More than just a mini-Olympics

Lee U-Wen [email protected] WITH 3-on-3 basketball and even beach wrestling potentially on the programme, the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in 2010, for athletes aged 14 to 18, is shaping up to be more than just a mini-version of the Summer…

Happy Birthday, Dan Gable!

On Thursday, October 25, one of the all-time greats in amateur wrestling and coaching celebrates his 59th birthday… Happy Birthday, Dan Gable! If you see Daniel Mack Gable, wish him a happy birthday!

Pankration gives Sun Devils shot at MMA world

by Matt Culbertson published on Friday, October 19, 2007 STING LIKE A BEE: Christian Grosinsky, 25, of Tempe practices a punch sequence with ASU nursing graduate Lars Havens at the Student Recreation Complex. Pankration is a form of mixed martial…

Oregon State Takes Strength Training to a New Level

By Karina Otrokhova The Oregon State wrestling team is participating in challenging outdoor strength training to improve physically and mentally and prepare for the upcoming 2007-08 season. Beavers head coach, Jim Zalesky, sees overall concentration and strength as a vital…

Penn Wrestling Announces Date of Coaches Clinic, Wrestle-Offs

PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania wrestling program has announced that it will hold its annual wrestle-offs and coaches clinic on Sunday, Nov. 4 at The Palestra. The coaching clinic will be headed by Penn head coach Zeke Jones, who…

Mark Churella Sr Joins Michigan Staff as Volunteer Assistant

University of Michigan Sports Information ANN ARBOR, Mich. — University of Michigan wrestling head coach Joe McFarland announced Monday (Oct. 8th) the addition of Mark Churella Sr. to the coaching staff. Churella, a three-time NCAA champion and National Wrestling Hall…

Randy Couture to retire!!

Heavyweight champion Randy Couture has severed ties with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, his Las Vegas spokesman said on Thursday. Spokesman Sean O’Heir of Couture’s Xtreme Couture MMA said Thursday that the UFC Hall of Famer had vacated his championship and…

Kurt Angle Charged With DUI

Posted at the Wrestling Talk forum… Olympic gold medalist and professional wrestling star Kurt Angle was charged Friday with driving under the influence. Moon Township police said they received a call from a motorist at 1:49 p.m. complaining that someone…

Heskett Has Emergency Heart Surgery, Wrestling Career Over

2007 World Team member Joe Heskett has sudden heart surgery, wrestling career ends Danielle Warner Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio “Joe Heskett, Ohio State wrestling volunteer assistant coach, was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and ventricular tachycardia last Thursday and underwent surgery…