It’s time to come clean. I’ve lied in this blog for two and a half years. I’ve always claimed that I never wrestled and that isn’t entirely true. I did win an 8th grade intramural championship at Frank L. Smart…
Phil Davis, 2008 NCAA Division I 184-pound champ for Penn State, will be competing at UFC 109: Relentless at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on Saturday, February 6. Davis, who signed with UFC just last month, will…
ST. CROIX, Minn. – A little boy from Stillwater is inspiring hundreds of wrestlers in his community. The boy with special needs hasn’t let his disability slow him down or keep him from wrestling the best. Dillon Hill, a 9-year-old…
CINCINNATI — It would be great to have someone shovel your driveway for free. On Thursday, a small group of teens who call themselves the “Winton Woods Weather Warriors “wrestled the elements to say thank you. “This is just going…
by Robert Gardner It is often said that one of the best bases to have as a mixed martial artist is wresting. Wrestling, in all of its forms, is a sport that is all about leverage and control. Many fighters…
Craig Sesker USA Wrestling Iowa’s Brent Metcalf shoots in on North Carolina State’s Darrion Caldwell during the 2009 NCAA finals in St. Louis. Photo by Larry Slater. IOWA CITY “Brent Metcalf took the college wrestling world by storm during the…
Andy Hamilton “¢ Iowa City Press-Citizen The top-ranked Iowa wrestling team did enough Friday to beat up on two more opponents and set another school record for dual dominance. But the Hawkeyes didn’t do enough to appease coach Tom Brands…
By KATHIE OBRADOVICH “¢ [email protected] Republican Jim Gibbons of Des Moines, a former Iowa State University wrestling coach, will run for Congress in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District. The winner of the GOP primary will take on incumbent Democrat Leonard Boswell.…
WILLIAMSPORT – A former Lock Haven University wrestler has filed a lawsuit against the university’s athletic director, former wrestling coach and president claiming the university tried to force him to wrestle when injured, and violated his freedom of speech by…
When news surfaced in September that Ryland Geiger was leaving the University of Minnesota, it was more than just a small blip on the radar for the Gopher faithful. The 19-year-old Geiger, who was one of the nation’s top recruits…
