Council Bluffs, Ia. ” Greco-Roman wrestling got to be a drag for Mark Rial, especially after a subpar showing at the 2008 Olympic Trials. A move back to Cedar Falls, where his college wrestling career began, helped Rial get back…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Three-times Olympic freestyle wrestling champion Buvaisar Saitiev has decided to retire after a career that has spaned nearly two decades. Saitiev, 34, one of only three wrestlers to have won three Olympic titles, was thinking of bidding…
By Mike Mooneyham A serious car accident nearly 33 years ago ended one of the most heralded careers in wrestling history. But it didn’t come close to ending the still-unfolding legacy of Danny Hodge. Hodge, who suffered a broken neck…
Former Hawkeye, 49, wins pair of matches at regional tourney By Jim Nelson Waterloo Courier WATERLOO ” At an age when most men are beginning to stare down retirement, Randy Lewis decided to find out if he was still tough.…
By DAN McCOOL – [email protected] Randy Lewis, a 1984 Olympic gold medalist, believes he has one more freestyle wrestling tournament in him. That tournament is today’s Northern Plains Regional at Young Arena in Waterloo. Lewis, who is 22 days shy…
By J.R. Ogden The Gazette [email protected] Randy Lewis is the first to call himself crazy. “We already knew that, “he said with a laugh. “That’s been documented for a long time.” Lewis, a two-time NCAA champion wrestler at the University…
Andy Hamilton “¢ Iowa City Press-Citizen “¢ May 2, 2009 Randy Lewis has talked for years about returning to competition in the sport that made him an Olympic champion. He figures he might as well do it while he’s still…
The Iowa State athletic director introduced Kevin Jackson as the new Cyclone wrestling coach. Jackson, the current Sunkist youth development program head coach, replaces Cael Sanderson, who left for Penn State April 17th. Jackson, a former gold medalist and two-time…
By Gary Mihoces, USA TODAY Northwestern’s Jake Herbert, named Tuesday as the 2009 winner of the Hodge Trophy as the nation’s top college wrestler, didn’t celebrate with a day of rest. Instead, he was training for the U.S. freestyle wrestling…
Former Olympian and two-time NCAA Division I national wrestling champion Ben Askren’s first professional MMA fight was a quick one. Askren (1-0), a former University of Missouri wrestler, scored a first-round TKO of Josh Flowers (0-3) at the Holiday Inn…
