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Wrestler Abas eager to get back Olympic silver medalist looks to reboot career after major knee injury By Jeff Faraudo, STAFF WRITER On the heels of winning an Olympic silver medal in freestyle wrestling at the 2004 Athens Games, former…
Michael Irving gave up a full-time teaching job to pursue his Olympic dream in wrestling. The 1998 Boyd Anderson state champion was teaching at Clewiston High School and driving five days a week to coach and train with the Calvary…
You don’t have to be Rulon Gardner’s size to be a great Greco-Roman wrestler. Joe Warren, wrestling in the 132-pound class (roughly half Gardner’s girth), defeated Georgia’s David Bedinadze 1-1, 4-1, 2-1 to take the world championship and USATODAY.com’s U.S.…
By Michael Cole “My body is so beat up and run down, I can’t even think straight,” Kurt Angle tells WWE.com in an exclusive interview Saturday concerning his early release from his contract with World Wrestling Entertainment. Angle and WWE…
Due to personal issues, Kurt Angle has been granted an early release from his contract. WWE looks forward to establishing a new relationship with Kurt in the near future. The only Olympic gold medalist in WWE history, Kurt Angle arrived…
By Lisa Palmisano LEONARDTOWN, Md. (BP)–How many Olympic gold medalists can you name? Possibly recent champions Apolo Anton Ohno, Mary Lou Retton, Michael Jordan or Mia Hamm come to mind. One name you may not recall — unless you are…
After building a nationally ranked wrestling program at Pensacola Christian College, Two-Time Olympic Wrestlers James and David Hazewinkel will head up the Marion Military Institute (MMI) Wrestling Program. Their record of 11 winning seasons, 5 conference titles, 6 national championships,…
Lou Banach won an Olympic gold medal, but he couldn’t make the Port Jervis varsity wrestling team as a sophomore. Banach finally cracked the lineup in his junior year. Banach and his twin brother, Ed, lived along the railroad tracks…
Olympic Medalist Jamill Kelly and NCAA Champion Jesse Jantzen Join Wrestling Staff May 16, 2006 Cambridge, Mass. – Harvard wrestling is the latest program affected by all the coaching changes in the world of collegiate wrestling. Crimson Head Coach Jay…
PHILADELPHIA – First-year University of Pennsylvania Wrestling Coach Zeke Jones has been named Rookie Coach of the Year by Amateur Wrestling News. Jones lifted the Quakers to a school-record 51 points and a 12th-place finish at the NCAA Championships, and…
This story also appears in the May 10 issue of The Guillotine. The Guillotine has been covering amateur wrestling in Minnesota since 1971. Its mission is to report and promote amateur wrestling at all levels — from youth and high…
OHIO STATE | WRESTLING Rowlands would give up Olympics to coach Buckeyes Jeremy McLaughlin THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH The most decorated wrestler in Ohio State history might become its new coach, but the opportunity Tommy Rowlands craves comes with a sacrifice.…