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Outgoing A.D. gets packing Bowlsby’s house fetches more than $1.45M price tag By Pat Harty Iowa City Press-Citizen Iowa athletic director Bob Bowlsby can scratch one thing off his to-do list before moving to Stanford University. Bowlsby said Wednesday morning…
By Gary Abbott USA Wrestling [email protected] The wrestling community is coming off an exciting weekend, when the 2006 U.S. World Teams in men’s freestyle and Greco-Roman were determined at the World Team Trials in Sioux City, Iowa. A weekend of…
BY TOM ROCK Newsday Staff Writer Two-time state champion wrestler Ryan Patrovich, once the cornerstone of Hofstra’s incoming recruiting class, has signed a national letter of intent to attend Ohio State in the fall. Patrovich had signed to attend Hofstra…
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Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winning jockey Pat Day has been named to the Hall of Outstanding Americans by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. The Hall of Outstanding Americans demonstrates wrestling’s pride in those who have used the…
By Andy Hamilton Iowa City Press-Citizen Terry Brands was searching Friday for words to fit the meaning of his induction into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame before his thoughts drifted several hundred miles and a week into the past.…
By Kevin Schlosser The Ohio State University Wrestling Program is a national power. Proof lies in the domino effect that was set off by Russ Hellickson’s early retirement. That event changed the landscape of college wrestling. The college wrestling community…
By Jason Bryant [email protected] When Frank Lipoli calls my cell phone, it’s usually him running 100 miles an hour telling me about the next big thing he’s got planned. I’ve grown accustomed to the “Jason, it’s Frank “¦ call me,…
USA Wrestling has named Palm Beach County, Fla. as the host for two of its national championship events this summer, the U.S. Beach Nationals and the U.S. Sombo Nationals, as well as its semi-annual Board of Directors meeting and its…
Three fathers say AD Jim Weaver went against his word when it came to scholarship releases. By Jim Reedy Parents of the five Virginia Tech wrestlers who plan to follow former coach Tom Brands to Iowa say Tech athletic director…
Leroy Vega’s grandparents immigrated to this country from Mexico decades ago. The Portage native has gone on to achieve tremendous success as a wrestler and now as an instructor and motivator. BY PAUL TREMBACKI [email protected] Representing the University of Minnesota…
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. “Rulon Gardner, whose stunning win over Russia’s Alexander Karelin ranks as one of the biggest upsets in Olympic history, will be inducted into the Colorado Springs Sports Hall of Fame on Oct. 25 at the Colorado Springs…