By Gregg Kilday The Hollywood Reporter Bennett Miller, 47, a Cannes newbie, is entering the competition for the first time with Foxcatcher, starring Steve Carell as eccentric American millionaire John du Pont, whose obsession with sponsoring Olympic wrestling hopefuls led to murder. Following his first two features — 2005’s Capote and 2011’s Moneyball — Miller once again […]...
By Joe Kania The Star-Ledger Blair Academy senior Joey McKenna wants nothing more than a spot on his second FILA world team in three years. To prepare for the upcoming FILA Junior world team trials at the end of the month, McKenna will compete in the Junior Champions International this weekend in Turkey. “The overall […]...
By Pittsburgh Sports Information AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. - The Atlantic Coast Conference announced on Thursday morning that the University of Pittsburgh will host the 2015 ACC Wrestling Championship at the Petersen Events Center on March 8, 2015. In 2013-14, Pitt’s first season of ACC competition, the Panthers won the regular-season title and finished second at the […]...
When Joey Butler was 10, he went to his father Joe after a wrestling tournament and asked why some kids were using the same pairs of wrestling shoes. The elder Butler explained to his son about how some kids weren’t as fortunate with money to afford a pair of wrestling shoes to compete with. So […]...
By Ali Feiz For FILA TEHRAN (May 14) – In the hopes of taking home the most prestigious team title in wrestling, defending world champion Russia and host Iran have entered a combined seven Olympic champions for the 2014 World Cup of Greco-Roman Wrestling in Tehran. Russia and Iran will square off with eight of […]...
By The Open Mat Circle Pines, Minn. – May 15, 2014: The Open Mat (TOM) and USA Wrestling are working together to expand the overall membership benefit of USA Wrestling members. As such, TOM will be offering its full line of digital publications to USA Wrestling members through July 2014 at no additional cost. One […]...
Iran’s Hamid SORYAN (IRI) looks for an attack during the Greco-Roman World Cup Thursday in Tehran. The 2012 Olympic champion lead his team to an undefeated first day and a Friday night finals matchup against defending champion Russia. (Photo: Borna Ghasemi, FILA-Official.com) T.R. Foley, FILA-Official.com TEHRAN, IRAN (May 15) –Russia blew past all four of […]...
By Gary Abbott USA Wrestling USA Wrestling has announced the wildcard selections for Phase I of the 2014 U.S. World Team Trials in men’s freestyle and Greco-Roman. Four men’s freestyle wrestlers and two Greco-Roman wrestlers have been added to the field. The men’s freestyle wrestlers will compete in the U.S. World Team Trials for men’s […]...
By MIchelle Brutlag Hosick NCAA.com A decade into academic reform, student-athletes in Division I continue to make gains academically. The latest NCAA Academic Progress Rates show overall improvement, including upticks in baseball, football and men’s and women’s basketball. The most recent four-year Division I APR is 976, a two-point improvement from last year. The average […]...
By Melissa McKeown Air Force Academy Sports Information USAFA, Colo. – Sam Barber has been named the head coach for the Air Force wrestling team, as announced today by Director of Athletics Dr. Hans Mueh. Barber takes over the reins after spending the past six years as an assistant coach for the Falcons. “Sam Barber […]...
By Kyle Klingman NWHOF Dan Gable Museum WATERLOO, Iowa—The National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum has released it full slate of celebrities for the 15th annual Dan Gable Celebrity Golf Tournament. The tournament will be held at Centennial Oaks Country Club in Waverly, Iowa, on Friday, June 6. This year’s headline celebrity is […]...
Kelly Flannery is married for 25 years mother of four. Her son was a three-time Massachusetts All-State Champion and a New England Champion who went on to wrestle at Cleveland State and Buffalo. In her spare time she has coached volleyball, softball, basketball, and most recently girls wrestling. Read Kelly Flannery’s Personal Statement at WrestlingStories.org: Kelly […]...
By Steve Kaminski MLive.com LOWELL – Lowell High School officials announced this week that R.J. Boudro has been promoted to coach the school’s varsity wrestling team. Boudro has served as a varsity assistant for the past seven years at Lowell, which won the Division 2 state championship in March and has had one of Michigan’s […]...
By Travis Johnson Centre Daily Times PHILADELPHIA — Cael Sanderson’s resume would seemingly be at the top of any pile of prospective U.S. National Wrestling Team coaches. Maybe it was — Sanderson on Tuesday stopped short of saying Team USA offered him the job former national coach Zeke Jones left earlier this year. But it’s […]...
By Elite Level Sport Marketing Chapel Hill, NC – The National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA), in coordination with Elite Level Sport Marketing (ELSM), has named 12 programs as 2013-14 Best of Brand finalists for the Gold Standard category in the Open Division. The programs that were announced as finalists by a committee are the following: […]...
By Brian Wolff Buffalo Sports Information BUFFALO, NY – The University at Buffalo has been informed by the NCAA’s Committee on Academic Performance that its Wrestling team has been banned from the 2014-15 postseason due to low Academic Performance Rate (APR) scores. UB is currently in the process of appealing the ban with the NCAA. […]...
By Jason P. Skoda Ahwatukee Foothills News Tricia Saunders has long been considered the country’s preeminent female wrestler. And there is now an award named after her that’s reemphasizes the Ahwatukee Foothills resident’s place in the sport. For the first time, the National Wrestling Hall of Fame & Museum honored female high school wrestlers with […]...
Bruce Burnett and Joe Gibbons will go “On the Mat” this Wednesday, May 14. “On the Mat” is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at 1650thefan.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00 PM Central on […]...
By Anthony Hernandez Rutgers Sports Information PISCATAWAY, N.J. (May 13, 2014) – Rutgers wrestling redshirt junior 165-pounder Nick Visicaro (Long Branch, N.J.) was named a recipient of the Scholar Baller National Second Team Academic Momentum Award, the National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS) announced. A total of 15 student-athletes were selected for the Academic […]...
By Justin Barney Florida Times-Union Rachael Kreier had it all planned out.The senior at Oakleaf was going to graduate and then go to college at Sam Houston State. Kreier’s grandparents had gone there, and so too, had her parents. It was a family tradition. Wrestling came along and changed everything. One inquiry led to another, […]...