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My brother was a survivor of Dr. Strauss and an ongoing victim of Ohio State (stealing a line from the doc). I was a mediocre wrestler at Oregon State. My brother is 6 years younger than me and was highly recruited. I had not heard good things about Coach Hellickson from people I trusted and tried to talk him out of going to Ohio State. He had friends there, and he really loved Coach Jordan. He is not interviewed in the documentary, but his name does appear prominently during the portion of the doc where they are highlighting the names of the guys being interviewed on the original lawsuit filing, below Coleman's name. He was warned by some of his teammates and fellow plaintiffs not to watch it. But he was at kid nationals in Iowa and his roommate fell asleep watching HBO. My brother woke up to the documentary about 10 minutes in. Called me in the middle of the night completely falling apart. After all, he was going to be in the UNI-Dome the next day with scores of people he knew. He got through that OK, although there was one guy who kept harassing him about it, "It wasn't really that bad. Why didn't you just kick his ass, etc." One of my brother's people got rid of that guy. The suffering continues for these men. The current administration at Ohio State is trying to wash their hands of it: "it happened before we were here...statute of limitations...etc." But they continued to take actions to cover it up, because they knew it went deeper than the 177 original plaintiffs. Now for my mea culpa: My brother went from a star student committed to a championship lifestyle to struggling with school and substance abuse. For years, I resented him for "wasting" the talent and all his hard work. He continued to wrestle, NAIA AA, OTC Athlete, etc. but was a shadow of himself. I blamed him for it, and of course, we all make our choices. Like I tell my athletes, "There are reasons for things not excuses." I mostly cut him out of my life for a handful of years. Fortunately, a sports psychologist at the OTC recognized there was something else going on with him and he got help, even though it wasn't until years later that he unearthed the horrors he endured. He came to watch my son compete in Pocatello in 2012 and it was the first time he had anything to do with wrestling in years. He is now a great coach and mentor to kids. We are closer than we have ever been but I will never forgive myself for my lack of empathy and anger toward him. There are hundreds and hundreds of stories like his. Strauss destroyed what these men could have been. Ohio State could have stopped it. It is on record that the athletic administration, and Coach Hellickson, knew about it before my brother enrolled in Columbus. They could have stopped it. They could have warned him. But they didn't. I have a special distaste for Congressman Jordan. But, as my mental health professional wife once pointed out, it is quite possible that Jim was a victim as well. Yes, he went to U of Wisc. but he was an Ohio phenom and I am sure he spent plenty of time in Columbus.

Feels like Steve Neal should be the poster boy for this. Placed 4th as a senior in HS in 1994 (only time he placed), goes to CSU Bakersfield where he proceeds to go 4,2,1,1 at NCAAs (last 2 seasons undefeated), wins US Open, Pan Ams, and a World Championship in 1999, and second at 2000 Olympic Trials. Switches to football and becomes a 3x Super Bowl Champ with the Patriots. Who woulda thunk it? Nothing short of spectacular! ...There's also Anthony Cassar...

Yea he took 3rd his senior yr losing in the semis to the legendary Paul Finn who is the only guy in NJ history to go undefeated with all pins for an entire season .. that weight class was pretty wild , Baumgartner beat future pro wrestler bam bam Bigelow in that tournament , also jim Jeffcoat who played 15 years for the Dallas cowboys and won 2 superbowls lost on the otherside to Finn

He's out!!!!

little known trivia fact, she's hiding from starocci

‘One time David didn’t hold the door for me and another time he made me pay full price at his wife’s juice shop…can you believe this guy?’ *Cassar nods* ‘totally bro’

"Should I air it all out?" screams "attention whore."

