Amateur Wrestling news, gear and photos from the side of the mat.
Amateur Wrestling news, gear and photos from the side of the mat.
BULAGRIAN-born wrestler Kotooshu, with looks compared to David Beckham, has brought sex appeal to sumo wrestling. And now the 22 year-old is on course to become the first European to win a sumo tournament in Japan. Not only is he…
Steve Meehan/Long Island Wrestling Association Senior Ryan Patrovich of Islip High School in New York, last year’s State Champion for Suffolk County, has given his verbal commitment to wrestle at Hofstra University. Ryan will be the third member of the…
Gary Abbott/USA Wrestling Note: To nominate a wrestler for TheMat.com Wrestler of the Week, send the athlete’s name, accomplishments for the week and career accomplishments to John Fuller at [email protected] John G. Roberts (Washington, D.C.) has been named TheMat.com Wrestler…
John Fuller/USA Wrestling Kyle Maynard of Georgia, an inspiring young wrestler who has overcome a challenging physical disorder and has received considerable national recognition, will appear on ABC’s 20/20 news program on Friday, September 23 and also on Oprah on…
Gary Abbott/USA Wrestling Under the new rules of international wrestling, each weight division is completed in one day. The World Wrestling Championships will be held in Budapest, Hungary from September 27 “October 2, with different divisions each day. Below is…
Real Pro Wrestling’s 8-disc DVD set will be delayed in its release due to technical issues surrounding the data on computer hard drives. Toby Willis, CEO and also one of RPW’s resident technology gurus stated that “we are still suffering…
Even after he became a Greco-Roman Olympian for the first time, Shawn Sheldon continued wrestling in freestyle competitions. After all, he’d been successful in both forms, winning two junior national championships in each. By 1991, however, he decided to focus…
Dan Chaid earned a bachelor’s degree in radio and TV communication at the University of Oklahoma, but for the past eight years, the native Californian has taught high school history classes in Santa Clara, Calif. “History was more of an…
If you’re a fan of Bruce Baumgartner — the most decorated US wrestler in international competition, with four Olympic medals — you’ll want to get in on the bidding for this print of Bruce and Lou Roselli, autographed by the…
This Article is an Excerpt From Michael Fry’s New Book “The Grapplers Guide to Sports Nutrition By Michael Fry “TWM Nutrition/Training Columnist This article is the forward from my new book titled The Grapplers Guide to Sports Nutrition. The reason…
NFHS reports girls high school wrestling growth in 2004-05, as well as state-by-state statistics for boys and girls Gary Abbott/USA Wrestling The National Federation of High School Associations has released information that indicates that girls high school wrestling continues to…
Nirva Milord/USADA COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (September 19, 2005) – The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced today that Faruk Sahin of Fort Carson, Colo., an athlete in the sport of wrestling, withdrew his pending appeal before the Court of Arbitration…