Wrestling Links (8-6-11)
Judge rejects female wrestlers‘ discrimination suit against UC Davis Examiner.com A judge has rejected the discrimination claims of three women who had been on the wrestling team at University of California at Davis a decade ago, yet also ruled the school violated Title IX, the law banning gender discrimination in schools, … See all stories on this topic » […]
Mixed Martial Arts Links (7-31-11)
Jeff Wagenheim: Fedor falls again, but legendary matchup exceeds expectations SI.com AP Of course, the hype machine for Saturday night’s bout between Fedor Emelianenko and Dan Henderson — two of the biggest names in mixed martial arts history — never quite shifted into high gear. Henderson is the Strikeforce light heavyweight … See all stories on this topic […]
Mixed Martial Arts Links (6-23-11)
Sometimes you really need to look beyond MMA’s hype SI.com This plays into the second main critique of Overeem, which is that his kickboxing accomplishments are irrelevant in MMA because the two are different sports. K-1 bouts take place in a ring between competitors wearing large gloves who don’t have to … See all stories on this topic […]
Wrestling Links (6-20-11)
Local notes: Elgin wrestling, softball camps start this week Chicago Sun-Times Elgin High’s summer sports camps continue this week with the beginning of the wrestling and softball camps. The wrestling camp is open for participants in grades 6-12 and will be held from 9 am to 1 pm Monday through Thursday for the next two weeks. … See all […]
Mixed Martial Arts Links (6-10-11)
UFC’s use of social media expands fan base USA Today White and the UFC have embraced all aspects of social media to broaden the appeal of mixed martial arts. The connection is a natural fit because the organization relied heavily on the Web to promote itself nearly a decade ago, when hardly any of the … See […]
Mixed Martial Arts Links (5-22-11)
Rampage Jackson still serious about MMA Toronto Sun Quinton (Rampage) Jackson is blown away by critics who think he doesn’t take mixed martial artsseriously anymore. The former light-heavyweight champion recently stated he’s not thrilled about facing Matt (The Hammer) Hamill in the main event of UFC … See all stories on this topic » Watson blasts through ‘Ninja’ […]
Wrestling Links (5-14-11)
Thanks for everything, Coach CANOE Wrestling I ask wrestlers all the time about who their mentors were, but I don’t think I’ve ever been asked about mine. But “Coach” Glenn Cole, who died Friday, was one of them. He was the Toronto Sun wrestling writer, a Saturday column he wrote with … See all stories on this topic […]
Mixed Martial Arts Links (5-8-11)
MMA Fighting Stances: Mixed martial arts intelligence from the cage and ring USA Today When you look at a guy who’s made the Olympic team and won the kind of titles he had and stood on top of the mountain in a sport that, while not MMA, it’s surely — when you combine it with wrestling and […]
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