5 Results for tag: men’s wrestling

Oklahoma State Wins Reno Tournament of Champions

Congratulations to Oklahoma State University Men's Wrestling Team, the winner of college bracket of the 2008 Reno Tournament of Champions. Click here for the results. Here's the rest of the top 10: 1. Oklahoma State 146.5 2. Edinboro 132.5 3. North Carolina 94.0 4. Cal State Bakersfield 87.0 5. Navy 79.0 6. Ar... More

Larry Owings vs. Dan Gable at the 1970 NCAA Wrestling Championships

If you look hard enough, YouTube inevitably yields some very interesting and historic footage. A few minutes ago, I tripped over this vintage footage of Dan Gable of the University of Iowa and Larry Owings of Washington University in the 1970 NCAA Men's Wrestling Championships. It would be the only loss of Gable's collegiate career. There's no audio, as ... More

Using Wrestling to Increase Male Enrollment

That's a strategy being put to the test by California Baptist University. More

Slandering Title IX Reform and Supporters of Wrestling

Over at Because I Played Sports, Megan Lauren O'Donnell is tying herself into logical knots trying to deny that the manner in which Title IX is enforced has resulted in the elimination of men's wrestling programs all over the country. In addition to compounding that fallacy, she makes it worse by claiming that opponents of Title IX reform are fighting ... More

The Seattle PI Fumbles on Women’s Wrestling

It must be silly season in the wake of yesterday's story in the New York Times concerning the rise of women's wrestling at the high school and collegiate level. Today, the Editorial Board at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer stepped into the breach created by the article in order to spew some more disinformation: For all the interest high school ... More