University of Nebraska Sports Information Lincoln — The Amateur Athletic Union has announced that former Nebraska wrestler Brad Vering is a finalist for the 2007 James E. Sullivan Award, an honor given each year to the nation’s top amateur athlete.…
By JOSH KATZOWITZ Video: Profile of Dustin Carter from The Enquirer GOSHEN, Ohio” The scream that Dustin Carter let loose in a gym here last weekend conveyed equal parts pain and elation. It was the sound of glory for a…
By Travis Johnson Email Collegian Staff Writer A gray-haired man in his 60s sits on a bench in the Lorenzo Wrestling Complex beneath championship plaques. He watches intently as his grandson, an elementary school wrestler, rolls around the mat with…
Flowers Wrestler Learns to Overcome Disability By Alan Goldenbach Washington Post Staff Writer Michael Spriggs grabbed on to a teammate’s shoulder and headed for the gymnasium wall, where William Ngakoue, a 215-pound junior on the C.H. Flowers High School wrestling…
I’ve seen good wrestling matches in the past, but this kid is the champ. Check out his amazing move that gets him the pin! This is something you have to see to believe. Agile Wrestler Kicks Ass Add to My…
By Tom Archdeacon LONDON, Ohio ” On what so far was the biggest day of his high school life, Dustin Carter woke up with the flu and all the diarrhea and dehydration that comes with it. Worried about the consequences…
John Huckaby Imagine if Robert Montgomery Knight would have been a wrestling coach. Think about the quotes we would have enjoyed. Love him or hate him, there’s no doubt Knight, who resigned as head basketball coach at Texas Tech, filled…
by Catherine Guiles Thirty-five years after creating the nonscholarship Division III, the National Collegiate Athletic Association is surveying division members about adding a fourth division, citing rapid growth and policy disputes. But athletic directors at several Chicago area Division III…
BY DAN McCOOL In college athletic department offices across America, the coach behind the door belongs to a group that averages nearly $70,000 in base salary each year. Down many of those hallways, though, other coaches cash bigger paychecks than…
