Wrestling Links (11-7-11)
Wrestler intends to build on Pan Am medal Canada.com By Daniel Nugent-bowman, The StarPhoenix November 7, 2011 8:25 AM After a third-place finish at the Canadian senior wrestling championships last year, Jeff Adamson believed his future in the sport was starting to look bleak. … See all stories on this topic » MU wrestling appears safe despite shift to SEC […]
Jake Herbert Earns Pan Am Gold, Looks to Russians at NYAC, Talks to Takedown
GUADALAJARA, Mexico – Two U.S. wrestlers won gold-medals and the team had four total medals in men’s freestyle at the Pan American Games competition on Sunday at the CODE II Gymnasium. Capturing gold medals were Jake Herbert (Ann Arbor, Mich./New York AC) at 84 kg/185 lbs. and Tervel Dlagnev (Columbus, Ohio/Sunkist Kids) at 120 kg/264.5 […]
Boxing Links (10-30-11)
Boxing star power graces Task Force Duke, again DVIDS Soldiers of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Task Force Duke, Skype with world-champion boxer Manny Pacquiao and his trainer, Freddie Roach, Oct. 29, at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan. Pacquiao reached out to TF Duke … See all stories on this topic » ‘Money’ indeed Boston […]
Boxing Links (10-29-11)
Canadian boxer, kayakers nab gold at Pan Am Games CBC.ca Canadian boxer Mary Spencer had to wait until the championship bout before she was really tested at the Pan American Games. When faced with an opponent who was truly in her class, she came through with flying colours. Spencer became the first Canadian… See all stories on this […]
Wrestling Links (10-23-11)
Canada’s Carol Huynh successfully defends her Pan Am wrestling crown Globe and Mail Canada’s Carol Huynh came close to giving up wrestling after winning Olympic gold at the Beijing Games in 2008. After achieving her ultimate goal, Huynh’s desire to continue in the sport was weakened as nagging injuries took a physical and emotional… See all stories on this […]
WORLD CLASS MIDDLEWEIGHT OSSIE DURAN SIGNS WITH GULFSTREAM BOXING PROMOTIONS
DURAN TO TAKE ON UNDEFEATED BRANDON GONZALES ON OCTOBER 28TH AT BALLYS ATLANTIC CITY ON SHOWTIME NEWARK, NEW JERSEY (October 7, 2011)—Vincent Ponte’s Gulfstream Promotions is proud to announce the signing of Middleweight contender Ossie “The Ghanaian Gladiator” Duran to a promotional contract. Duran, of Paterson, New Jersey is originally from Accra, Ghana and sports an […]
IVO DOS SANTOS JUDO QUALIFIER UPDATE
Ivo Dos Santos was a guest on our radio show a few weeks ago to help us get a sense of how the world of Judo works. He is currently on a path toward reaching his goals of competing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Here’s an update he sent us on his progress: […]
Jamill Kelly is Back Home in Ca, Now at Cal Poly talks to Takedown Wrestling
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Jamill Kelly, silver medalist in the 2004 Summer Olympics, has been hired as an assistant wrestling coach at Cal Poly. The announcement was made Tuesday by Mustang director of athletics Don Oberhelman as well as Brendan Buckley, hired June 21 as Cal Poly’s head wrestling coach. Buckley previously was head […]
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