Short Time Wrestling Podcast
848 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsFeaturing the Short Time Wrestling Podcast and hosted by award-winning wrestling broadcaster and journalist of the year, Jason Bryant, this show sets the standard when it comes to wrestling podcasts with news, reviews, previews and interviews from the top names in college, high school and international wrestling.
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2024 NCAA Division III Championship Preview with the guys from D3 Nation
March 13, 2024 14:48 - 1 hour - 86.2 MBJason Bryant is joined by Anthony and Gennaro Bonaventura from the D3 Nation Podcast to talk about the NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships coming up March 15-16 in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Check out The Guide, Mat Talk Online’s massive Division I Men’s Wrestling Championship Preview Guide with pre-orders now available at WrestlingPreviewGuide.com. Use the Discount Code “podcast” to save $10. You won’t be disappointed. Want an ad-free version of the show? Hit up the Patreon link at patr...
2024 NAIA Men's Wrestling Championship Preview
February 28, 2024 20:49 - 35 minutes - 49.3 MBChecking out what’s coming up at the 2024 NAIA Men’s Wrestling National Championships this weekend at Hartman Arena in Park City, Kansas. Host Jason Bryant will look at the draws, point out who to keep an eye on and provide some history of the championships. Event kicks off Feb. 29 and will be streamed live on Flowrestling. Brackets at Trackwrestling.com Check out The Guide, Mat Talk Online’s massive Division I Men’s Wrestling Championship Preview Guide with pre-orders now available at Wre...
Beat the Streets Bay Area Executive Director John Lange on growing wrestling in Oakland and beyond
February 27, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour - 111 MBThe new Executive Director of Beat the Streets Bay Area, John Lange, comes on Short Time to talk about his new role with the organization and his return to wrestling. An All-American at Penn State in 1998, Lange has the unique distinction of being the first wrestler in the full wrestleback era to have lost in the first round and come back to take third at the NCAA Division I championships. He spent time as an assistant coach at Hofstra and Eastern Michigan before assuming the role of interim ...
Ohio Wesleyan assistant coach Tanner McHugh, the guy behind True Tan Wrestling
February 22, 2024 18:04 - 1 hour - 92.8 MBPennsylvania native Tanner McHugh was a two-time high school state placewinner who opted to go the Division III route for college. During his time at Baldwin Wallace University in Ohio, McHugh launched the True Tan Wrestling YouTube channel. Fast forward a couple of years and McHugh is now coaching in Division III at Ohio Wesleyan University, a school that's in just its sixth year of wrestling. McHugh got back to his True Tan brand recently and will be releasing a documentary on the 2018 NC...
Shannon Scovel: Former swimmer on the wrestling beat for NCAA.com
February 08, 2024 15:20 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBShannon Scovel covers NCAA Division I Men's wrestling for NCAA.com. Today on the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, we've got Scovel, an Assistant Professor of Sports Communications at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and is also a former collegiate swimmer at American University. Scovel's journalism background has stops overseas as a Fulbright Scholar, internships at Yahoo and Sports Illustrated and graduate work at the University of Maryland. Check out The Guide, Mat Talk Online’s massi...
Little Rock head wrestling coach Neil Erisman has the Trojans moving on up
January 24, 2024 17:04 - 46 minutes - 65.1 MBLittle Rock wrestling is ranked in the NWCA Division I Men's Wrestling Coaches Poll for the first time in school history. At No. 25 this week, the ranking is the quickest for a start-up Division I men's wrestling program since the first publication of the poll in 1960. Host Jason Bryant is joined by Little Rock head wrestling coach Neil Erisman to talk about the team's record-setting season and the perspective his team has on its recent success. Links to Follow Join the Discord: https://w...