Here are the NCAA point totals as scored from the round of 32 using a 1.5 point TF for all 15 point wins and the current placement point allocation for all pairs of champs at back to back weights since 1970 inclusive. The 2000-present best Iowa 1-2s are also included. The list is ordered by combined team points first than year. The minimum number of team points from two champs is 40 (assuming no subtractions and zero bonus) and the maximum is 60 (all pinfalls). No one pair hit the maximum. The closest a single wrestler was to the max in the set was David Taylor in 2012 with 29.5. One pair hit the minimum - Steve Marianetti and Ernest Benion both won titles in 1995 without scoring a single bonus point. 2012: David Taylor (1st 165), Ed Ruth (1st 174); Total (29.5+26.5=56) 2017: Zain Retherford (1st 149), Jason Nolf (1st 157); Total (28+27=55) 1973: Wade Schalles (1st 158), Bill Simpson(1st 167); Total (28+24=52) 1983: Ed Banach (1st 190), Lou Banach (1st Unl); Total (25+27=52) 1992: Tom Brands (1st 134), Troy Steiner (1st 142); Total (25+26.5=51.5) 1972: Ben Peterson (1st 190), Chris Taylor (1st Unl); Total (27+24=51) 1986: Kevin Dresser (1st 142), Jim Heffernan (1st 150); Total (26+25=51) 2019: Bo Nickal (1st 197), Anthony Cassar (1st 285): Total (27+24=51) 1992: Terry Brands (1st 126), Tom Brands (1st 134); Total (25.5+25=50.5) 2005: Johny Hendricks (1st 165), Chris Pendleton (1st 174); Total (25+25.5=50.5) 2024: Aaron Brooks (1st 197), Greg Kerkvliet (1st 285); Total (27+23.5=50.5)* 2017: Jason Nolf (1st 157), Vincenzo Joseph (1st 165); Total (27+23=50) 2017: Mark Hall (1st 174), Bo Nickal (1st 184); Total (22.5+27.5=50) 1975: Chuck Yagla (1st 150), Pat Holm (1st 158); Total (25+24.5=49.5) 1997: Lincoln McIlravy (1st 150), Joe Williams (1st 158); Total (24+25.5=49.5) 1970: Jason Smith (1st 167), Chuck Jean (1st 177); Total (25+24=49) 1982: Dave Schultz (1st 167), Mark Schultz (1st 177); Total (24+25=49) 1970: Dwayne Keller (1st 126), Darrell Keller (1st 134); Total (25.5+23=48.5) 1990: Terry Brands (1st 126), Tom Brands (1st 134); Total (23.5+24.5=48) 2018: Zain Retherford (1st 149), Jason Nolf (1st 157); Total (25+23=48) 1980: Joe Gonzales (1st 118), John Azevedo (1st 118); Total (24.5+23=47.5) 1984: Jim Scherr (1st 177), Bill Scherr (1st 190); Total (20**+27.5=47.5) 1996: Joe Williams (1st 158), Daryl Weber (1st 167); Total (22.5+25=47.5) 1987: Tim Krieger (1st 150), Stewart Carter (1st 158); Total (22+25=47) 1998: Teague Moore (1st 118), Eric Guerrero (1st 126); Total (23+24=47) 2002: Jared Lawrence (1st, 149), Luke Becker (1st 157); Total (23+24=47) 1993: Lincoln McIlravy (1st 142), Terry Steiner (1st 150); Total (21.5+25=46.5) 