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Respect Your Opponent – Equality In Sports

Three-time NCAA all-American wrestler, Hudson Taylor and Athlete Ally are taking aim at, homophobia and sexism in sports and, working, to bring real, sportsmanship. Any sport is about respect. Respecting yourself, your opponent and your team. And respect includes equality. Since having his own “ah-ha…

Iowa’s Joe Slaton: More Bond Than Blood

By K.J. Pilcher The Gazette The emotional and physical demands of wrestling can be trying on competitors and their closest supporters. Occasionally, the sport’s daily grind can strain a bond between the two, especially if that relationship isn’t bolstered by…

Mike Rodriguez was one of the great college wrestlers of the 1950s — a three-time Big Ten champ and two-time NCAA finalist for the University of Michigan… Then he became a long-time high school coach in Detroit, molding Michigan high…