Short Time Shots: December 8, 2023
December 08, 2023 15:57 - 5 minutes - 5.35 MBTwas a backyard brawl on Thursday night. I took in some high school wrestling as I watched Mounds View High School dispatch with Irondale … which are the two high schools in my school district. One is known as the sports school, the other is the band and robotics school. The sports school won 60-6. By the way, former Gopher Marty Morgan’s youngest son is a 215-pounder for Mounds View and he’s freaking HUGE. He’s headed to South Dakota State. I was spotted in the crowd by one Mounds View paren...
Short Time Shots: December 7, 2023
December 07, 2023 15:53 - 5 minutes - 4.8 MBIt’s Short Time Shots, a look at the day’s college wrestling scores and more, I’m your host, Hall of Fame wrestling writer and broadcaster Jason Bryant and I want to let you know, this is the scoreboard show of record. Speaking of scoreboards, did you know you can find all the D1 dual meet scores and links to their results at collegewrestlingscoreboard.com AND I’ve added another redirect to help you follow all the tournaments from every division at collegewrestlingtournaments.com. NO ONE E...
Short Time Shots - December 1, 2023
December 01, 2023 15:13 - 4 minutes - 3.97 MBLas Vegas is on everyone’s mind who follows the world of Division I wrestling and that also means me. There’s a bunch of Vegas-related content in the newsletter today, so again, you can find out how to get that daily at the end of the show. I was on the mic Thursday here in the Twin Cities - more on that in a bit, this is Short Time Shots, a look at the day’s results in and around college wrestling. Right now, if you hear any banging around, it’s because I’m getting a new furnace installed th...
Short Time Shots: November 30, 2023
November 30, 2023 15:18 - 5 minutes - 4.83 MBThe network dropped a couple of episodes for you to check out - the biggest was Episode 2 of the Etched in Stone series on Gray Simons called Seven. Shane Sparks fired out a show with Alex Marinelli on the Go Earn It Podcast, which has been a great addition to the network. Bob Bowlsby, inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame this summer as an Outstanding American, is returning to where his AD career started - Northern Iowa - as the Panthers named him the school’s interim AD on Wedne...
Northern Iowa welcomes back Bob Bowlsby as interim Athletic Director
November 29, 2023 22:27 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBBob Bowlsby was re-introduced at Northern Iowa on Wednesday as the school’s interim Athletic Director. A recent inductee into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as an Outstanding American, Bowlsby recently retired as the commissioner of the Big 12 Conference. Bowlsby’s first job as an AD came at UNI where he’d worked with the department previous to his promotion to the role. He then left to take the reins at the University of Iowa before finishing the first run of his AD career at Stanford...
Short Time Shots: November 17, 2023
November 17, 2023 15:42 - 3 minutes - 3.83 MBIt’s Friday, and I’ll be heading back to my native lands this weekend after the Husky Hockey squad finishes up with Duluth. This is NOT a hockey podcast, it’s Short Time Shots, a look back at the day’s scores around college wrestling. Here’s what went down on Thursday. Second-ranked NC State dominated Army West Point 34-6. Jakob Camacho had a takedown and nearfall points late to break open a close bout to earn a 9-1 major decision over Army’s Ethan Berginc at 125 pounds. Ed Scott beat Natha...
Short Time Shots: November 16, 2023
November 16, 2023 15:40 - 7 minutes - 6.61 MBIt’s Short Time Shots, a quick look at the day’s wrestling scores and more. I am on the struggle bus realizing that my dad jokes and bad jokes might only be funny to … one of you. Anyway, I’m Jason Bryant and here’s what you are catching up on for November 16. A wild crowd saw Division II Montevallo pick up the first home win in program history, a 27-16 triumph over NAIA Midway. Do yourself a favor, go to MontevalloW on Twitter and check out how boisterous the home crowd is. And remember fo...
Short Time Shots: November 15, 2023
November 15, 2023 15:32 - 7 minutes - 6.53 MBBad college football, like that place in Ypsilanti with the ashtray for a football field. It’s Short Time Shots. I’m Jason Bryant. Wilmington’s program hasn’t been back that long, but the Quakers picked up a competitive 27-26 criteria win over Muskingum in what was decided by the FOURTH criteria. Can you name the fourth criteria without looking it up? Most can’t, so don’t be down on yourself. It’s most near fall points. The teams were tied in wins at five, tied in six-point victories with th...
