Past Articles

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Responsible Sports: Providing Feedback to Your Child Responsible Sports 12/17/2012 How to deal with “corrective conditioning?" Experts Momir Petkovic and Eric Eisendrath give answers. [Article]
Oregon State wins Reno Tournament of Champions, led by champion RJ Pena Matt Franzblau Oregon State 12/17/2012 The Beavers had one champion, RJ Pena (157) and three runners-up. Wyoming and Boise State had two champions each. [Article]
WRESTLERS OF THE WEEK: Sheptock by ACC; McCormick by MAC; Dake by EIWA; McClure by Big Ten; Cox by WWC; Khishignyam by SoCon; Schopp by EWL & PSAC; various conferences 12/20/2012 [Article]
Kendrick Sanders named TheMat.com Wrestler of the Week Craig Sesker USA Wrestling 12/17/2012 Sanders was named Outstanding Wrestler in Greco-Roman after winning the inaugural Minnesota Storm Holiday Cup on Saturday. [Article]
USA Wrestling extends condolences to family of member Jack Pinto and other victims of tragedy in Connnecticut USA Wrestling 12/17/2012 Six-year-old Jack Pinto was a first-year member of both the Newtown Youth Wrestling Association and USA Wrestling. [Article]
Giants' Cruz, George Mason wrestlers honor 6-year-old Pinto Transcipt 12/17/2012 Six-year-old Jack Pinto, a USA Wrestling member, was killed in the Connecticut shooting. NFL star Victor Cruz, George Mason wrestling and his club wrestling team honored him Sunday. [Article]
Kyle Dake named OW at Grapple at the Garden as thousands see 14 Div. I teams in dual meets Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 12/16/2012 Dake beat Tyler Caldwell of OSU in a 165-pound showdown. Oklahoma State, Ohio State, Missouri and Iowa each won two dual meets in Madison Square Garden. [Article]
Sanders named Outstanding Wrestler in Greco-Roman at Minnesota Storm Holiday Cup Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 12/15/2012 Sanders won the 66 kg title to receive OW honors. The U.S. Army had three champs: Nate Engel (55 kg), Jon Anderson (74 kg) & Erik Nye (120 kg). [Article]
Excitement builds for Wrestling Nation Champions Tour in Tustin, Calif., December 19 Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 12/14/2012 Randy Couture and Jordan Burroughs talk about why the Wrestling Nation Champions Tour will be awesome in Tustin, Calif., Dec. 19. [Article]
LeValley named Outstanding Wrestler in freestyle at Minnesota Storm Holiday Cup 12/14/2012 Kevin LeValley of the host Minnesota Storm won the 66 kg gold to receive OW honors in freestyle at the Minnesota Storm Holiday Cup in Rochester, Minn. [Article]
VIDEO: Coleman Scott: You Better Make it Fun! Responsible Sports 12/14/2012 Olympic medalist Coleman Scott, who also coaches youth, shares the importance of making sports fun in this Responsible Sports video. [Article]
U.S. Greco-Roman stars tossing Matt Lauer & Al Roker voted TODAY Show funniest clip in 2012 USA Wrestling 12/14/2012 Viewers gave clip of Greco-Roman stars Ellis Coleman & Dremiel Byers tossing around Matt Lauer & Al Roker 32% of the vote to be the funniest clip of the year. [Article]
USA Wrestling Weekly’s December 14, 2012 broadcast posted for viewing Gary Abbott 12/13/2012 Content includes Grapple At the Garden preview, college update, Randy Couture, Jordan Burroughs, Chase Pami, Brandon Slay, Steve Fraser, wrestling video gone viral and more. [Article]
UPDATE: Vote for Matt and Al doing Greco-Roman at Olympics as funniest on TODAY show! Keep wrestling at No. 1 USA Wrestling 12/13/2012 The wrestling feature with Matt Lauer & Al Roker trying Greco is at No. 1 on Thursday a.m. Keep voting to keep wrestling on top. [Article]
What’s The Most Important Thing in LIFE? Lee Kemp Founder/President of FORZA 12/13/2012 Is there any satisfaction if there is virtually no chance of you ever finishing other than last place? EVER!What is the point of participating in anything with those ODDS? By Lee Kemp, Founder/President of FORZA [Article]
Fundraiser set for Brown coach Dave Amato’s daughter who is battling leukemia TheMat.com 12/15/2012 Brown head coach Dave Amato's daughter Niki Amato Volkmann has an aggressive form of leukemia and faces extensive medical costs for its treatment. [Article]
TDR this week: Pariano, McCoy, Fusilli, Zalesky, Bentley, Murphy Takedown Radio 12/12/2012 [Article]
Burroughs’ gold medal among 12 favorite moments from London Games in USOC Facebook poll TheMat.com 12/12/2012 Olympic fans picked their 12 favorite moments from London, and Jordan Burroughs gold medal win made the cut. Check it out!! [Article]
U.S. Grapplers Cross, Kelly earn No-Gi spots in World Combat Games in St. Petersburg, Russia in October 2013 Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 12/12/2012 Shane Cross (77 kg) and Mike Kelly (84 kg) earned spots in No-Gi Grappling at the 2013 World Combat Games in St. Petersburg, Russia next October. [Article]
Freestyle residents work out with Greco-Roman peers at combined Olympic Training Center practices Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 12/11/2012 Freestyle stars like Chase Pami (pictured) are doing Greco-Roman for a great workout and to improve their overall freestyle skills. [Article]