Wrestling Links (11-2-11)

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Manteno wrestling coach killed in accident while jogging
Chicago Tribune
Cory Blanchette, 37, who also served as a wrestling coach at the school, was in the southbound lane of East Road when the driver, a 21-year-old Dolton man driving a 1997 Chevy Monte Carlo struck him, said Kankakee County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Ken …
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Iowa State wrestling: Cyclones banking on history, hope
DesMoinesRegister.com
Reminders of Iowa State’s wrestling history stare Michael Moreno and Kyven Gadson in the face each time they enter the Cyclones’ practice room. Three wooden plaques that hang from the left of the entrance list every all-American in program history, …
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Ronnie from Jersey Shore and the 13 Wackiest Reality Show Wrestling Appearances
Bleacher Report
In the last five years, there’s been an on-and-off marriage between reality TV stars and pro-wrestling. In most cases, the relationship is quid pro quo—the wrestlingcompany garners exposure and the reality stars reap the marketing and promotional …
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Bleacher Report

Four Strength Training Tips for Wrestlers
Yahoo! Sports
Contributor Network 8 minutes ago Strength training is one of the most important aspects of becoming a great wrestler, and a great athlete overall. Strength training is important for a number of sports because strength is at the heart of all physical …
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Steer wrestler Straws Milan riding Roany at CFR
Edmonton Journal
About three years ago, he bought the kids a steer wrestling horse named Peggy Sue from retired former world and Canadian champion Blaine Pederson. This fall the top 15 bulldoggers selected the eight-year-old sorrel as the steer wrestling horse of the …
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Drunken Wrestling Demo Ends With 1 Arrest, 1 Hospitalized
KMGH Denver
A drunken wrestling demonstration last week ended with one man in jail and another man hospitalized with serious injuries, police said. Boulder police were called late Friday night on a reported assault in a business office at 1048 Pearl St. In the …
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NU wrestling coach gets world’s top freestyle coaching honor
HuskerExtra.com
Nebraska coach Mark Manning picked up one of the highest coaching honors in internationalwrestling on Tuesday when he was named FILA’s 2011 Best Coach for men’s freestyle wrestling. Manning, a longtime coach in the US freestyle program, …
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The Top Submission Holds in Professional Wrestling
Yahoo! Sports
The Anaconda Vice remains one of wrestling’s best submission holds and helped Punk get his title shot. While many of the old school submission holds no longer work, such as the bearhug and sleeper hold, here are the top submission holds in wrestling …
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Experienced group to lead wrestlers
Royal Purple News
By Brandon Feivor An experienced UW-Whitewater wrestling team is coming off of a successful season and will begin the 2011 season this Friday against UW-Eau Claire. The Warhawks finished second in the WIAC last season, and sent four wrestlers to the …
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Wrestling practice moved to Van Male
The New Perspective
Carroll University administrators moved the wrestling club’s practice location from Waukesha Mixed Martial Arts to campus earlier this month, said Joe Baker, director of athletics and overseer of club sports. The move was an effort to provide a safe …
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Blogs

UFC Video: Josh Koscheck Says Wrestling is Ten Times Harder …
By Brent Brookhouse
Josh Koscheck says that wrestling is ten times harder that MMA and that the wrestling mentality makes for better fighters.
Bloody Elbow

The Buzz » Blog Archive » Happy Halloween from Penn wrestling
By Calder Silcox
The Penn wrestling team probably didn’t get to enjoy as much candy as the grapplers would have liked, what with the season approaching and weightclasses to maintain. But that didn’t stop them (or at least their parents) from getting into the …
The Buzz

Wrestling: Card kicks off season with wrestle-offs | Stanford Daily
By Caroline Caselli
The 2011-12 Cardinal wrestling season got off to an exciting start last Friday with its annual Cardinal vs. White wrestle-offs at Burnham Pavilion. In the first official event of the season, the top two Stanford wrestlers in each weight class went …
Stanford Daily

Ellis Coleman named TheMat.com … – TheMat.com – USA Wrestling
Coleman won a Greco-Roman championship at 60 kg/132 lbs. at the Sunkist Kids International Open on Saturday in Mesa, Arizona.
TheMat.com News

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