CARYN ROUSSEAU Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. “Once the sport of hustlers and barroom brawlers, arm-wrestling has gone from makeshift competitions in local taverns to organized tournaments at posh hotels. With tournaments airing on cable sports networks, fans are beginning…
By Patricia Corrigan Of the Post-Dispatch The sun beats down. The sumo wrestlers stretch their massive, muscular legs and slap their thighs. They squat low, face each other and tap the ground with their fists. Suddenly, they collide and each…
Danielle Marquis/Marquis Athletes Rulon Gardner, Olympic Gold and Bronze medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling, will auction the actual snowmobile he was on in his near fatal accident in the Wyoming wilderness. The snowmobile, which has been refurbished, will be listed on…
By CN Staff This Wednesday the ISU and Iowa soccer teams will kick-off the second annual Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk series in Iowa City. Hy-Vee, Inc., in conjunction with Hawkeye Sports Properties, a division of Learfield Communications, and Cyclone Sports Marketing, a…
Brooker, from wrestling match to rescue helicopter on Gulf Coast By MERI-JO BORZILLERI The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – This weekend, Anthony Brooker was supposed to be sweating in a singlet at the U.S. Olympic Training Center,…
Wrestling at the Garden Julie Randle Of the Suburban Journals Oakville-Mehlville Journal Lynn Matsuoka isn’t a sports fan, so after 30 plus years of following sumo wrestling one has to wonder. “I’m still not a sports fan. I’m a people…
By Cheryl Walker UNION-TRIBUNE COMMUNITY NEWS WRITER VALLEY CENTER “Football, trombone or wrestling. Bethany Harris decided she had to pin herself down to one activity and give it her all. Wrestling won. “Why wrestling? “is what most people ask the…
Tim Foley Named to Columbia Wrestling Staff Former All-American Follows Brendan Buckley’s Lead Tim Foley, one of the finest wrestlers in University of Virginia history, has joined the Columbia wrestling staff as a graduate assistant coach, following the lead of…
Four-Time All-American Jake Percival Joins RU Wrestling Staff PISCATAWAY, NJ “Former Ohio University All-American Jake Percival, the program’s all-time leader in victories, has joined the Rutgers wrestling program as an assistant coach, announced RU head coach John Sacchi. Percival graduated…
Don Stoner/Augsburg Sports Information MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The nine-time NCAA Division III national champion Augsburg College wrestling team has been invited to meet with President George W. Bush at the White House in Washington, D.C., next Thursday (9/8), college officials…
