Category Olympic

Bruce Baumgartner Signed Print on eBay

If you’re a fan of Bruce Baumgartner — the most decorated US wrestler in international competition, with four Olympic medals — you’ll want to get in on the bidding for this print of Bruce and Lou Roselli, autographed by the…

On eBay: Autographed Mat Fundraiser for Katrina Victim

An Olympic wrestling mat autographed by Gold Medalist Cael Sanderson, Rulon Gardner, Dan Gable, Kevin Jackson, Tom Brands, John Smith, Silver Medalist Matt Gahfari, and World Champion Dremiel Byers. They are trying to raise money for Mark Strickland & his…

Shoes To Silver: Jamill Kelly Comes To Mark Munoz’s Camp

By BRAD KVEDERIS, Times-Herald sports writer Their friendship has developed into a lifelong bond, but the first encounter between former Vallejo High wrestling star Mark Munoz and Olympic silver medalist Jamill Kelly was over a pair of shoes. “We were…

From wrestling match to rescue helicopter

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,…

U Penn Paper: Olympian Hired as Coach

Olympian hired as wrestling coach By fred david andzachary levine In filling the void left by wrestling coach Roger Reina, who departed after 19 seasons, Penn looked to the world’s biggest stage. The man they found was 2004 U.S. Olympic…

Rulon’s Life Of Extremes: New Book, Shoe Auction

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…

Gardner To Auction Off Shoes for USA Wrestling

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…

China’s Coach: We Can Win Gold at 2008 Olympics

Three-time Olympic bronze medalist Sheng Zetian said that Chinese men can win their first-ever wrestling gold medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Sheng, who won the bronze medals in Barcelona, Atlanta and Sydney Olympics, said the changes to the…

Nate Gallick on Beijing Track

n wrestling hotbeds like Iowa and Minnesota, they know all about Nate Gallick. You probably should, too. The former Tucson Sunnyside prep All-American is a standout at Iowa State and ranked No. 2 in his weight class in USA Wrestling’s…

25 Years Later, US Boycott of Moscow Olympics Still Rankles

By Alan Abrahamson Los Angeles Times Brian Roney is 45, married with two kids, a park manager for California’s Lake Casitas Recreation Area. Twenty-five years have passed, yet “I just haven’t been able to get rid of that bitterness, “he…

Gardner Enjoys Life Off The Mats

The shoes Rulon Gardner left at the 2004 Olympics were meant to signal his retirement from wrestling. But since then, Gardner has trekked across the country promoting the sport he can never really abandon. Gardner handed the torch to the…