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Shane Sparks joins New York native and current Cornell assistant coach Nick Gwiazdowski, a two-time World bronze medalist, four-time All-American and two-time NCAA Champion on the latest episode of the Go Earn It Podcast.  Gwiazdowski started his college career at Binghamton for head coach Pat Popolizio and followed his coach to NC State where he'd win two NCAA tit

The gang at MatStats uses data and stats to determine who had the best collegiate wrestling team since 1974.  The battle comes down to the old Iowa teams and the 2024 Penn State team.  If you want to have an educated opinion on the best team since 1974, MatStats provides a stats and analytics education for the viewers. Slideshow to accompany this episode is he

This week we talk about the awesome Olympic qualifying results from Lee, Retherford, and the valiant effort from Kamal Bey. We also talk with NCAA Champion and all around awesome dude Kyven Gadson. We talk through his wrestling career, his continued education, his aspirations of calling the 2028 Olympics, and a variety of other fun topics. We finish up by congratulating

Shane Sparks returns for Part 2 of the Go Earn It Podcast with Matt McDonough, a three-time NCAA Division I finalist and two-time champion from the University of Iowa.

This week, Kevin and Tommy discuss the Oklahoma State hire of David Taylor, and our thoughts around the hire and future of the program. We also talk through some of the transfer portal news, as well as the Gable Steveson next steps. We wrap up with discussion of the Tom Brady roast, and parent corner. The views and opinions expressed on this show are those of the indivi

Episode 58 of the Five Point Move Podcast welcomes back Ellis Coleman, who after a two-year hiatus from competition returned to action this past winter and just two weeks ago won the Olympic Trials. Coleman, 32, now has his sights set on placing in the top-3 at the World Olympic Games Qualifier in Istanbul, Turkey. Coleman had appeared on three previous episodes of the pro

This week Tommy and Kevin recap a dynamic Olympic Trials and walk through each weight and some of the fun storylines to come out of them. Kevin also touches on the exciting news that Ben Bennett will be taking over the Chippewas of Central Michigan.  The views and opinions expressed on this show are those of the individual hosts and not the network or sponsors of t

Episode 31 of the Mat Stats Show deals with how team scoring changed with the new 3-point TD and 2,3, & 4 point near fall, how accurate is the seeding process, and a recap of the 2023-24 season. Join hosts Glenn Gormley, Kevin Hazard and Jason Bryant as we dive into those numbers.  Slideshow to accompany this episode is here: https://www.mattalkonline.com/wp-co

In niche sports journalism, collaboration, knowledge sharing, and storytelling are key to success. On the latest episode of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, host Jason Bryant catches up with longtime wrestling friend and fellow scribe Maggie Hendricks, who currently covers a number of sports for Olympics.com. The Chicago native has previously covered college and Olympic s

Brian Smith has been the architect of the Missouri wrestling program. On the latest episode of the Go Earn It Podcast with host Shane Sparks, Smith talks about his philosophy on coaching and developing wrestlers, coming from Florida and wrestling at Michigan State and how he's shaped Missouri into one of the top programs in the country.