2023: Carter Starocci (1st 174), Aaron Brooks (1st 184); Total (24+22.5=46.5) 1970: Dave Martin (1st 158), Jason Smith (1st 167); Total (21+25=46) 1985: Melvin Douglas (1st 177), Dan Chaid (1st 190); Total (22+23=46) 1987: Royce Alger (1st 167), Rico Chiapparelli (1st 177); Total (25+21=46) 1999: Doug Schwab (1st 141), TJ Williams (1st 149); Total (22+24=46) 2005: Jake Rosholt (1st 197), Steve Mocco (1st 285); Total (20+23=46) 2021: Roman Bravo-Young (1st 133), Nick Lee (1st 141); Total (22.5+23.5=46) 2022: Roman Bravo-Young (1st 133), Nick Lee (1st 141); Total (23+23=46) 2025: Ridge Lovett (1st 149),Antrell Taylor (1st 157); Total (22.5+23.5=46)* 1998: Mark Ironside (1st 134), Jeff McGinness (1st 142); Total (23.5+22=45.5) 2000: Juergens (1st 133), Schwab (3rd 141); Total (25+20.5=45.5)+ 2017: Vincenzo Joseph (1st 165), Mark Hall (1st 174); Total (23+22.5=45.5) 1994: Pat Smith (1st 158), Mark Branch (1st 167); Total (24+21=45) 2018: Jason Nolf (1st 157), Vincenzo Joseph (1st 165); Total (23+21=44) 2021: Lee (1st 125), DeSanto (3rd 133); Total (24.5+19.5=44)+ 2022: Carter Starocci (1st 174), Aaron Brooks (1st 184); Total (22+22=44) 2008: Perry (1st 165), Borschell (3rd 174); Total (25+18.5=43.5)+ 2012: McDonough (1st 125), Ramos (3rd 133); Total (26+17.5=43.5)+ 2012: Steve Bosak (1st 184), Cam Simaz (1st 197); Total (21+22.5=43.5) 2022: Aaron Brooks (1st 184), Max Dean (1st 197); Total (22+21.5=43.5) 1972: Greg Johnson (1st 118), Pat Milkovich (1st 126); Total (22+21=43) 1993: Markus Mollica (1st 158), Ray Miller (1st 167); Total (20+23=43) 1993: Kevin Randleman (1st 177), Rex Holman (1st 190); Total (20+23=43) 2000: Strittmatter (3rd 125), Juergens (1st 133); Total (18+25=43)+ 2001: Strittmatter (2nd 125), Juergens (1st 133); Total (20+22=42)+ 2010: Jake Varner (21st 197), David Zabriskie (1st 285); Total (22+20=42) 2021: Carter Starocci (1st 174), Aaron Brooks (1st 184); Total (20+21.5=41.5) 1976: Lee Kemp (1st 158), Pat Christenson (1st 167); Total (21+20=41) 2001: Juergens (1st 133), Schwab (2nd 141); Total (22+19=41)+ 1995: Steve Marianetti (1st 150), Ernest Benion (1st 158); Total (20+20=40) 2017: Gilman (3rd 125), Clark (1st 133); Total (19.5+20=39.5)+ 2010: McDonough (1st 125), Dennis (2nd 133); Total (23.5+16=39.5)+ 2010: Marion (2nd 141), Metcalf (1st 149); Total (16+23=39)+ 2016: Gilman (2nd 125), Clark (2nd 133); Total (21.5+16=37.5)++ 2007: Perry (1st 165), Luedke (3rd 174); Total (22+13.5=35.5)+ 2005: Johnston (2nd 157), Perry (2nd 165); Total (17+18=35)++ 2010: Dennis (2nd 133), Marion (2nd 141); Total (16+16=32)++ * 3 point TD ** Bye in the round of 32 + One non-champ in the duo ++ Two non-champs in the duo

