Amateur Wrestling news, gear and photos from the side of the mat.
Amateur Wrestling news, gear and photos from the side of the mat.
Indianapolis, IN By Greg Johnson The NCAA News The Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet at its June 24-25 meeting approved a new qualifier allocation formula for wrestling that will go into effect for the 2009 championship. Cabinet members, who convened in…
Wagner Wrestler One Of Four Up For ‘Best Male Athlete With A Disability’ BY JAMES D. CIMBUREK Wagner’s Ryan Kocer has always been a big-time athlete in South Dakota. Now he will have the chance to be recognized among the…
By GREG OLIVER – Producer, SLAM! Wrestling WATERLOO — It’s one thing to read about the flood damage to the Dan Gable International Wrestling Institute and Museum, but it’s another thing altogether to witness it — and to smell it.…
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — Chicago police officer and Pride veteran Mike Russow put the clamps on Jason Guida, on Saturday with a guillotine choke at 2:13 of the first round in Adrenaline MMA’s first offering. Before an estimated crowd of…
Here’s a video clip of a father butting into his kid’s amateur wrestling match that will have you shaking your heads. School Wrestling Match Broken Up by an Angry Father Hmm, this seems pretty unnecessary. I’d hate to see what…
Jake Deitchler became only the third high school wrestler to make the U.S. Olympic team with a shocking upset of Harry Lester — considered one of the best Greco-Roman wrestlers in the world at any weight. By RACHEL BLOUNT, Star…
Purdue University Sports Information WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue head wrestling coach Scott Hinkel was named the 2008 Amateur Wrestling News (AWN) Rookie Coach of the Year on Tuesday. Joining him with first-year honors were freshmen Luke Manuel, Logan Brown…
Newark, NJ By Jason Bryant [email protected] The Prudential Center in northern New Jersey is the brand-spanking new gleaming home of the National Hockey League’s New Jersey Devils. On Tuesday, USA Wrestling made “The Rock” the backdrop for an announcement of…
Sports Illustrated recently provided a list of the “top ten up-and-coming stars in Mixed Martial Arts”… and three had US collegiate wrestling backgrounds. Thanks to the Yahoo group Fight_Planet for providing the information seen here… C B Dollaway – known…
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…
Former Missouri wrestler Ben Askren, top, is competing at the Olympic Trials on June 13-15 in Las Vegas. By DAVID THIESSEN It would be wise not to doubt Ben Askren. He is competing at the Olympic Trials in Las Vegas…
Ackerman’s win recognized by magazine Simpson College Sports Information NCAA Champion Magazine has named Simpson College wrestler Nick Ackerman’s 2001 National Championship victory the No. 1 most dramatic championship victory in NCAA history. Ackerman, who lost his legs due ot…