Past Articles

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Q and A with U.S. Assistant National Freestyle Coach Terry Brands Craig Sesker USA Wrestling 08/10/2008 Brands, a two-time World champion and Olympic bronze medalist, sat down Sunday for an interview with USA Wrestling's Craig Sesker. Brands is helping prepare the U.S. freestyle team during practices in Beijing. [Article]
Iowa wrestler Schwab already awed by Olympic experience 08/12/2008 [Article]
Minus locks, Askren searching for gold 08/12/2008 [Article]
UPDATED: International journalists make Olympic wrestling champion predictions Various journalists 08/12/2008 [Article]
CORMIER FEATURE: One gold in mind 08/09/2008 [Article]
Flash quotes from the U.S. Olympic freestyle team press conference on August 9 08/09/2008 [Article]
Greco Roman Coach Attains Goals, Then Sets More 08/11/2008 [Article]
Cormier named captain of the U.S. Olympic freestyle wrestling team Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 08/09/2008 Two-time Olympian Daniel Cormier of the Gator WC has been selected as captain of the 2008 U.S. Olympic freestyle wrestling team by his teammates. Cormier competes at 96 kg on August 21 in Beijing. [Article]
U.S. National Greco-Roman Coach Steve Fraser featured in New York Times Greg Bishop New York Times 08/10/2008 Check out the outstanding feature on Fraser that was written by Greg Bishop of the New York Times. The U.S. will compete in the Olympics in Greco-Roman from Tuesday through Thursday. [Article]
UI's Schwab wrestles for the family 08/11/2008 [Article]
STEINER OLYMPICS JOURNAL: Last thoughts about the Olympics as we leave China Terry Steiner National Women's Coach 08/22/2008 National Women's Coach Terry Steiner has been sending daily journal entries by email around the world, and has agreed to post them on TheMat.com. Catch up on the first few days with the Women's Team by reading today's posting. [Article]
U.S. freestyle team confident heading into the Olympic Games Craig Sesker USA Wrestling 08/09/2008 The six-man United States team outlined its goals during a press conference on Saturday at the Olympic Games Main Press Center. [Article]
Jason Borrelli named Stanford Head Wrestling Coach Kendall Johnson Stanford 08/09/2008 [Article]
No Holds Barred features Olympic Wrestling Preview with Gary Abbott of USA Wrestling Eddie Goldman No Holds Barred 08/08/2008 [Article]
Wrestling coaches got their start here 08/09/2008 [Article]
World Team Trials for women's wrestling set for Sept. 19-20 in Colorado Springs, Colo. Elizabeth Wiley USA Wrestling 08/08/2008 [Article]
U.S. Wrestlers Marvel at the Great Wall and Find in It a Lesson 08/09/2008 [Article]
U.S. Olympic wrestling teams take part in historic Opening Ceremonies at Olympic Games USA Wrestling 08/08/2008 Fifteen members of the U.S. men's and women's freestyle, and Greco-Roman teams took part in the Opening Ceremonies on Friday night in Beijing, China. [Article]
WHEELER OLYMPICS JOURNAL: Lifelong dream comes true with Olympic medal Adam Wheeler Team USA 08/15/2008 U.S. Olympian Adam Wheeler will be chronicling his experiences at the 2008 Olympic Games for TheMat.com. [Article]
Former wrestler to provide monetary reward for U.S. Olympic wrestling medalists Fuel the Dream 08/08/2008 Philanthropist Ken Honig has pledged to provide funds to Olympic wrestling medalists in Beijing. The reward for gold is $25,000, for silver is $17,000 and for bronze is $5,000. [Article]