National preseason high school event set for October 23 in Rochester, MN Visit Official Site of InterMat JJ Classic ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. — Wrestlers from across the nation have had the opportunity to compete in prestigious postseason wrestling tournaments…
via Josh Gross It’s late May on the campus of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Mott Gym is packed. This is a welcome sight for Lennis Cowell and John Azevedo, who fondly remember the halcyon days when wrestling drew…
Name: Ryan “Darth” Bader Promotion: UFC Division: Light Heavyweight Height: 6 ft 2 in Reach: 74 in Record: 11-0 Specializes: Wrestling Career summary: Ryan Bader developed most of his game from an excellent collegiate wrestling background. After his amateur wrestling…
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Wrestling, the national governing body for amateur wrestling in the United States, has named John Smith of Stillwater, Okla., and Terry Brands of Iowa City, Iowa as coaches of the 2010 U.S. Freestyle World Team.…
I was hoping that Glee would showcase wrestling this season as it would give more visibility to the sport. Glee is such a popular show on TV that it could do a lot of good for the sport that sometimes…
We’re currently working on redoing the gear store here at WrestlingPod. The last one unfortunately died out over time and we have a new store build off some cool WordPress plug-ins. The new store currently has sections for wrestling shoes,…
BY JENNIFER JACOBS – desmoinesregister.com No one stopped 17-year-old Jerod Botts of Waverly from climbing into the cage for a mixed martial arts fight even though he was underage, didn’t have a parent’s permission and had never fought before. An…
Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling Les Gutches of Corvallis, Ore. has been named to the new position of Director of Program Development for USA Wrestling, the national governing body for wrestling in the United States. Gutches, who has a strong business…
It’s time to come clean. I’ve lied in this blog for two and a half years. I’ve always claimed that I never wrestled and that isn’t entirely true. I did win an 8th grade intramural championship at Frank L. Smart…
Phil Davis, 2008 NCAA Division I 184-pound champ for Penn State, will be competing at UFC 109: Relentless at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on Saturday, February 6. Davis, who signed with UFC just last month, will…