Short Time Shots: November 11, 2023
November 11, 2023 16:16 - 6 minutes - 5.99 MBIt’s time for Short Time Shots, a quick look at the day in college wrestling. Did you know 15 years ago, Kyle Klingman and I launched our very first podcast called Wrestling 411. Yup, now over 3,000 episodes later, I’m still trying to figure this out. In Blacksburg, the raucous crowd at Cassell Coliseum was silenced both early and late as the eighth-ranked Buckeyes topped the fifth-ranked Hokies 24-12. The biggest win came at the jump as Brendan McCrone majored All-American Eddie Ventresca ...
Short Time Shots: November 10, 2023
November 10, 2023 15:37 - 6 minutes - 5.57 MBIt’s time for Short Time Shots, a quick look at the day in college wrestling. The only Division I dual of the night saw the Roger Kish era begin in his home state as the Oklahoma Sooners topped Central Michigan 29-11 in Mount Pleasant. Kish, a four-time state champion from Lapeer West saw a wave of transfers impact the victory, including All-American Stephen Buchanan at 197 pounds. Other new faces to earn wins were Jace Koelzer at 133 pounds, Cael Carlson at 165 pounds and Giuseppe Hoose at ...
Grappling with Elimination: Baskerville Institute Webinar with Nenad Lalovic, Andy Barth and Adeline Gray
November 09, 2023 22:19 - 1 hour - 74.3 MBIt’s another special episode of Short Time, this time with the audio from the webinar hosted on Tuesday, November 7 from the Baskerville Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah called “Grappling with Elimination. Hosted by the Baskerville Institute, a beacon for thought leadership and dialogue, this discussion titled "Grappling with Elimination" delves into the intense struggle faced by the wrestling community in 2013 when the sport was on the brink of Olympic exclusion. The panel features Nenad L...
Short Time Shots - November 9, 2023
November 09, 2023 14:32 - 4 minutes - 4.37 MBSHORT TIME SHOTS It’s time for Short Time Shots, a quick look at the day in college wrestling. Montevallo recorded its first dual win in school history, beating Allen 32-15. The Falcons won seven out of ten bouts, which including two major decisions and three pins. They did lose to Newberry 31-14. Freshman Carson Freeman and Gabe Hixenbaugh (yes, that one) both went 2-0 for the night, with Freeman earning a pin and a decision, and Hixenbaugh securing a pin and a technical fall. Congrats to...
Short Time Shots: November 3, 2023
November 03, 2023 16:07 - 4 minutes - 4.05 MBShort Time Shots looks at the scores from around the country for November 3, 2023. Schools included in today's show: Oregon State University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) Queens University Greensboro College University of Maryland American University University of Illinois Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (S.I.U. Edwardsville) West Liberty University University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown (Pitt Johnstown) Millersville University York College (Pennsylvania) Cornell Coll...
Short Time Shots: November 2, 2023
November 02, 2023 04:39 - 5 minutes - 5 MBA look around the opening night of major college wrestling with Short Time Shots from Mat Talk Online. Schools included in today's update: Campbell Fighting Camels Army Black Knights NC State Presbyterian University at Buffalo Glenville State Brockport Niagara County Carl Albert State Little Rock The Citadel Montreat Allen Wisconsin Parkside Wisconsin Whitewater Frostburg State Wheeling Grand Valley State Cornerstone Central Oklahoma Ouachita Baptist East Stroudsburg ...
Inside the Circle with NCAA National Coordinator of Officials Dr. Mike McCormick
November 01, 2023 14:29 - 49 minutes - 46.4 MBA special episode of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast is actually a pilot episode of Inside the Circle, a podcast centered around wrestling officials and topics, hosted by NCAA wrestling official and Bloodround podcast co-host Tom Baranoski. Joining Baranoski on this pilot episode is Dr. Mike McCormick, the new NCAA National Coordinator of Officials, Mike McCormick and guest hosts J.R. Blose and Shane Risner. The crew will discuss the rule changes and interpretations as well as get to kno...
