By DAVID MAYBERRY Star-Tribune staff writer There’s finally a book by a prominent athlete that — from cover to cover — is believable. Fittingly, Rulon Gardner wrote it. Instead of a chapter or more devoted to the tawdriness often highlighted…
Gary Abbott/USA Wrestling Dan Gable’s name is synonymous to excellence in wrestling. The legendary athlete who turned into a champion coach still inspires an ever-growing population enthralled with the sport of wrestling. Many wrestling fans admiringly speak of the stories…
Gary Abbott/USA Wrestling USA Wrestling and Northern Michigan University are pleased to announce the hiring of Celso “Tony” DeAnda of Colorado Springs, Colo. to serve as the United States Olympic Education Center (USOEC) Assistant Women’s Freestyle Wrestling Coach. DeAnda will…
FILA signs four-year television contracts to broadcast World, European, Asian and World Cup events FILA web page/ For the new Olympic cycle, FILA undertook to renegotiate former TV contracts, in particular with EBU (European Broadcasting Union), and to sign new…
By KIRK BEY / La Crosse Tribune Nate Skaar didn’t hesitate when UW-La Crosse athletic director Joe Baker called him. Skaar told Baker he would return as UW-L’s wrestling coach on a one-year interim basis, the same position he held…
Paul McNeil (Wrestling): 2005 Mayland Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee Inductions will take place on September 30 as part of the Universitiy’s homecoming festivities. College Park, Md. – This is the first of five segments profiling the incoming class of…
By Chris Gasiewski, Delaware State News DOVER – Jamelle Jones had already proved how dominant he could be in Delaware. Now the two-time state champion from Dover High will see what he can do in New Jersey. So, wanting to…
The NCAA Wrestling Rules Committee will hold a video rules clinic on Sunday, September 11, 2005 at 3 p.m. Eastern time (2 p.m. Central, 1 p.m. Mountain, Noon Pacific). Included with this memo is an updated list of clinic sites.…
You can own Rulon Gardner’s actual Athens Olympics retirement shoes! I found the eBay auction and you can get a piece of wrestling history today! Good Luck. 🙂
By Gary Mihoces, USA TODAY In Rulon Gardner’s view, these shoes were made for hawking. So one pair of size 13 Asics wrestling shoes, which Gardner left at center mat in Athens to signal his retirement after winning a bronze…
