According to the State Journal-Register newspaper in Springfield, Ill., it was announced on June 10 that the National Wrestling Coaches Association/Cliff Keen Multi-Divisional National Duals will leave the capital city of Illinois for the capital of Iowa, Des Moines, this winter. The college wrestling showcase, which features all the top non-Division I wrestling programs in [...]

By CSU Bakersfield Sports Information BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Former Bakersfield wrestling coach TJ Kerr has passed away. Kerr was 64. “Today is a sad day for the CSUB wrestling program as we mourn the loss of Coach Kerr,” said current Roadrunners head coach Mike Mendoza, a former wrestler and assistant coach at Bakersfield for Kerr. [...]

The founders of the Greater Washington Wrestling Business Network and the Wrestlers in Business Network are joining together to grow their network nationally. The GWWBN, WIB, the National Collegiate Wrestling Association and The National Wrestling Coaches Association have collaborated on building an entity that reaches deep into the wrestling and business community. The new organization [...]

By Mike Finn When the executive board of the International Olympic Committee announced in St. Petersburg, Russia, today that wrestling would remain in the running to earn at least provisional sport status for two Olympics after 2016, there were smiles among many in USA Wrestling. But these leaders, some of which were former wrestlers themselves [...]

The 2012-13 wrestling “year” — contested over the winter months on the high school and college level — comes to an end this month … in what has been a memorable year that has seen the very existence of the sport being threatened on the highest level. With that in mind, WIN is taking this [...]

Michael Martinez of Pagosa Springs, Colo., is a two-time state of Colorado champion wrestler, a four-time NCAA qualifier for the University of Wyoming and former Olympic Training Center resident. In early April, Michael awoke in the middle of the night to light the pilot light for the heater in his camper when a propane leak [...]

By Bryan Van Kley, WIN Publisher I had a real privilege on Sunday, May 5, in Ithaca, N.Y. Representing WIN Magazine and Dan Hodge Trophy founder Mike Chapman, I joined Neil Duncan and Nick Gallo from Presenting Sponsor ASICS on the campus of Cornell University to present the 19th annual Dan Hodge Trophy to four-time [...]

A group of American wrestlers will take on teams from Russia and Iran, May 15 and 19, from opposite ends of the nation as part of the “Beat the Street” events in New York City and Los Angeles. But organizers of these two events are also hoping the executive board of the International Olympic Committee [...]

By Rob Sherrill University of Michigan coach Joe McFarland put a bulls-eye on his program last November, assembling the nation’s No. 1 early signing class. All season long, the Wolverine futures lived up to the hype. McFarland’s six November signees all advanced to their high school state championship matches, five winning titles and one losing [...]

By Bryan Van Kley, WIN Publisher College wrestling on the Division I level may be seeing the beginning of seismic shifts in terms of conferences and NCAA qualifiers or regionals. The dominos started to fall last year when Rutgers and Maryland announced they were leaving the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association and Atlantic Coast Conference for [...]