Editor’s Note: In many people’s minds, Dan Gable’s wrestling career started at the Midlands where he won six folkstyle championships, including in 1971 between winning both the 1971 World championship and 1972 Olympic gold medal in freestyle. Recently, Gable, who also excelled as a coach on the NCAA and international level, spoke with Mike [...]

By Mike Finn The following were chosen Wrestling Insider Newsmagazine as the Top-10 post-high school wrestling stories of 2011. 1. Penn State leads Eastern resurgence with NCAA championship When Penn State lured Cael Sanderson away from coaching his alma mater Iowa State in 2009, many of the Nittany Lion faithful hoped Penn State would once [...]

By Dennis Hall What is an affirmation?  It Is an idea that you believe to be true.  I became aware of the power of affirmations through a good friend of mine, the late Beasey Hendrix. Beasey was my mental skills coach throughout much of my career.  He made me a believer in affirmations when he [...]

In the summer of 2008, Jake Deitchler — then an 18-year-old graduate of Anoka (Minn.) High School — surprised the wrestling world in this country when he earned the 145.5-pound Greco-Roman berth to represent the United States at the summer Olympics in Beijing, China, becoming the first high school wrestler to qualify for the Olympics [...]

By Mike Finn This has been quite a year for Jordan Burroughs, who captured his second NCAA championship this past winter and won the FILA World freestyle championship a couple weeks ago. It was also a great time for Nebraska head coach Mark Manning, who was in Burroughs corner in Philadelphia last March for the [...]

By Steve Fraser As I contemplate our poor performance at the 2011 Greco-Roman World Championships, I struggle with what we need to do over the next 10 months to reach our Olympic goals for London. The two things that stand out in my mind are: on the feet, the wrestlers who win are true “fighters” [...]

Editor’s Note: Dan Gable made his name by setting college records as an Iowa State wrestler and University of Iowa coach. He also dominated on the World and Olympic stage by winning championships as both a wrestler and coach. Recently, Gable reflected on the United States’ successful World Championships in Istanbul, Turkeym with WIN editor [...]

WATERLOO – The National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum will recognize the Apple Valley High School wrestling team for its outstanding accomplishments at the Alan & Gloria Rice Greco-Roman Hall of Champions ceremony. The event will take place on Saturday, October 1, 2011, at the Christensen Center Commons on the campus of Augsburg [...]

By ESPN & USA Wrestling 09/10/2011 ESPN3.com, also known as WatchESPN.com, will be webcasting the championship finals and bronze medal matches from each day of the 2011 Wrestling World Championships from Istanbul, Turkey from Sept. 12-18. This is the second time in history any part of the championships have been streamed by the ESPN family [...]

By Gary Abbott USA Wrestling Jake Fisher (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC) suffered an injury during training in Greece and will not be able to compete at 74 kg/163 lbs. in Greco-Roman at the World Wrestling Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. Fisher severely injured a foot during the U.S. Greco-Roman World Team practice during its Acclimation [...]