Mark Palmer, Staff Writer [email protected] Remember when you had to read a short story or novel for class, and discuss its major story themes? Just as any work of literature has story themes, so does a college wrestling season. Before…

By PATTI ARNOLD The Daily Sentinel During his coaching career at the University of Iowa, Dan Gable was so focused on his program, he had no idea what was happening to wrestling teams around the country. When he retired in…

The next major building project for Des Moines will probably be a new downtown hotel. Why, you ask? After spending $217 million of public money on a new arena/convention complex, we now learn that not including a new hotel as…

By Rich Bell As a proud practitioner of the transformation arts, I enjoy working with clients of all ages and abilities, as long as work is what we do. But if I had to choose the ideal guinea pig for…

By Andy Hamilton Iowa City Press-Citizen The Iowa wrestling team is still more than a week away from its first competition of the year, but Charlie Falck’s sophomore season has reached injury-plagued status. Iowa’s 125-pounder is expected to miss at…

MARK KARPF In about six minutes, a Lincoln house received at least $7,500 worth of damage, the lives of 11 men were changed and the blood of those involved was all over the floor and walls. Neighbor John Harris, who…

NCAA college coaches may now coach their college wrestlers at various events within or outside of the playing season Gary Abbott/USA Wrestling USA Wrestling has been notified that the NCAA has passed legislation allowing staff members to engage in coaching…

Doug Carroll The Arizona Republic Eighteen years ago, they entered the world one minute apart. Even now, only 5 pounds separate fraternal twins Kyle and Bobby Ellsworth. That, plus the 3,½-mile stretch of Arizona Avenue that runs between Chandler and…