The University of Iowa Athletics Department announced on Thursday morning it is adding a women’s wrestling program. The department anticipates the women wrestlers to begin competing in the 2023-24 season, according to a news release. UI Athletics said the addition would make it “the first NCAA Division I, Power Five conference institution to offer the […]
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Cartilage conundrum: The story behind cauliflower ear
Wrestling fans from all over the country made the pilgrimage to Carver Hawkeye Arena this weekend, where the nation’s wrestling elite, dreaming gold medal dreams, grappled to punch their ticket to the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympic Games. So I know the question on everyone’s minds: what was the deal with all of those […]
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Video: Winning Hawkeye wrestler’s mullet speech goes viral
Iowa wrestler Sammy Brooks beat Nebraska’s T. J. Dudley to win the 184-pound Big Ten title. He held on for a 6-4 decision last week in Iowa City. His victory was impressive and like the biblical hero Samson, he gave all credit to his manly mullet hairstyle and he did it without cracking a smile. […]
