Naismith: “Wrestling Is Better Exercise Than Basketball”

James Naismith was born in Canada and graduated from McGill University and the Presbyterian seminary in Toronto. In 1890 he entered the YMCA college in Springfield, Massachusetts, and it was there that James Naismith invented basketball, using peach baskets as…

Lehigh-PSU Dual Has A Twist

A pilot program will have the coaches picking weight order. By Gary R. Blockus | Of The Morning Call When Lehigh hosts No. 5 Penn State in wrestling at Stabler Arena on Friday night, the 96th meeting in one of…

Graham’s Golden: 1st Public School to Win Ironman

A Public Breakthrough The first 13 years of the Walsh Ironman, one thing was standard — a private school would win. There have been some challengers, but in the 14th edition of the Ironman, Graham High School out of St.…

Big Ten Network Announces Wrestling Broadcast Schedule

By Elizabeth Conlisk Big Ten Network Every Big Ten wrestling team will make at least one live appearance this winter on the Big Ten Network. The network will televise 11 total events and 10 of those, including the Big Ten…

Mark Perry Gets 1-Meet Suspension, Will Miss Out vs ISU

Perry out for Iowa State meet By Andy Hamilton Iowa City Press-Citizen Iowa will have to take on the top-ranked wrestling team in the country without one of its top wrestlers. Defending NCAA champion Mark Perry Jr. won’t be in…

MMA Fighter Vasquez Dies Weeks After Fight

By Dave Meltzer, Yahoo! Sports Sam Vasquez of Houston may have become the first fighter to die from injuries sustained in mixed martial arts competition in North America. A report by The Fight Network cited the Harris County (Texas) medical…

Iowa vs Iowa State: The Rivalry Heats Up

Coaching changes bring back spark to Iowa State-Iowa wrestling By Andy Hamilton It took two major shifts in the coaching landscape 20 months ago before Iowans could feel the tremors returning to a rivalry that once used to shake the…

Andy Hamilton Profiles J Robinson for ESPN.com

The architect of the nation’s top-ranked wrestling team knows he has a problem. J Robinson can’t focus on one thing at a time. He can’t single-task. And no matter how hard he tries, the Minnesota coach can’t finish one job…