Short Time Shots: Hall of Fame Edition, October 31, 2023
October 31, 2023 04:38 - 5 minutes - 5 MBIt's SHORT TIME SHOTS … a quick look at the day's top wrestling stories. Just going with the big news for October 31 as the National Wrestling Hall of Fame has, quite literally, the honors. The National Wrestling Hall of Fame recently announced its Class of 2024, and it's an illustrious group that has made significant contributions to the sport of wrestling. The class includes Distinguished Members Tadaaki Hatta, Toccara Montgomery, Coleman Scott, and Logan Stieber. These four individuals ha...
App State Wrestling Media Day - October 26, 2023
October 27, 2023 14:30 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBDelve into the insights from Appalachian State Wrestling Media Day. Hear from Head Coach JohnMark Bentley on the team's preparation and expectations for the upcoming season. Returning NCAA qualifiers Cody Bond, Will Miller, Ethan Oakley, and Tyler Askey share their experiences and outlook as they gear up for another competitive season on the mat. We’ll touch on the schedule as App State hits some big tournaments and has some big duals on the slate as well as Coach Bentley’s take on NIL as i...
Short Time Shots: October 27, 2023
October 27, 2023 04:14 - 5 minutes - 4.99 MBIt's SHORT TIME SHOTS … a quick look at the day's top wrestling stories. Here’s the good stuff for Friday, October 27. In the U23 World Championships in Tirana, Albania, Kennedy Blades and Audrey Jimenez from the United States earned silver medals in women's freestyle wrestling. Blades dominated her initial matches but lost 9-2 in the finals against UWW's Reetika in the 76 kg category. Jimenez, competing in the 50 kg category, withdrew from her finals match due to injury but still secured a ...
KCAC Women's Wrestling Media Day - October 26, 2023
October 26, 2023 22:12 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBThe Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference recently held a media day focusing on women's wrestling, providing a platform for coaches across the conference to discuss the upcoming season. Nate Naasz of the NWCA moderated the discussion. Representing Avila University, Zach Revier spoke about his first year on the job, followed by John Lynch from Dakota Wesleyan University and Julian Gaytan from Doane University, each sharing their outlook for their respective teams. New head coach Tim Prescott...
KCAC Men's Wrestling Media Day - October 25, 2023
October 25, 2023 20:01 - 52 minutes - 72.7 MBFor the second year in a row, the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference is hosting a virtual media day for men's and women's wrestling. On October 25, the head coaches of the seven KCAC wrestling schools were hosted by Nate Naasz to talk about their squads and the upcoming season. Attending were the new KCAC Commissioner, Ted Breidenthal and the following head coaches: Avila University's Eric Mateo Bethany (Kan.) College's Mitch Houghton Friends University's Tyler Mies Oklahoma Wesleyan's T...
Short Time Shots: October 25, 2023
October 25, 2023 03:34 - 5 minutes - 4.98 MBIt's SHORT TIME SHOTS … a quick look at the day's top wrestling stories. Here’s the good stuff for Wednesday, October 25. - In Albania at the U23 World Championships, the United States has secured more than one U23 World Champion in men's freestyle wrestling for the first time. Keegan O'Toole, Aaron Brooks, and Wyatt Hendrickson came away with gold medals for Team USA. O'Toole, a two-time age-group World Champion, defeated Imam Ganishov in the finals at 74 kg. Brooks dominated his finals matc...
Princeton Wrestling Media Day - October 18, 2023
October 20, 2023 19:24 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBFull media day press conference from October 18, 2023 at Princeton University. Head Coach Joe Dubuque, Luke Stout (Junior), and Nate Dugan (Senior) answer questions at their Media Day Press Conference. Audio used with permission by Princeton Athletics.
