Category Amateur Wrestling

Naked in Nebraska: a wrestler’s story

-videos from ESPN- LINCOLN, Neb. — A photo of wrestler Paul Donahoe, arms raised in victory, rushing from the mat, is still on the wall at the University of Nebraska’s Bob Devaney Sports Center, where he worked his way to…

PSU lands nation’s top recruit – David Taylor

By Guy Cipriano By the time he reached sixth grade, Taylor’s family had moved to Ohio. Still, Taylor held fond memories of the west’s best known wrestling family and that relationship led to a major announcement Tuesday. Taylor, the nation’s…

NWCA Announces Top 30 Academic Wrestling Teams

The National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) has announced its annual Division I All-Academic Top 30 Teams for the 2008-2009 season. For the second straight year, American University pinned down top team honors. The Eagles, coached by Mark Cody, led the…

A Hassled Cael Laying Low While Still in Ames

AMES ” Cael Sanderson is not done in Iowa just yet. The former Iowa State wrestling coach has been in and out of Ames since shocking the wrestling world in April with his decision to leave for the head coaching…

3x Olympic Freestyle Champ Saitiev Retires

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Three-times Olympic freestyle wrestling champion Buvaisar Saitiev has decided to retire after a career that has spaned nearly two decades. Saitiev, 34, one of only three wrestlers to have won three Olympic titles, was thinking of bidding…

Amateur Wrestling Firefox Persona Theme

If you’re using Firefox as your web browser, which you should be, you can now get an amateur wrestling persona theme created by WrestlingPod. If you’re not running Firefox, you can download the free web browser for Mac, Windows and…

Dakota Wesleyan University Names Sedivy As Wrestling Coach

Dakota Wesleyan University athletic director Curt Hart announced Tuesday afternoon that he has hired former Tiger wrestler and assistant coach Matt Sedivy to be the 10th head wrestling coach in school history. Sedivy, a 2006 graduate of Dakota Wesleyan, emerged…

Randy Lewis from Young Arena in Waterloo

Lewis talks about return to the mat Randy Lewis created quite a buzz in the wrestling world when he returned to the mat for the first time in 17 years for the Senior Freestyle competition at the Northern Plains Regional…

Wisconsin’s Howe Wins AWN Freshman of the Year

Another honor for Howe MADISON, Wis. Amateur Wrestling News released its All-Rookie Teams in the May issue, and after making it all the way to the NCAA finals at 165 lbs. as a true freshman, Andrew Howe was tabbed the…