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One-Legged ASU Wrestler Claims NCAA Championship

The college sports story of the weekend had nothing to do with the NCAA basketball tournament and everything to do with Anthony Robles, the Arizona State University wrestler who defeated reigning champ Matt McDonough from Iowa State on Saturday to become national champion in the 125-pound weight class. A national...

High School Wrestler Forfeits Match Rather Than Face Girl

Cassy Herkelman didn't get a chance to wrestle her opponent to the ground, but she made history anyway. The Cedar Falls, Iowa, teen became the first girl ever to win the state wrestling match after her competitor forfeited rather than face a female opponent. Joel Northrup, a high school sophomore who entered the...

ND Team Exposed to Raccoon Pulled From Tournament

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - A raccoon has ended a North Dakota team's bid for a fourth consecutive regional championship in high school wrestling. The Carrington High School team was pulled from Saturday's tournament when officials discovered the athletes had been exposed to a live raccoon. Grafton Police Sgt. Anthony Dumas says...

Democrats Smack Down McMahon's Record as Pro Wrestling CEO

HARTFORD, Conn. (Sept. 23) - Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal and his supporters in organized labor united Wednesday to heap criticism on Republican Linda McMahon and how she has run her Connecticut-based professional wrestling empire. At one news conference, Blumenthal, the state's attorney general,...

Richard Blumenthal Survives Vote, Despite Vietnam Flap

HARTFORD, Conn. (May 22) -- Criticism aimed at Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal wasn't enough to keep him from securing the Democratic nomination for Christopher Dodd's U.S. Senate seat but was sufficient to help political unknown and ex-wrestling executive Linda McMahon get the GOP nod. Blumenthal and...

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Wrestling is a form of combat sport involving grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds.

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