Matt Demaray To Be Inducted Into U Wisconsin Hall of Fame

Over the years, many wrestlers made their marks on the University of Wisconsin wrestling program. From 1989-1992, Matt Demaray etched his name in the Badger record books and will be honored August 29 as an inductee into the UW Athletic…

Letter To Oregon: “Ducks Need To Keep Wrestling”

By David Gillaspie This is an open letter to Dave Frohnmayer, president of University of Oregon, and Pat Kilkenny, athletic director of University of Oregon, about the recent decision to cut wrestling from the university’s roster of interscholastic sports. Like…

Zadick beats Gallick in Wrestle-Off

By Craig Sesker USA Wrestling Mike Zadick didn’t need to look into the bleachers to see what kind of support he had for Thursday’s Special Wrestle-Off with Nate Gallick. All he had to do was listen. Backed by a boisterous…

Gotch vs Hackenschmidt: Paving the Way for US Amateur Wrestling

Mark Palmer Rev Rewind is a new feature that provides profiles of legendary wrestlers and other stories of historical interest for the “oldest and greatest sport.” It seemed like a classic mismatch — one of those wrestling match-ups where the…

Washington’s ‘Father of Wrestling’ dies

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — William A. “Bill” Tomaras, known as the “Father of Wrestling” in the state of Washington and director of men’s athletics at Western Washington University for nine years, died last Sunday at the age of 85. Tomaras was…

Dax Charles named wrestling coach at CSU-Pueblo

Pueblo, CO Colorado State University-Pueblo Joe Folda, Colorado State University-Pueblo director of athletics, announced today the hiring of Dax Charles as the ThunderWolves’ new wrestling coach. Beginning in the Fall of 2008, CSU-Pueblo will reinstate its wrestling program, which was…

Hendricks, Roller set to make MMA debuts

John P. Katsantonis ARLINGTON, TEXAS — In the wake of Jake Rosholt and Eric Bradley’s stunning SRO victories at ‘Masters of the Cage XV’ last month, Team Takedown (TTD) is preparing its latest fighting machines, OSU-NCAA wrestling champ Johny Hendricks…

USA Wrestling Grappling World Coaches

Anderson , Townsend named coaches for historic first U.S. Grappling World Team COLORADO SPRINGS , COLO. �� “USA Wrestling, the national governing body for amateur wrestling, has named Bob Anderson of Redondo Beach , Calif. and Jason Townsend of Las…

A Different Kind of Fight: Title IX and MMA

by Jake Rossen ([email protected]) The pugilistic pride of Oklahoma State University, UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture (Pictures) originally began his college studies at Washington State in 1981. Had he stuck to his intention of completing his education there, the mixed…

Baskren, Kyle Maynard Want to Get Into MMA

By Mike Chiappetta NBCSports.com As the world of mixed martial arts continues to grow, it is a predictable development that the caliber of athletes attracted to the sport continues to rise. One interesting concept is “Team Takedown, “a management company…