By Mike Chiappetta NBCSports.com As the world of mixed martial arts continues to grow, it is a predictable development that the caliber of athletes attracted to the sport continues to rise. One interesting concept is “Team Takedown, “a management company…
STATE COLLEGE — Edinboro athletic director and two-time Olympic champion Bruce Baumgartner sat by the pool at the South Atherton Street Ramada Inn on Sunday afternoon and discussed the conundrum known as wrestling. Less than 30 feet away, dozens of…
University of Oklahoma Sports Information NORMAN, Okla. — The University of Oklahoma, thanks in large part to former wrestler Rodney Thornton, is set to launch a $2.4 million project at the McCasland Field House. The bulk of the construction will…
Legendary Cael Sanderson packs ’em in at mat camp Tuesday, July 31, 2007 BY JERRY REIGLE For The Patriot-News SHIPPENSBURG – Cael Sanderson’s pres ence at Heiges Field House at Shippens burg University yesterday blew away the myth that wrestling…
By Brian Kaminski For the Leader Times Move over, volleyball. Another sport is about to take over the beach. And it hopes to help take down diabetes. The local Pride Wrestling Club is sponsoring a beach wrestling tournament Saturday at…
By Andy Hamilton Iowa City Press-Citizen Montell Marion grew up in Des Moines, but it took a 1,700-mile roundtrip for him to get to the Iowa wrestling room. Marion, a two-time state champion and four-time finalist at West Des Moines…
As most of you are probably know, the University of Oregon has announced that they will be dropping their wrestling program after the 2007-2008 season and replacing it with baseball and competitive cheerleading. This is bad news not just for…
From Call staff reports Looking for a way to remain active during the summer months, Lehigh junior Trevor Chinn took to the beach. Chinn captured the 165 national title at the second annual U.S. Beach Wrestling National Championships on Saturday,…
By Jackie Friedman NEWS SPORTS REPORTER It was game time. Matt Mariacher got up from the towel on which he had been passed out for the last half an hour, dusted the sand off his legs, straightened out his…
Gary Abbott USA Wrestling ROCHESTER, N.Y. – 2006 World Beach bronze medalist Ray Downey of East Meadow, N.Y. (East Meadow WC) won the U.S. Beach National Championships for the second year in a row, with an impressive performance at 176…
