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Fourteen former Ohio State University wrestlers have gone on the record to refute claims that Rep. Jim Jordan ignored allegations of sexual abuse while serving as an assistant coach more than two decades ago, according to a group set up to provide a public defense for the Ohio Republican. The wrestlers are listed in a press release sent out by the group “Stand with Jim Jordan.” The press release lists statements from 14 members of the team and a 15th person who spoke anonymously. Some of the statements have been given to the media, and the group aggregates the results,...

Iran on Friday banned U.S. wrestlers from an important international tournament this month in response to President Donald Trump's executive order forbidding visas for Iranians, the official IRNA news agency reported. A senior Iranian cleric vowed, meanwhile, that his country would continue its missile program despite threats from the Trump administration that it was preparing to levy new sanctions.

Four high school wrestlers in Oklahoma have been charged with raping a 12-year-old boy and a 16-year-old. The incident is alleged to have taken place on the bus as the Norman North junior varsity team returned from a tournament in Pauls Valley on January 9.

American sumo wrestlers of all shapes and backgrounds descended on Jackson Hole, Wyo., for the United States Sumo Championships. The women were a small, but proud, contingent. Video at link

WWE star Darren Young gave a TMZ cameraman the shock of his life. During a standard interview at Los Angeles Airport LAX, the cameraman began quizzing Young about his opinions about gay wrestlers, asking if “a gay wrestler could be successful within the WWE.”

WASHINGTON, March 6, 2007 – Servicemembers can take advantage of the generosity of professional wrestlers by getting free admittance into World Wrestling Entertainment events worldwide. Members of the military can receive a free ticket to WWE events, based on availability and excluding WrestleMania events, when they provide valid identification to the box office on performance day. “As a company, we feel that if it wasn’t for troops laying their lives on the line we couldn’t do what we do every day here in the states,” said Sue Aitchison, senior manager for community relations. WWE became a corporate partner with...

U.S. wrestlers receive warm welcome in Iran despite tension with Washington Associated Press Sports Jan 16, 2007 TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -Twenty U.S. wrestlers received a warm welcome when they arrived in Iran on Tuesday for a tournament, despite the high running tension between Washington and Tehran. The U.S. wrestling team arrived in Bandar Abbas, a southern Iranian port, only a week after U.S. President George W. Bush called for increased pressure on Iran and Syria as part of his new strategy to defeat the insurgency in Iraq. Local government officials met the American wrestlers and 12 young girls, dressed in...

The University of Minnesota Golden Gopher wrestlers hosted Oklahoma State Wednesday night at the Sports Pavilion. The Gophers won 21-15. It is the ninth straight time the teams have met with the number one team on the mat. In addition to the Gophers and the Cowboys, the Seals were also at the meet, as in the Navy Seals. But what do they have to do with wrestling? A large reason why the Seals recruit from the Gopher wrestling program is because head coach J Robinson had been in the armed forces before. He said the Seals have too many recruits...

Here is a light-hearted Saturday story of chivalry with a dash of comedy.Japanese TV reported this story today. Here is the video clip.It seems a young Japanese lady, minding her own business, became the target of a sexual harasser (so-called "chikan") at an underground stairway in a Tokyo subway station.Just as the women was being accosted by the perp, it happened that too rather beefy, young, sumo wrestlers were passing by. Great timing.Needless to say, they made 'chanko nabe' of that little pervert in no time at all, grabbing a hold of him, getting him in a headlock, and...

DELTONA, Fla. -- Three high school wrestlers face expulsion based on accusations they hog-tied a learning-disabled teammate and zapped him with a grill igniter. Officials call it a hazing prank that went too far. None of the boys were arrested but Volusia County's sheriff's office filed felony complaints with prosecutors, seeking felony charges of aggravated battery and false imprisonment. School officials said two hazing incidents occurred in a wrestling practice room at the high school Tuesday. Volusia County Sheriff's Department offers the following account of the incident: "According to witnesses, the victim -- a 17-year-old wrestler -- was tackled to...

handful of wrestlers at Crater and Grants Pass high schools have been diagnosed with herpes, athletic directors at both schools confirmed Thursday. The Crater wrestlers apparently contracted the viral infection while competing at a tournament in Fresno, Calif., Dec. 11-12 and then spread the disease to the Grants Pass team when they met for a dual match on Dec. 16, Crater athletic director John Beck said. A dual match between Grants Pass and South Medford scheduled for Thursday was postponed until next week. The Crater wrestlers, meanwhile, were cleared by a doctor and will compete Saturday at the Oregon Classic...

...Medical experts are observing the emergence of a relatively new strain [of Staph infections], known as community-acquired MRSA, among gay and bisexual men, athletes, prisoners and Native Americans. Since a staph outbreak among gay men in Los Angeles in early 2003, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention identified five major factors that facilitate the transmission of the infection: close contact, crowding, cleanliness, contaminated items and surfaces, and compromised skin integrity, said Nicole Coffin, a CDC spokesperson. The compromised skin integrity category includes tiny abrasions that may occur during "manscaping" -- the cosmetic shaving of body parts popular with some...

Iraqi wrestlers will train in the United States in preparation for this summer's games in Athens, Greece, the senior Coalition Provisional Authority spokesman said today at a Baghdad news conference. Dan Senor said Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III, coalition administrator, announced today that the Iraqi Olympic wrestling team has been invited as a guest of the United States to train at the U.S. Olympic training facility in Colorado Springs, Colo. The team will leave for the United States within the next month. The gesture, Senor said, shows "just how far Iraq has come and where it is going." "Eleven months...

MT. PLEASANT, Sanpete County — After a two-hour closed-door meeting Tuesday, the North Sanpete School Board left it to the school principal to resolve the case of two wrestlers who allegedly assaulted a smaller cheerleader. Principal John Ericksen immediately met with parents of the wrestlers, who were among a crowd of about 150 citizens and media who jammed the special board meeting, and told him he was extending a two-day suspension to 10 days. During that time, Ericksen said, he would further investigate the incident in which the wrestlers, both seniors and one a 275-pound heavyweight, allegedly pinned the 120-pound...