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 head of the United States Olympic Committee said recently that the organization has a $5 million donor prepared to invest in preserving Olympic sports at colleges. During a speech in Washington, USOC CEO Scott Blackmun called on an “urgent”…
A total of 24 college wrestling teams – including five of the top 20 NCAA Division I mat programs – will return to Madison Square Garden for only the third time in the storied New York City arena’s 135-year history…
Every year, around 400,000 college students sign their name on dense compilations of written rules and regulations issued by the NCAA. These rules essentially state that the NCAA, and in some cases the university for which the students compete, will…
Ben Jackson has Cerebral Palsy, a disorder that affects muscle tone, movement, and motor skills. In the 8th grade, he decided to start wrestling because he wanted to challenge himself. His first year, he lost all 24 matches, but he…
Dan Gable Museum releases limited edition Dan Gable singlet WATERLOO, Iowa—The National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum has released a limited edition singlet to commemorate the legacy of Dan Gable. Gable won the 1972 Munich Olympics without surrendering…
I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying again.
It’s not always about winning and losing. It’s about sportsmanship and the journey you’re on. Be proud no matter what.
We were lucky enough to get into Twitter early and got @wrestling as our Twitter handle. Today, that changed to @iWrestle. A few weeks back the social media director for United World Wrestling, then FILA, approached me and asked me if…
Not sure I’m a big fan of the name, but I’m sure it’ll grow on me. The FILA Bureau voted on the name change as the sport’s world governing body gets set to undergo a significant rebranding exercise which also…
Jimmy is the lead trainer at Tampa Bay Athletics and the TEN Institute and Nick is the wrestling coach at Anclote High School in Holiday. The two Division 1 Wrestling standouts grew up wrestling and were game for a little…
Gotta have wrestling shoes at the gym. via Flickr
A sequence photo of Ellis Coleman performing his flying squirrel wrestling move. Flipping an opponent like this isn’t going to be easy. If you’d like to read the text, either right-click and save the large version, or I’ve written up…