Category Amateur Wrestling

Surgery Sidelines Iowa’s Mark Perry

Surgery sidelines UI’s Perry By Andy Hamilton Iowa City Press-Citizen The top-ranked Iowa wrestling team will be without one of its top-ranked wrestlers for a few weeks. Mark Perry Jr., the defending NCAA champion and No. 1 wrestler at 165…

Joe Warren Suspended 2 Yrs for 2nd Anti-Doping Rule Violation

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced on Tuesday that an independent arbitrator from the American Arbitration Association (AAA)/North American Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has ruled that Greco-Roman wrestler Joe Warren committed a second anti-doping rule violation. Warren,…

Iowa Owns The Mat @ 2008 Nat Duals

HAWKEYES OWN THE MAT Iowa wins first National Duals crown since ’96 By Andy Hamilton CEDAR FALLS — Tom Brands sat comfortably in his chair Sunday afternoon and watched the championship meet at the National Duals from the best seat…

Wrestling 411: New College Wrestling Show on CSTV

Minneapolis, MN – Wrestling 411 is becoming a reality January 17, 2008 at 12:30PM ET on CSTV. The new highlight show will continually provide the sport of amateur wrestling with an effective center for educating, marketing and promoting the sport…

Brandon – The Streak Has Ended

Jason Behnken/Tampa Tribune Brandon wrestlers react to their loss to South Dade at the Jim Graves Challenge the Streak Dual Meet Tournament Saturday night at Brandon High School. The loss ended a 459 meet winning streak for Brandon. By ADAM…

NCAA wrestling champ, “Police Academy” actor from N.C. dies

The Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C.: Tab Thacker, an NCAA championship wrestler who appeared in two “Police Academy “films and other Hollywood movies, died Friday after several years of declining health, according to North Carolina State University. He was 45. The…

Wrestling still packs the house

by Guy Cipriano First, let’s look at how wrestling is received in some other parts of the country. Only 801 fans attended Ohio State’s Big Ten opener against Wisconsin on Dec. 10. Illinois, a Top 20 program, attracted just 525…

Illinois As A HS Wrestling Hotbed?

For Illinois Prep Wrestling Stars, There Is No Place Like Home Andrew Tanker/Northwestern Sports Information EVANSTON, Ill.– From Oklahoma to Minnesota to North Carolina, Illinois natives are dominating the college-wrestling scene. With more than 200 wrestlers from the state of…

Naismith: “Wrestling Is Better Exercise Than Basketball”

James Naismith was born in Canada and graduated from McGill University and the Presbyterian seminary in Toronto. In 1890 he entered the YMCA college in Springfield, Massachusetts, and it was there that James Naismith invented basketball, using peach baskets as…