By Mike Finn, WIN Editor One of the things that was mentioned most often when Philadelphia earned the right to host the 2011 NCAA Division I Championships was that the sport might be introduced to a much different audience than that which had attended the annual event in Midwest locations like St. Louis, Oklahoma City, Ann [...]
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Column by Mike Finn, WIN Editor It was a moment that many may eventually consider the turning point of the 2010-11 collegiate wrestling season. For Montell Marion, it may be the moment that really convinced him to turn his life around. For about seven minutes on Jan. 30 before a packed Rec Hall on the [...]
By Mike Finn Imagine if you will the year 2040 and — assuming we still have college wrestling following this current and scary era of discontinued programs — the NCAA is hosting its 112th edition of the Division I National Championships. And now imagine there coaching Iowa and Penn State are Tom Brands and Cael Sanderson [...]
Mike Finn By Mike Finn The best part of sports is that win or lose, there is always a tomorrow, another great athlete, another great moment. Unfortunately, there are certain levels of amateur wrestling in the U.S. which are not doing well. I’m not trying to be a doom-and-gloom guy, but there have been signs [...]


