Short Time Shots: October 19, 2023
October 19, 2023 02:33 - 4 minutes - 4.04 MBIt's SHORT TIME SHOTS … a quick look at the day's top wrestling stories. Here’s the good stuff for Thursday, October 19. - The University of Iowa's women's wrestling team is making history as the first Division I Power Five school to introduce a women's wrestling program. Led by Head Coach Clarissa Chun, the team is set to kick off its inaugural season on November 4 against East Stroudsburg University. With a diverse roster and high expectations, the Hawkeyes are poised to make a significant ...
Short Time Shots: October 17, 2023
October 17, 2023 03:54 - 4 minutes - 4.4 MBIt's SHORT TIME SHOTS … a quick look at the day's top wrestling stories. Here’s the good stuff for Tuesday, October 17. - Dylan Morrison of the MorWrestling podcast has a pair of guests on from Tarleton State to discuss what is currently happening with the future of Texas wrestling and what exactly is factual about the school’s look to start a Division I wrestling program. New assistant coach Jimmy Overhiser also makes his first public appearance as part of the budding Tarleton State program....
Short Time Shots: October 16, 2023
October 16, 2023 03:42 - 3 minutes - 3.62 MBIt's SHORT TIME SHOTS … a quick look at the day's top wrestling stories. Here’s the good stuff for Monday, October 16. - The University of Iowa's women's wrestling team recently opened its doors to Ukrainian wrestlers in need of a training facility. Due to political unrest and inadequate resources in Ukraine, the athletes were struggling to find a suitable place to hone their skills. The collaboration not only provides the Ukrainian team with top-notch training conditions but also offers an i...
Short Time Shots: October 14, 2023
October 14, 2023 04:00 - 2 minutes - 2.84 MBZahid Valencia, a U.S. Men's Freestyle World Team member and bronze medalist at the 2023 Senior World Championships, is being recognized as an influential figure in the Hispanic community during Hispanic Heritage Month. Zahid, who is proud of his Mexican roots, sees his Hispanic heritage as more than a cultural identity, but as a foundation of family, love, sacrifice, culture, and faith. Especially active in the youth wrestling community, he strives to give back and inspire the next generatio...
Short Time Shots: October 13, 2023
October 13, 2023 04:20 - 4 minutes - 4.46 MBIt's SHORT TIME SHOTS … a quick look at the day's top wrestling stories. - The International Olympic Committee has suspended Russia's Olympic organization due to Russia incorporating Ukrainian regions into its national sports program, however, individual Russian athletes are not outright banned. The issue of how to handle Russian athletes since the beginning of Ukraine's invasion has been inconsistent globally. Interestingly, Russia's success in sports, including 45 of 71 medals won in the 2...
Short Time Shots: October 12, 2023
October 12, 2023 04:22 - 3 minutes - 2.81 MBIt's SHORT TIME SHOTS, a quick look at the day's top wrestling stories. - The University of Iowa's Women's Wrestling team is set to host the inaugural Trailblazer Duals, a landmark event spotlighting women's wrestling talent across various collegiate teams. The event, a step towards elevating women's wrestling on a national stage, welcomes all four Division I schools that field women’s wrestling - host Iowa, Sacred Heart, Presbyterian and Lindenwood. The Trailblazer Duals kick off at Carver...
After 12 years, Mike Denney heads into a weekend of healing in Omaha
October 11, 2023 17:40 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBIn episode 735 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, the spotlight shines on retired college wrestling coach Mike Denney, whose illustrious career spans over 51 years. Coach Denney reminisces on his 32-year tenure at the University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO), during which he clinched seven national team titles. The 2011 championship was particularly poignant as it was followed by the abrupt discontinuation of the wrestling program at UNO, a decision that sent shockwaves through the wrestling comm...
