Amateur wrestling took a step in the right direction and legendary University of Iowa Coach Dan Gable helped escort it. The longtime ambassador of the sport in which he excelled as a competitor and coach played a key role in…
By JOHN KLEIN Senior Sports Columnist STILLWATER – Former Iowa coach Dan Gable believes wrestling, encouraged by better than expected television ratings in recent years, has a chance to regain its position as one of the most popular collegiate sports.…
By K.J. Pilcher, Reporter IOWA CITY, Iowa – The hotbed of amateur wrestling finally gets the chance to host one of the sport’s premiere events. The United States Olympic Committee and USA Wrestling announced Tuesday that Iowa City was selected…
By MATT LEVINS IOWA CITY”Dan Gable has been the face of amateur wrestling for the better part of the last half-century. During that span, Gable has done just about everything there is to do for the sport of wrestling, both…
With heavyweight champ Brock Lesnar as a role model, college wrestlers are finding that mixed martial arts gives them a chance to compete and make money after school. By MYRON P. MEDCALF, Star Tribune When Division I football coaches called,…
By DAVID WATSON The wrestling room at the University of Wyoming UniWyo Sports Complex is thick with humidity as the heater is turned up before the start of practice. The music is blaring as the Cowboys enter from the locker…
Author: Justin Tasch After a groundbreaking 2009-10 campaign in which the team finished 21st at the NCAA championship, the Binghamton University wrestling team won’t be surprising many people this upcoming season. The Bearcats have garnered several preseason accolades this week.…
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue wrestling team is set to open its season on Saturday with the first practice of the season. The Boilermakers are set for their best season in recent history, returning seven NCAA Championship qualifiers and…
ATHENS, Ohio-Ohio senior Germane Lindsey (Cincinnati, Ohio) has been selected to wrestle in the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) All-Star Classic on Sunday, November 21st at Selland Arena in Fresno, California. Lindsey went 30-9 en route to the NCAA quarterfinals…
With Matt Hughes employing an amateur wrestling headlock to choke his way to victory over Ricardo Almeida at UFC 117, I figured the time was right to feature some more nasty amateur action”in this case, some slams. Now some of…