Ben Askren is already a legend as far as I am concerned. Among the people who I feel literally changed the sport of wrestling like Wade Schalles and Dan Gable, I put Ben Askren right up there with them. I am glad he is still here with us.

People on twitter seem to be hyper fixating on the lockett loss but Doucet beat a guy that has been an olympian and was semi competitive with snyder and Ghasempour. Ramirez beat the only guy to go 6 with Lee at the olympics last year. Facundo bumped up like 15lbs to beat a u23 Asian champ and I think it was a good win for Casey as well. There are some really special things happening in Stillwater.

Pat Christenson (University of Wisconsin) was an NCAA champ (167) in 1977. Prior to that, he had never placed at the NCAA nor did he place at the state meet while in high school (Wisconsin). Came out of nowhere.

Truly incredible vistas, man. Blessed to be here with my wife and three daughters, a once in a lifetime experience...and when they sleep i can check on in on wrestling.

Cornell: https://bigredbears.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=14 Indiana: https://indianamat.com/index.php?/forums/forum/20-college-and-international-wrestling/ Iowa: https://www.on3.com/boards/forums/iowa-wrestling.169/ Iowa State: https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/forums/wrestling.27/ Lehigh: https://www.lehighsportsforum.com/viewforum.php?f=7 Minnesota: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/the_guillotine_forum/college-f11/?sid=7e57e310f27a8c59716cb2ab4a533ab5 North Dakota State: http://www.bisonville.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?16-Wrestling Ohio State: https://247sports.com/college/ohio-state/board/ohio-state-buckeyes-wrestling-message-board-forum-101483/ Oregon State: https://bennyshouse.com/board/9/mat-club Penn State: https://www.on3.com/boards/forums/the-wrestling-room.50/ South Dakota State: http://sdsufans.com/board/forum/south-dakota-state-university/jackrabbit-wrestling Tennessee: https://www.coacht.com/boards/index.php?/forum/32-wrestling-mat/ Virginia Tech: https://virginiatech.sportswar.com/message_board/vtwrestling West Virginia: https://www.wvmat.com/phpforum/viewforum.php?f=7&sid=b3a1d2e1fd3f8c66bd78a215f19009b1 Wisconsin: https://forum.wiwrestling.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=q5t25impnooft3b38i6fkn41v3&board=33.0 Oklahoma State, Rutgers are now paid so I will not provide their links

Let the arms race continue. Pleased to see the hype video includes yours truly in a couple team photos. https://pennathletics.com/news/2025/7/22/penn-athletics-receives-20-million-gift-to-support-wrestling.aspx https://pennathletics.com/documents/2025/7/17/Penn_Wrestling_Lasting_Legacy_of_Excellence__2_.pdf

So have I. Never arrested with dope, carrying a gun in an unregistered vehicle though. That's a special kind of bonehead move...

I just stumbled across the old Jaggers finals match against Ryan Williams from the 2009 finals. Williams best finish was 7th in PIAAs during high school. Unlike our esteemed friend WKN, I pose a trivia question without having any answers.. But it raised the question.. who are some of the most successful D1 wrestlers you recall with a lack of high school success? Requirement for your answers is zero high school state championships. Don't you dare say Anthony Cassar on this thread.

No kidding about 133. Here is who is expected to be returning with wrestlestat starter ranking in parenthesis: Two former champions: 2) Lucas Byrd (1st in 2025, R12 in 2023, 5th in 2022 and 2021) Richard Figueroa (1st in 2024, National Qualifier in 2025) Ten additional returning AAs: 1) Ryan Crookham (3rd in 2024) 3) Drake Ayala (2nd in 2025 and 2024, National Qualifier in 2022) 4) Zeth Romney (3rd in 2025, National Qualifier in 2024) 5) Zan Fugitt (4th in 2025) 9) Jacob Van Dee (7th in 2025, National Qualifier in 2024) 10) Evan Frost (6th in 2024, R12 in 2025) 11) Tyler Knox (8th in 2025) 13) Dylan Ragusin (5th in 2024, R12 in 2022, R16 in 2023, National Qualifier in 2021) 15) Dylan Shawver (7th in 2024, R12 in 2025, R16 in 2022) 32) Chris Cannon (7th in 2022 and 2021, National Qualifier in 2023) Three Former Bloodrounders 12) Jett Strickenberger (R12 in 2025, National Qualifier in 2024) 27) Brett Ungar (R12 in 2023, R16 in 2024) 39) Zach Redding (R12 in 2023, National Qualifier in 2021) Two Freshman Phenom 6) Marcus Blaze (true freshman phenom) 7) Ben Davino (redshirt freshman phenom) That's two champions, twelve all-americans, three bloodrounders, two freshman phenom, and a partridge in a pear tree.

Chris Ayers - AA for Lehigh with 120 wins in college. Non-placer at PA State(s).

i think the guys at WresteStat put a factor in their algo to piss off BigRedFan of intermat message boards

These are the kinds of posts I want from the notable guys that cover our sport.

