Amateur Wrestling news, gear and photos from the side of the mat.
Amateur Wrestling news, gear and photos from the side of the mat.
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…
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…
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…
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…
By Ryan Maus GopherSports.com Tickets for the 2008 Big Ten Wrestling Championships, to be held at the University of Minnesota’s Williams Arena March 8 and 9, will go on sale at 9 a.m. Monday, Dec. 17. All-session tickets are $30…
WATERLOO “Six new legends of wrestling will enter the Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame on April 19, 2008. It will be the seventh class to go into the hall. The group includes two men who each won a pair…
A pilot program will have the coaches picking weight order. By Gary R. Blockus | Of The Morning Call When Lehigh hosts No. 5 Penn State in wrestling at Stabler Arena on Friday night, the 96th meeting in one of…
A Public Breakthrough The first 13 years of the Walsh Ironman, one thing was standard — a private school would win. There have been some challengers, but in the 14th edition of the Ironman, Graham High School out of St.…
Wrestling reaches required 40 schools BY NICK WALKER When Greg Hatcher and Don Schuler first thought of expanding high school wrestling in Arkansas in September 2006, there were only three schools with programs. As of today, there are 40 schools…
By Elizabeth Conlisk Big Ten Network Every Big Ten wrestling team will make at least one live appearance this winter on the Big Ten Network. The network will televise 11 total events and 10 of those, including the Big Ten…
Perry out for Iowa State meet By Andy Hamilton Iowa City Press-Citizen Iowa will have to take on the top-ranked wrestling team in the country without one of its top wrestlers. Defending NCAA champion Mark Perry Jr. won’t be in…
By Dave Meltzer, Yahoo! Sports Sam Vasquez of Houston may have become the first fighter to die from injuries sustained in mixed martial arts competition in North America. A report by The Fight Network cited the Harris County (Texas) medical…