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Gardner-Webb wrestles with the concept of negative numbersWhat we’re learning so far in 2021 is that when you think things are as bad as they possibly could be, you’re wrong, because there’s always a way that it could be worse....

The Perfect WrestlerBy March 2015, wrestler Kyle Snyder was used to winning. He had gone 179-0 against high school competition and won the world under-20 championships at just 17. Then, in 2015, his freshman year at Ohio State, Snyder lost the NCAA 197-pound* final to Iowa State senior Kyven Gadson. Immediately afterwa...

Ohio State's Kyle Snyder Ends College Career With Third-Straight NCAA ChampionshipKyle Snyder added a third national championship to his two world championships and an Olympic gold medal as the Ohio State heavyweight beat Michigan rival Adam Coon with a two-point takedown that came with just 30 seconds left in their national title match, cementing the wrestler’s place among the a...

Here Are The Racist, Sexist Text Messages That Put Columbia's Wrestling Team Under Investigation

The young scions of the Harvard soccer team got their season canceled last week after the university wrapped up an investigation of the team’s codified practice of sexually rating the women’s soccer team’s recruits. As it turns out, Harvard is not the only team from an Ivy League enclave with a cult...

Report: Minnesota Wrestling Coach Found Students Dealing Xanax, Told Them To Write Essay About It

When Minnesota’s wrestling coach found out that a few of his athletes were dealing Xanax out of their dorm, he didn’t tell the university or the police. Instead, he took what was left of the drugs and made the offenders write a one-page essay about their feelings and what they had learned, the Star ...

Kyle Snyder Wins NCAA Heavyweight Battle Of Champions In Overtime

Ohio State’s Kyle Snyder won the NCAA heavyweight wrestling title Saturday night in an overtime match that was billed as the biggest bout in that weight class in more than 60 years....

College Wrestling Champ's Post-Match Interview Will Warm Your Heart

Here's Iowa State wrestler Kyven Gadson, who'd just won the 197-pound NCAA championship via a signature move he calls "The Gadson." The post-match interview, above, is great. ...

Why Did The College Wrestling All-American Shoot The Duck?

This story is a couple of weeks old, but it somehow escaped the attention of our Ducks Desk. Ethen Lofthouse is a senior at Iowa who placed fifth at 184 pounds at last year's NCAA wrestling championships. One recent Friday afternoon, Lofthouse's neighbors noticed that he and his roommates were shoot...