Wrestling Links (3-17-11)

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2011 NCAA Wrestling Division I Championship Preview
Kansas City Star
By Sports Network This year’s NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships will be held at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA. The best of the best will gather together for a grueling weekend to find out who wants it the most, as 280 student …
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Paul Giamatti & Alex Shaffer on ‘Win Win’
BlackBook Magazine
And yet, these two unlikely costars find themselves in a room together promoting Win Win, the third film from burgeoning auteur Tom McCarthy, about a down-and-out lawyer and part-time wrestlingcoach (Giamatti) who stumbles on a misfit kid (Shaffer) …
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Cornell coach challenges UNO’s decision to drop wrestling
Grand Island Independent
By Rob White News of the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s intention to drop its Division II national championship wrestling program has stirred up the coach of the nation’s No. 1-ranked Division I team. Rob Koll, coach of top-ranked Cornell, …
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NCAA wrestling weight breakdowns
Centre Daily Times
Northwestern’s Brandon Precin is the lone wrestler to defeat McDonough this season. Former Indian Valley star and Kent State junior Nic Bedelyon is the sixth seed. Cael Sanderson showed he has some Pat Gillick in him by snagging Andrew Long midway …
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TNA Wrestling Victory Road: What TNA Should of Done
Bleacher Report
EY has the mic skills and wrestling ability to put on a good match with Sting and at the moment he is stuck in a storyline that seems to be going nowhere plus the fans would of gotten there moneys worth. This would solve three issues, firstly it would …
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Bleacher Report

Various News: JWoWW Talks Wrestling, Jim Ross Injury Update, More
411mania.com
– Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan are headed to Fayetteville, NC for MCW today. Hulk Hogan has also noted that he has been working out and is currently pain free since his latest back surgery. [Credit: Pwinsider.com] – Two of Taz’s Dojo students had …
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State wrestling preview: A new year, a new title for Apollo’s Bengston?
St. Cloud Times
10:12 pm State wrestling preview: A new year, a new title for Apollo’s Bengston? St. Cloud Apollo’s Mitch Bengtson won his second state wrestling championship last year, beating Hastings’ Eric Bauer 3-1 in four overtimes at the Xcel Energy Center in …
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BRODEUR: Wrestling, steroids don’t mix
Danbury News Times
One question, for a region with such rich history and perennially powerful programs, was how wouldwrestling take the news? Universally, wrestling’s survived decades-old concerns over extreme weight-cutting measures. So what now? …
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Virginia wrestler Henrich thrilled to be ending college career in hometown …
Philadelphia Daily News
By JASON NARK By JASON NARK Coaches at University of Virginia often asked Chris Henrich, the school’s All-America wrestler, whether he wanted to redshirt, have a year off to sharpen his formidable skills and come back even stronger. …
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Cowboys Wrestling: Helbig overcomes impairment en route to NCAAs
Casper Star-Tribune Online
WYOMING MEDIA RELATIONS | COURTESY Wyoming wrestler LJ Helbig, right, competes to the Cowboy Open in Laramie earlier this season. Helbrig, who is deaf, will compete in the NCAA championships, starting today in Philadelphia. …
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Blogs

NCAA Wrestling Championships weight-by-weight breakdown, pt. 2 …
By Andy Hamilton
A weight-by-weight breakdown of the NCAA Wrestling Championships for weights 149 , 157 and 165.
Hawk Central – http://hawkcentral.com/

Top-Ranked Cornell Seeks National Wrestling Title | The Cornell …
By Brian Gordon
Nine Cornell wrestlers will begin their quest for the first NCAA National Championship in program history today, as first-round competition gets underway in Philadelphia, Pa. The Red is represented in nine of the ten weight classes and …
Stories from The Sun – http://www.cornellsun.com/

Boise State loaded for run at wrestling title | Boise State Sports …
This is supposed to be the Boise State wrestling program’s breakthrough season.
IdahoStatesman.com News Updates – http://www.idahostatesman.com/

NCAA Wrestling Championships 2011: Bracket And Schedule Preview …
By Luke Thomas
SB Nation MMA is covering the 2011 NCAA Wrestling Championships. The three-day tournament takes place from Thursday, March 17th to Saturday, March 19th at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This event is the highwater …
SBNation.com – All Posts – http://www.sbnation.com/

Go East: NCAA wrestling final set for Philadelphia – Sports- NBC …
It’s not often that college wrestling’s premier meet takes place east of the Mississippi River — and with good reason, given wrestling’s deep roots in the Midwest.
NBCSports.com: Other sports – http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/3033005/

Web

SESKER COLUMN: Decision to drop wrestling at Nebraska-Omaha makes …
Administrators at NCAA Division II UNO are planning to drop wrestling and football while the school moves to the Division I Summit League.
www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page…

PIAA Class AAA Wrestling Tournament results – Philly.com
Quarterfinals103: Jim Long, W.C. Henderson dec. Colin Ochs, Governor Mifflin, 6- 5; Ethan Lizak, Parkland dec. Dom Forys, North Allegheny, 8-6; Colt Shorts, …
articles.philly.com/…/28680507_1_canon-mcmillan-tyson-dip…

Professional wrestling event to also benefit charity – St …
Florida Championship Wrestling will host its inaugural show at Gulf Coast Harley Davidson on Saturday, featuring Florida Heavyweight Champion (and New Port …
www.tampabay.com/news/briefs/professional…/1156877