State College, Pa. – Local radio station WBLF 970 AM will broadcast the entire season of Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling. Continuing a long-standing tradition of full season coverage, each of Penn State’s dual matches and three major tournaments will…
by Becky Plevin Members of the Northwestern wrestling squad are paired up and sparring off, rolling around in the new, 7500-square-foot Ken Kraft Wrestling Complex. Pulsing music pumps through the training room, which is three mats deep and has purple…
By Jason Bryant [email protected] Things seemed to be getting better for Delaware State’s wrestling program. Traditionally a doormat amongst teams in the East, Darren Archangelo seemed to have the Hornets moving towards gaining confidence and winning. Archangelo, a NCAA Division…
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) — High school athlete Josh Herbert isn’t easily intimidated by opponents, not when he has a 6-foot-5, 450-pound bear for a playmate. But after spending his early childhood fighting off life-threatening leukemia, he’s used to challenges. His…
NEW YORK — They walked across Manhattan’s streets, men of vast girth wearing only their mawashi belts, drawing gaping looks from unaware pedestrians. Sumo wrestling lumbered into Madison Square Garden with an international mix of sport and spectacle. Most of…
Two more recruits committed on Tuesday as Washington’s powerhouse 171-pounder Brent Chriswell informed Purdue that he intends to wrestle in West Lafayette, Ind., while Mark Kist, a Junior Freestyle National Champion from Eagle Grove H.S. in Iowa will head to…
Penn State University Sports Information State College, Pa. — The Troy Sunderland Show will debut on Wednesday, Nov. 2, on WBLF Radio (970 AM). Co-hosted by Jeff Byers, voice of Penn State wrestling, and Troy Sunderland, head wrestling coach, the…
By John Grupp TRIBUNE-REVIEW The National High School Coaches Association Seniors Wrestling Championships are returning to Pittsburgh. The 17th annual event, held at Duquesne University’s Palumbo Center in the 1990s before departing for Delaware and Ohio, will be March 23-26,…
For purposes of this article, OU = Oklahoma, OSU = Oklahoma State. In the real world, OU = Harvard on the Hocking, OSU = Tommy Rowlands’ alma mater Bedlam rivals OU and OSU are at one and two, respectively by…
(Part 2 of previous post) It is the place where every college wrestler dreams about being for their final match of the season. On the elevated mat in the center of a sold-out arena on Saturday afternoon at the NCAA…
