Opinions/Blogs

Smith’s heart attack proved value of wrestling

By Sandy Stevens, WIN Magazine columnist (The following column appeared in the Sept. 12 issue of Wrestling Insider Newsmagazine (V23I11). Click here to subscribe to WIN Magazine or call 888-305-0606.) Trim...
Gable: Keeping kids in the sport is critical today

Editor’s Note: Dan Gable built his name from his success as both a wrestler and coach, especially on the college and international level. Now a grandfather, Gable has gotten a chance...
Will college football’s super conferences hurt wrestling?

By Mike Finn This could be the greatest wrestling season ever in the Big Ten Conference … or a sign of an ominous cloud over college sports that could dramatically hurt...
Wrestling programs make a difference in their communities

By Sandy Stevens Oyster shells are providing a pearl of an experience in community service for wrestlers at Coker College in Hartsville, S.C. In just their second year of competition, the...
Gable: Slay-Saitiev was example of confidence beating talent

Editor’s Note: Few wrestlers and coaches were as successful on the high school, college and Senior level as Dan Gable who won or coached wrestlers to countless championships and gold medals...
Getting Back On Top

Coon’s roller-coaster season has the Michigan star on the upswing again! A day after Adam Coon won both the freestyle and Greco-Roman championships in the Junior World Team Trials, May 30,...
O’Donnell’s Bold Move: January 1 Season Start

The Inside Trip, by Bryan Van Kley I applaud Dickinson State coach Thadd O’Donnell for being a trailblazer in regards to a controversial issue in college wrestling: its schedule. The 19-year...
More than Magic by David Taylor

Setting goals early continues to drive me forward! I started my wrestling career at age five in the Red Devil Wrestling Club in Evanston, Wyom. After a few years of wrestling,...
Coach’s Perspective by Steve Fraser: Look at Freestyle & Greco as equal chances

Do you know what it feels like to win an Olympic gold medal? Do you want to leave your footprint on the face of wrestling in the USA? Consider this —...
Wrestling fundamentals can work in all styles

With the scholastic or folkstyle season recently concluded, each spring brings with it the opportunity to pursue new opportunities in the sport of wrestling. Specifically, the Olympic styles of freestyle and...