Wrestling to make pro debut By Ron Bracken [email protected] Saturday morning smorga-sports … Unlike almost any other sport, folkstyle or freestyle wrestling offered no professional opportunity once a wrestler finished his collegiate career. There were no professional leagues, no tours,…
Light weight, heavy competition at IU By Andrew Petersen Indiana Daily Student Bloomington, IN (U-WIRE) — It’s almost match time, and junior Joe Dubuque is pacing around like a caged tiger awaiting a meal. Back and forth he strides, rolling…
Roger Kish School Year: Hometown: LaPeer, Mich.Old School: LaPeer West HS Bio information: 2003-04: Redshirted “¢ compiled a 9-4 record at 184 pounds “¢ had two pins and one technical fall “¢ went 3-2 at the Harold Nichols Open (11/15)…
Un-welcome mat: Practice simply the pits for ex-wrestler By TIM BADLEY For the Traveler Coach Wayne Jackson started practice by announcing my wrestling career synopsis: “When Tim started organized wrestling, he had his work cut out for him, “or words…
Chatting with the O-line on media dayBy Bryan Morry, Patriots Football WeeklyThe Patriots offensive line works well together on the field, but how close is the group off of it? My Media Day quest was to find that out. Continuity,…
Signing letters half the story for recruits By Mike Knobler Cox News Service ATLANTA — National Signing Day has become such a big deal that it has acquired capital letters, such a huge news event that it has spawned its…
REAL PRO WRESTLING 50TH ANNIVERSARY REUNITES A WRESTLING FAMILY NEW YORK, Friday, Nov. 1, 2052 — The highlight of the 50th anniversary celebration of Real Pro Wrestling (RPW), held today at the new underwater Madison Square Garden situated beneath the…
Earl Caddock made the transition from three-time national AAU champion to world heavyweight professional champion on April 9, 1917, when he took the world title from the great Joe Stecher in Omaha. The epic match lasted nearly three hours, with…
Iowa junior has lost his way, of late By Andy HamiltonIowa City Press-Citizen CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Presently, he’s ranked fifth at 184 pounds and unofficially No. 1 on the list of Iowa wrestling mysteries. Paul Bradley is the only All-American…
Illinois rips Iowa By Andy HamiltonIowa City Press-Citizen CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — They were in a ditch almost from the time they took the mat. And as Friday’s dual meet unfolded, the Iowa wrestlers continually scooped deeper until they were in…
