By Philip Hersh | Tribune reporter Jake Herbert continues to take nothing for granted in his prolonged career as a Northwestern student-athlete. Herbert may not have lost a college wrestling match since 2006 ” and just one of 81 matches…
By Roger Moore STILLWATER, Okla. – On the mat Peter Steele Blair was as tough and intimidating as anybody who’s ever put on a wrestling singlet. Off the mat he put forth the same effort in regards to his fellow…
By Roger Moore Even if Edward Eichelberger had never wrestled a match for Lehigh University he’d be remembered as one of the great individuals to ever set foot on the Pennsylvania campus. “He was a real inspiration to me, a…
By Gary Abbott Along with his twin brother Duane, a teenage boy named Dennis Koslowski was exposed to wrestling during physical education class in Webster, S.D. Who would know that this would eventually lead the twins to an international wrestling…
At the age of seven, he discovered that his father Les Gutches, Sr. had wrestled by finding some photos and medals in a storage box in their Oregon home. “When dad came home, he shook the sawdust out of his…
As a number of athletic departments prepare to cut some men’s teams to trim budgets, NCAA president Myles Brand has put out a call for schools to leave Title IX out of it. He has pre-emptively asked schools with shrinking…
University of Minnesota Sports Information University of Minnesota sophomore Joe Nord was named the Big Ten Wrestler of the Week today following an upset victory over Nebraska’s No. 12 Tucker Lane this weekend. Nord defeated Lane with a 6-2 decision…
Oklahoma State University Sports Information STILLWATER, Okla. — Oklahoma State junior 285-pounder Jared Rosholt was recognized as the Big 12 Wrestler of the Week, the conference office announced today. Rosholt continues to dominate the opposition in 2008-09, as he ran…
Dave Meltzer has the scoop from Yahoo! Sports Henry Cejudo, the only American to capture a gold medal in wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, recently negotiated with Japanese promoters for a match on that country’s biggest…
