinitia Smith New York Times News Service DORSET, Vt. — “I have not written a novel that disturbed…

Beijing starts construction on Wrestling Gymnasium

BEIJING (Xinhuanet) — Beijing on Tuesday started construction on the Wrestling Gymnasium for the 2008 Olympic Games. The Wrestling Gymnasium, located on the campus of the China Agriculture University, is about two kilometers west of the Olympic Green. It is…

Chertow camp about much more than wrestling

Matt Lockhart Daily Mail Sportswriter We all know the stereotype. Jocks don’t hang with scientists. On four acres of farmland in State College, Pa., Ken Chertow is trying to change that — kid by kid. “Be a scholar-athlete, not a…

Passing on lessons of failure, and possibility

As his fellow passengers filed onto the plane for the flight to Portland, someone recognized the big man with the massive chest and the easy smile. Thank you, said a stranger, extending his hand to Rulon Gardner. Thank you for…

Kurt Angle on Amateur Wrestling/Pro Rasslin’

This is one question from an interview with two-time NCAA heavyweight champion, 1996 Olympic gold medalist and all-time great egoist Kurt Angle. To read the rest of the interview, visit IGN. IGN Sports: With your successful transition from amateur wrestling…

Sanderson, Gardner and Mocco nominated for ESPY Awards

John Fuller/USA Wrestling 2004 Olympic gold medalist Cael Sanderson (Ames, Iowa/Heber City, Utah/Sunkist Kids), 2000 Olympic gold medalist and 2004 Olympic bronze medalist Rulon Gardner (Wellsville, Utah/Afton, Wyo./Sunkist Kids) and two-time NCAA champion Steve Mocco (N. Bergen, N.J./Oklahoma State/New York…