By Sharon Robb South Florida Sun-Sentinel SINGER ISLAND – Eric Albarracin no longer travels light. Unlike his early years in wrestling when the Coral Springs High graduate slept on friends’ couches, walked five miles to practice and lived on money…
Written by Koy Kosek In November of 1993, the Ultimate Fighting Championship was organized. The concept was brilliant in its simplicity: there were only two major rules regulating the fighters “no biting and no eye-gouging “and the rounds were 10…
By Lisa Palmisano LEONARDTOWN, Md. (BP)–How many Olympic gold medalists can you name? Possibly recent champions Apolo Anton Ohno, Mary Lou Retton, Michael Jordan or Mia Hamm come to mind. One name you may not recall — unless you are…
After building a nationally ranked wrestling program at Pensacola Christian College, Two-Time Olympic Wrestlers James and David Hazewinkel will head up the Marion Military Institute (MMI) Wrestling Program. Their record of 11 winning seasons, 5 conference titles, 6 national championships,…
Written by Josh Lashley Just about anybody who’s ever witnessed a wrestling match, let alone those who competed on the mat for any extended period of time, can attest that it is quite unlike any sporting event that they’ve ever…
The beach behind the Hilton Singer Island Resort will be the site of the first U.S. Beach National Championships. They’re part of a wrestling weekend that also includes national and Pan American championships in Sombo wrestling on Sunday at the…
By Sharon Robb South Florida Sun-Sentinel SINGER ISLAND ,· Shawn Sheldon brushed the sand off his arms and face after a demonstration of beach wrestling Wednesday at the Hilton Oceanfront Resort. The two-time Olympian lives in West Palm Beach and…
Lou Banach won an Olympic gold medal, but he couldn’t make the Port Jervis varsity wrestling team as a sophomore. Banach finally cracked the lineup in his junior year. Banach and his twin brother, Ed, lived along the railroad tracks…
Brock Lesnar, the former NCAA heavyweight wrestling champion who became a professional wrestler, will announce this in Las Vegas his plans to become an “ultimate fighting “competitor.
By Laura Ammerman Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Ben Creed started wrestling about two years ago, and already he has represented the United States in an international competition. The 12-year-old Wellington resident returned July 31 from The Netherlands with the…