57kg: I do not really know what to make of Anthony Knox. He dominated the open against a field that was not super proven and then dropped a match to Ignacio Villasenor who just Dnp'd at fargo and got 4th at cadet trials. Knox showed really good counter wrestling a lot of chest wraps and he has always been great on top. I worry that if he allows guys in on his legs like he did Ignacio he may not be able to convert points like he did at trials. The biggest threats are going to be Bagirhov of Azerbijan he won the u20 European championships and took second to pavlov at u23's (pavlov is who Luke beat in the finals last year). Zangaladze from georgia took silver at Euros and beat a guy who I was very high on Ozdamirov who went on to get Bronze. Caio Aaron won pan ams over Antonio mills and he will be a tough out he is a USA guy representing Brazil and another guy wrestling in the united states that will be competing is Rin Sakamoto who took 5th at senior Asians and I think will present Knox with some serious issues. Prediction for Knox: DNP (I think he has the upside to win the entire thing I just was not thrilled with his last performance) 61kg: I fully expect Blaze to win this weight and dominate. His biggest test will likely come from Toktamotov from Kyrgestan who won the asian championships or Japans rep who did not compete there. However the guy from japan that did compete took second and I assume this guy beat him out for the spot. Jax beat the Japanese rep at cadets back in 2022. Adlan satiev (adam satievs son) is also in the field but I do not think he has much for Blaze but he is very fun to watch. Prediction for Blaze: Gold 65kg: This weight is very tough and we only have domestic data points for Blaze. Toprak and Dhzandubaev are going to be the main tests for Stanich. Toprak has been competing at juniors since he was cadet eligible and has always been in bronze medal matches, I think he is a legit top 20ish in the world senior level guy. Dhzandubaev owns two wins over him this year one by tech at u20's and one 6-4 at u23's both tournaments he won gold. I think given those results Dhzandubaev is the guy to beat but I think Stanich can certainly do so. I worry a bit that international refs may be quicker to hit stanich with passivity and for that I think I am giving Dhzandubaev the edge but again I think he can win the entire thing Prediction for Stanich: Silver 70kg: I mean I do not think there is a ton to go into here PJ should demolish this field. I think the second and third best u20 guys in the world could very well be Melvin Miller and Landon Robideau. Baitukaev has aged out but even if he was in this field I would still confidently pick PJ. Prediction for PJ: Gold 74kg: This weight is good. Khaniev took 5th at u23's last year as a 17 year old and won u23 euros this year. He did however lose to Manuel wagin at u20 euros who is also in this field and beat Melvin miller 7-0 last year at cadets. After saying all that I am still picking Ladarion but he will definitely be tested. Prediction for Lockett: Gold 79kg: For my money this is the deepest weight at worlds. Fortunately Shamispour is not competing for Iran he is a monster won cadets last year beating Wagin and was firmly in the running to potentially make Irans senior team. Begenjov from Turkmenistan is the returning champ and is an absolute monster he beat Ryder soundly in the finals. However he did lose in the asian semis to Amit from india who went on to beat shamispour in the finals. He was leading 6-1 at the time of getting pinned though so he is still my pick. Saidulov the russian rep is also good he took 5th last year but he lost to LJ Araujo who Henckel just handled so I dont see him as being a huge threat. Prediction for henckel: Bronze 86kg: This weight is kind of a 2 horse race for me. Papinashvilli from Georgia is very good he beat the returning bronze medalist from Turkey in the Euro finals and I think he is really the only guy that can go with Max. That being said I really like Max's pace and offense against the European guys. prediction for Mcenelly: Gold 92kg: Poyonov is a legit probably top 10 guy senior level at this weight. He took silver at senior asians last year and fifth this year only losing to firouzpour 5-0 who is probably the favorite to win worlds and dauletbekov 2-1 who is a former world medalist. Togoev I do not know anything about he is 18 and won Euros but his age makes me optimistic Connor will have a physicality advantage. Prediction for Connor: Silver 97kg: Erfan the Iranian is a monster he won bronze at cadets in 2022 but dominated his way through u20 asians and lost 3-2 to Yoshida in the finals of the ranking series (Yoshida beat Snyder this year). He will be a decided favorite over Radamacher but I expect Radamacher to able to medal against this field like he did last year. Genos brother? Konstanine Petriashvilli is also in this field and he won Euros. I think he has improved a lot but he had a very close match with Elijah Diakomihlais last year who got the spot because Dreshaun was hurt and Dreshaun teched him to make the team so I like Radamacher in that one. Prediction for Radamacher: silver 125kg: I truthfully do not know much outside of Gogolaev obliterated the field at euros and the Russian people seem to think he is going to fix their heavyweight issues. Cole is going to be able to wrestle with everyone there I do worry about his size a bit and giving up ground. I would have loved to see him hit Merill at some point to see how he handles that. Prediction for Cole: Silver

