By PAT KINNEY, Courier News Editor WATERLOO — A $400,000 repair and renovation of the flood-damaged Dan Gable International Wrestling Institute and Museum began today. Museum officials have received word the Federal Emergency Management Agency has obligated the bulk of…
SAVE THE MUSEUM! “Wrestling teaches you how to get off your back. Old Man River put us on our back, but we’re on our feet and fighting to survive.” – Mike Chapman The massive water damage in the Midwest has…
Arizona State University Sports Information TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona State University Vice President for Athletics Lisa Love announced Friday that the athletic department is fully reinstating the sport of varsity wrestling, effective immediately, due to financial support from local civic…
With over 4,000 fans in attendance at Monday’s NWCA All-Star Classic, Oregon wrestling leaders are showing they are serious about saving a Ducks program that is scheduled to be eliminated at the end of this season. It won’t be easy,…
By Jason Bryant jbryant@intermatwrestle.com The clouds hanging over the State Capital building in Harrisburg, Pa., on Wednesday morning shrouded the city skyline and blanketed it with a damp chill. There’s also been a damp chill shrouding college wrestling, not specifically…
By: Paul Steinbach It’s a homecoming that many are celebrating. On July 13, first-year athletic director Pat Kilkenny announced that Ducks baseball will return to the University of Oregon after a 26-year hiatus. But the news ruffled more than a…
By: Paul Steinbach It’s a homecoming that many are celebrating. On July 13, first-year athletic director Pat Kilkenny announced that Ducks baseball will return to the University of Oregon after a 26-year hiatus. But the news ruffled more than a…
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…
As most of you are probably know, the University of Oregon has announced that they will be dropping their wrestling program after the 2007-2008 season and replacing it with baseball and competitive cheerleading. This is bad news not just for…
