Month August 2005

TwisterHill Wrestling Club

Announcing TwisterHill Wrestling Club Would you like a free blog in a community dedicated to the sport of Amateur Wrestling? Well that’s what we want to know. Stop by TwisterHill Wrestling Club and let us know what you think.

IU Wrestling Reports for 2005-06

The Indiana wrestling team reported for its first round of meetings for the 2005-06 season today, while its official season does not begin until November. The Hoosiers will kickoff the year traveling to Columbia, Mo., for the Missouri Open on…

Bobby Douglas Enjoyed Coaching US Women’s Team

Bobby Douglas enjoyed coaching U.S. women’s university team, learning new things about being a coach Gary Abbott/USA Wrestling You might think Bobby Douglas has done everything there is to do in wrestling. An Olympic athlete, Olympic coach and NCAA Champion…

Martial Arts League Moneymaker for Casinos

BY ARNOLD KNIGHTLY BUSINESS PRESS Light heavyweight James Irvin caught Terry Martin with a flying knee to the head nine seconds into the second round, knocking out Martin in the opening bout of UFC 54: Boiling Point. Martin was given…

Grappling To Help Kids On Mat… and With Math, Reading

Teacher’s summer wrestling camp also pins down math, reading skills Gary McLendon Staff writer Arkee Allen coaches wrestling in the suburbs. But he hasn’t forgotten his city roots. This summer, in a combination of two of his passions, Allen started…

Rulon’s Life Of Extremes: New Book, Shoe Auction

By DAVID MAYBERRY Star-Tribune staff writer There’s finally a book by a prominent athlete that — from cover to cover — is believable. Fittingly, Rulon Gardner wrote it. Instead of a chapter or more devoted to the tawdriness often highlighted…

FILA Signs 4-Year TV Contracts To Broadcast Events

FILA signs four-year television contracts to broadcast World, European, Asian and World Cup events FILA web page/ For the new Olympic cycle, FILA undertook to renegotiate former TV contracts, in particular with EBU (European Broadcasting Union), and to sign new…

Skarr Takes UW-LaCrosse Interim Coaching Job — Again

By KIRK BEY / La Crosse Tribune Nate Skaar didn’t hesitate when UW-La Crosse athletic director Joe Baker called him. Skaar told Baker he would return as UW-L’s wrestling coach on a one-year interim basis, the same position he held…

Paul McNeil Into Maryland Athletics Hall of Fame

Paul McNeil (Wrestling): 2005 Mayland Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee Inductions will take place on September 30 as part of the Universitiy’s homecoming festivities. College Park, Md. – This is the first of five segments profiling the incoming class of…

State champion wrestlers transfer out of state

By Chris Gasiewski, Delaware State News DOVER – Jamelle Jones had already proved how dominant he could be in Delaware. Now the two-time state champion from Dover High will see what he can do in New Jersey. So, wanting to…