As part of a project to recreate all the tournament scores by building up for the individual match to the team total, it is obvious that there is a key missing component: team point deductions. So, now I am trying to back into them by assuming that any point total differential between my method and the publicly available scores is attributable to team point deductions (with a single caveat). Using that method I think there have been a total of 64 team points deducted in the 9 tournaments between 2016 and 2025. In three cases it looks like a team had 2 team point deductions in a single tournament. The ill-mannered 64 are (sorry about the rough formatting):

I didn't see anyone claim they covered it all. Many were assumed to cover large portions... but a large portion could be $50k to some or $5k to others. It's nonsense to try to paint someone in a negative light that offered any sort of monetary help and/or any sort of social media promotion towards help. Better than 8 billion plus still isn't good enough? These cunts (Paul/White) should get our gratitude for this. We can hate on them for the 50 million other things they actually di that is wrong or unethical. For this, I say thank you.

To start, I also think the quarter century team is dumb, especially when the majority of guys wrestled at multiple weight classes during their careers and there is picking and choosing regarding which weights guys are being considered. That being said.. I would 100% pick Askren over Pendleton. 4x Finalist, 2x Undefeated National Champion, 2x Hodge winner, most pins in NCAA wrestling this quarter century, and he absolutely dominated his junior and senior years.

We need simple rules. I propose the 55 & 4 rule. As long as you aren't 55 years old and you havent already won 4 NCs then you can continue competing at any program that'll have you.

David Taylor said he will only compete in two tournaments the rest of his career: world champs and the Spanish Grand Prix, and we're all out of paella

309 wrestlers entered the transfer portal (which represents about 10-11% of all D1 wrestlers) this off-season. 177 wrestlers that entered the transfer portal and changed teams 79 wrestlers that had entered the transfer portal, haven't yet found a new home, and are still on their old roster 40 wrestlers that had entered the transfer portal, and are no longer on an active roster of any team. 11 wrestlers that entered the transfer portal but decided to remain with their previous team 2 wrestlers that entered the transfer portal, but decided to move on from wrestling

Looking at my Lehigh files that go back more than 50 years now (somehow I don't look any different than I did back then) -- these are guys with no state or prep titles who placed at NCAAs. Some were blue chip recruits anyway, most weren't. Mike Lieberman, 2x Natl Preps 2nd, NCAA 1st, 3rd in 1975-76 (the last collegian to beat Chris Campbell). Tihamer Toth-Fejel, California 3rd one time, NCAA 5th in 1976. Denny Reed, PA A 4th and 2nd, NCAA 7th in 1980 (pinned A/A's to start and finish in his only NCAA tournament); I don't know that he was considered the team's starter at 142 until tournaments. Chris Ayres, 69-25 in NJ, 19-7 with Blair, no places, NCAA 6th in 1999. Mark Dufresne, NJ 4th once, 6-17 as a freshman at Lehigh, once wrestled both JV and varsity on the same afternoon at Army, NCAA 6th in 2000 as a senior. John Van Doren, NJ 2nd and 3rd, NCAA 3rd and 5th. Dave Esposito, NJ 3rd, 2nd, 3rd, NCAA 3rd and 2nd. Chris Vitale, PA AAA 5th and 2nd, NCAA 7th. Mario Stuart, PA AAA 3rd and 2nd, NCAA 5th and 4th. Current Lehigh Associate Head Coach Brad Dillon, PA AAA 5th and 3rd, NCAA 5th (after the worst OT screwing in NCAA history) and 4th. Derek Zinck, PA AAA 5th, 5th, 2nd, NCAA 8th and 5th. Honorable mention to Robert Hamlin, 4x VT 1st, 2x New England 1st, NCAA 2nd, 4th, 2nd -- I believe he's the only A/A in Vermont's history. Nicknamed The Vermontster (a few years later Connor McGonagle of New Hampshire wisely passed on the proposed nickname of The New Hampster). Scott Parker, PA AAA 4th, 3rd, 2nd, NCAA 8th and 7th. Ryan Preisch, 2x PA AA 3rd, NCAA 4th.