Short Time Shots: October 11, 2023
October 11, 2023 03:34 - 3 minutes - 2.95 MBIt's SHORT TIME SHOTS, a quick look at the day's top wrestling stories. - Starting in fall 2024, the college wrestling landscape will undergo significant changes due to conference realignments. Notable shifts include Arizona State's move to the Big 12 and Stanford's transition to the ACC. These changes are set to create exciting new matchups, such as a potential North Carolina vs. Stanford duel in the ACC, featuring former Stanford head coach and current UNC head coach Rob Koll against new S...
Tackling Division I realignment from the wrestling perspective
August 09, 2023 03:42 - 53 minutes - 49.7 MBA year ago, host Jason Bryant outlined one of the ways to renovate Division I wrestling with wholesale realignment. Much of that was dependent upon the NCAA Transformation Committee’s suggestions. That didn’t exactly put much to the sports other than its on them to figure it out. So as the chess pieces of realignment moved (read: football) based on TV rights deals, Olympic sports are now being thrown around, byproducts of those conferences chasing the almighty dollar. Today’s show will look ...
Jack Clark and Jeff Waters of the U.S. Wrestling Foundation talk #LetsWrestle, Final X and more
June 06, 2023 22:38 - 1 hour - 41.3 MBOne of the things Final X and the World Championships brings to the forefront is the careers of the senior-level athletes. On Episode 733 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, I’ll visit with Jack Clark and Jeff Waters of the U.S. Wrestling Foundation, a group aimed at supporting the sport in various ways, including working with the Living The Dream Medal Fund. Clark, the Executive Director, and Waters, the Chairman of the Board, will talk about the genesis of the USWF, the acronym’s past in w...
Helen Maroulis and Jordan Burroughs talk Final X, Beat The Streets
May 31, 2023 19:32 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MBWe’re preparing for Final X on June 10 at the Prudential Center and USA Wrestling and Beat The Streets co-hosted a Zoom conference with World and Olympic champions Helen Maroulis and Jordan Burroughs on May 31. Maroulis, the first American woman to win an Olympic wrestling gold medal, discussed her performance at the Pan Ams, what she’s eager to see at another Final X, the documentary and her mental health. Burroughs will be competing in New Jersey for the first time since he was in college....
Brendan Buckley of Beat The Streets talks Final X, BTS Benefit
May 26, 2023 16:39 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MBBeat The Streets New York’s Brendan Buckley was a Division I All-American and former Division I head wrestling coach. Wrestling’s been part of most of his life. The last several years, the Executive Director of BTSNY, has been working on developing programing and leading the charge of some of its major events, including the annual BTS Benefit, which some still call a gala, despite Buckley downplaying the “gala” aspect of it. On June 10, Beat The Streets will again partner with USA Wrestling ...
Ed Duncan and Frank Lipoli get excited for beach wrestling events, Beach Nationals
May 19, 2023 21:09 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBThe US Marine Corps Beach Wrestling National Championships are set for Carolina Beach, North Carolina on May 20. Event Director Ed Duncan is joined by master wrestling promoter Frank Lipoli of the Virginia Challenge to talk about the event, the fun in the sun and the opportunities beach wrestling brings to the sport and to the masses. For more information on the Beach Wrestling Tour of America and beach events, check out usabeachwrestling.com. Links to Follow Join the Discord: https://www....
Ryan Warner on his development of The Henry Cejudo Experiment
May 04, 2023 03:01 - 1 hour - 52.7 MBIt’s been a long time since Short Time was up and running, but we’re back today and featuring Ryan Warner, one of the top wrestling podcasters in the game and he’s back featuring a new series, The Henry Cejudo Experiment. Warner, founder of Wrestling Changed My Life, chronicles Cejudo’s run to the 2008 Olympic gold in Beijing and what went behind his then-unlikely chance to become a guinea pig for USA Wrestling. Warner pulls back the curtain and gets into the weeds when it comes to what it ...
Terry Daniels: It's all his fault
January 17, 2023 21:53 - 44 minutes - 41.9 MBToday, Short Time is a personal interview with someone you’ve never previously heard from, unless you happened to listen to a Hampton-based sports talk show called Contact Sports 20-something years ago. Few people had an impact on my life in sports more than Terry Daniels. Terry isn’t family, but he pretty much has been a part of it for the last 20 years. When I was in high school, Terry asked one day if I wanted to go to the wrestling match on a Wednesday in January of 1995. Some of you h...
