USA Wrestling Weekly’s December 28, 2012 broadcast posted for viewing

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Gary Abbott (USA Wrestling)
12/27/2012


The USA Wrestling Weekly broadcast for Friday, December 28, 2012, has been posted for fans to enjoy.

USA Wrestling Weekly is a half-hour news broadcast which is produced on a weekly basis, and debuted in January 2011. Presented in a news format, it provides updated information on USA Wrestling activities, as well as a variety of feature segments.

To see this week’s episode, visit the following link:
http://youtu.be/dfbmMAD3D2E

This week, we have the episode with a wrapup of highlights from the 2012 USA Wrestling season.
 
This week’s show included the following feature segments:
• Coverage from the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England, including highlights from Olympic gold medalists Jordan Burroughs and Jake Varner, plus Olympic bronze medalists Clarissa Chun and Coleman Scott
• Coverage from the 2012 Women’s World Championships in Sherwood Park, Canada, including World champions Adeline Gray and Elena Pirozhkova, World silver medalist Helen Maroulis and World bronze medalist Alyssa Lampe
• Coverage from the record-setting 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Iowa City, Iowa, including highlights from Olympians Dremiel Byers, Spenser Mango, Justin Lester, Clarissa Chun, Elena Pirozhkova, Jordan Burroughs, Jake Herbert, Jake Varner and Tervel Dlagnev
•	Coverage from the 2012 NCAA Div. I Championships in St. Louis, Mo., including Penn State’s team victory led by Nittany Lion NCAA champions Frank Molinaro, David Taylor and Ed Ruth, plus three-time NCAA champion Kyle Dake of Cornell and two-time NCAA champions Matt McDonough of Iowa and Kellen Russell of Michigan
•	Coverage from the 2012 Beat the Streets Gala from Times Square in New York City, including the USA win over Russia in freestyle, with wins from Logan Stieber, Jared Frayer, Jordan Burroughs and Tervel Dlagnev
•	Coverage from the Olympic Trials Wrestle-off in 60 kg in freestyle held in Times Square in New York City, won by Coleman Scott
•	And Much More
	
There is an embeddable video player on TheMat.com which allows fans and media to view the most recent episode of USA Wrestling Weekly, and cycle through past episodes. This player can be embedded in websites, blogs and other online media outlets.

The show is moderated by veteran wrestling broadcaster Scott Casber and is scheduled for distribution each Friday on TheMat.com.

Each episode will also be posted on USA Wrestling’s YouTube Channel. In addition, USA Wrestling Weekly will be offered to a variety of websites, and will also be available to television networks across the nation.

USA Wrestling Weekly is now aired on television by:
• Cox Cable Cleveland, which reaches 70,000 viewers in the Cleveland, Ohio area and beyond
• Oklahoma Cox Cable, which reaches viewers in the Oklahoma City/Norman and the Tulsa metropolitan areas.
• Mediacom Cable, with distribution in six Midwestern states, bringing USA Wrestling news to one of the biggest wrestling hotbeds in the nation.
• The Fight Now USA cable network
• Long Lines Cable, with distribution in Eastern Nebraska, Western Iowa and SW South Dakota.
• CATV Service, which has served the Central Susquehanna Valley in Pennsylvania for over 55 years.
• Midco Sports Network, which services North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota

Current USA Wrestling Weekly website partners: Colorado USA Wrestling;  InterMatWrestle.com; Takedown Media. Com; Tech-Fall.com, USA Wrestling – Tennessee, The Open Mat, USA Wrestling – Kansas, Lighthouse Wrestling, Maryland USA Wrestling, NYwrestling.com, BTSusa.org, and BTSgear.com.

USA Wrestling staff participates extensively in creating the content for the show. The production of USA Wrestling Weekly is handled by Takedown Wrestling Media, which produces a variety of other wrestling broadcast products. The Lead Producer for the show is Chad Kriz of Takedown Wrestling Media. Feedback is encouraged, and should be sent to Gary Abbott of USA Wrestling at gabbott@usawrestling.org.

Websites interested in adding USA Wrestling Weekly should contact Gary Abbott of USA Wrestling at gabbott@usawrestling.org