The best part about these updates is that Askren still seems like Askren. Sharp, thoughtful, smart. Sounds more or less like the Ben we know, which is great to hear.

Can confirm.

Early 80s Californian's: 1980 Cal State Bakersfield's (D2) D1 National Champs 118 Joe Gonzales and 126 John Azevedo 1982 University of Oklahoma's National Champs 167 Dave Schultz and 177 Mark Schultz of note, all 4 were Olympians, JA on the 80 boycott team and the other 3 1984 (Soviet boycott) both Schultz were the 2 seeds and defeated the 1 seeds in the finals, with Mark Schultz beating 1984 Olympic teammate and fellow Gold Medal winner Ed Banach

So "at best" there are non nude picture of her on the internet?? Hopefully these dignified fans don't hear about what the rest of the PSU/NLWC have been up to this summer.

Giving new meaning to French Kiss is this story from The Athletic: "The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has cleared French Olympic fencer Ysaora Thibus of an anti-doping rule violation after judges accepted the contamination was due to kissing her former partner. Following an in-person hearing at headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland in March, CAS issued a verdict Monday saying its judges accepted Thibus’ contamination was due to kissing her then-partner over a period of nine days who had been consuming ostarine without her knowledge, dismissing an appeal made by WADA which sought a four-year ban for the French athlete." CAS clearly gives extra points for creativity and originality leaving me to think Aaron Brooks wasn't trying hard enough.

He stole from little kids, at the very least... and that isn't even getting in to the $hit he allegedly did. Bad, evil, and incompetent are all not good. Once you cross a certain threshold, unacceptable is unacceptable.

I'm not sure you have this figured out yet...

Great news for the Quakers

You did great! Its always fun hearing you on random streams and events. You are everywhere. If anyone missed any of the matches, I have them uploaded here:

Definite Mighty Ducks vs Iceland vibes with this

I mean, I was skeptical before. But now, I think it’s fair to question it…

WTF is Basch doing?

My three favorite Vito pics

I came here to say this. Lockett is probably the rightful fourth guy in the mix rather than Bo.

Just a joke on this one -- I really like the Cornell team and Dake, Yianni, and Vito all seem like nice guys so I'm bummed to see none of them get through this year. With that said crazy huge for Jax and OSU

I don't think it's a negative on Cornell that they have a 2x NCAA and world Champion, and 4x NCAA champion and World Finalist losing in Final X. And the "high school" kids also beat how many NCAA champions on their route to the finals? It would have to be a knock on recruiting for every other college program who can't beat these high schoolers as well.

even if he beats him now, in an exhibition, while taylor is coaching and nickal is training....no one cares. this is like when he gets bored and begs for attention on twitter.

He can't pay me enough to listen to him, or visit his podcast or whatever it is that he does.

per intermat Hard to replace Nickerson, but I like this hire.

There are clergy services, medical services, legal services, and a judge(s) on site for the purpose of expediting the hearings (due process) for the detained illegal immigrants. There is even full air conditioning in each of the units. As stated the true measure will be if innocents end up there for periods of time, and/or if the hearings process as laid out does not come to fruition. At that point, you may have something. But as it's planned and laid out it is not at all what you describe.

Big fan. He's a great communicator, very personable (important traits for working with athletes, admins, and donors alike). Has been quietly building up a solid resume. Looking forward to what he can do in my favorite state!