Wrestling coach, author and professor Keith Manos on the survival of wrestling coaches
December 16, 2022 22:05 - 1 hour - 93.5 MBWrestling coach, professor and English teacher Keith Manos joins Short Time to talk about some of the things he’s learned about coaching over the years and how he crafted them into books to help teachers and coaches alike. A member of the Ohio Wrestling Hall of Fame, Manos’ Wrestling Coach’s Survival Guide has been around for almost 30 years and was even used by John Smith when teaching a course on wrestling. Manos looks back at his time in the classroom and the wrestling room and outlines ...
The always entertaining Frank Lipoli of the Virginia Challenge
December 06, 2022 23:22 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBThe always entertaining Frank Lipoli of the Virginia Challenge joins the show to talk about the upcoming Virginia Challenge Holiday Duals at the Virginia Beach Sports Center in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Frank’s background in wrestling goes back over 60 years and he’s a 2001 inductee into the Virginia Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and a recent inductee into the Hampton Roads Sports Hall of Fame. Frank talks about the origins of the Virginia Challenge, his background with the ...
Prudential Center's Dylan Wanagiel preps for 2022 Garden State Grapple
November 29, 2022 21:06 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBDylan Wanagiel of the Prudential Center is bringing the second iteration of the Garden State Grapple to Newark, New Jersey's Prudential Center on Sunday, December 4. With four Big Ten teams taking on four EIWA teams, it'll be eight exciting duals. Wanagiel talks about the event's origins starting as the Grapple at the Garden in New York City and how it's hopefully going to set the stage for future NCAA championship events in New Jersey and the Prudential Center specifically. Tickets: https:...
Michigan's Sean Bormet and Oklahoma State's John Smith talk Bout at the Ballpark 2023
November 15, 2022 22:09 - 29 minutes - 41.5 MBBout at the Ballpark presented by Kubota will return to Globe Life Field for the second straight year. The event will feature competition with NCAA ranked Oklahoma State (11) and Michigan (5) on Friday, February 3, 2023. The event will feature a new format this year, with one wrestling mat placed on home plate. Floor seating will also be added for the event. Oklahoma State returns to Bout at the Ballpark for the second year, while this will be the first year for Michigan to participate in...
Think Iowa City's Josh Schamberger ready to roll with upcoming World Cup in Coralville, Iowa
November 11, 2022 17:47 - 43 minutes - 30.8 MBJosh Schamberger is the President at the Iowa City/Coralville Area Conventions and Visitors Bureau. On December 10-11, Coralville’s Xtream Arena will host a wrestling first - the men’s and women’s freestyle World Cup - at the same time. Check out the GearUP campaign I’ve joined on with in conjunction with Beat The Streets National. Check out how you can help outfit kids by going to https://www.mattalkonline.com/gearup. Every $50 donated outfits a needy wrestler with $200 worth of gear. Let’s...
KCAC Women's Wrestling Media Day featuring Avila, Doane, Friends, Hastings, Midland, Ottawa, Jamestown, Saint Mary and York
October 27, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBThe Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference held the second of two wrestling media days on October 25. Episode 722 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast joins media day! The second KCAC wrestling media day featured the nine women’s programs with the men’s media day already taking place on October 20 (Episode 720). Nate Naasz of the KWCA and NWCA moderated the online media day with each coach about the season, which will build to a conclusion this season with the KCAC Championships at York and the...
Fantasy Fight League's Joe Kania set to launch wrestling video game
October 25, 2022 16:14 - 50 minutes - 35 MBJoe Kania wrestled in New Jersey for powerhouse Bergen Catholic. He jumped into wrestling coverage with the newspapers in New Jersey. After a couple of stops in the NFL with social media marketing and a stint at FloSports, Kania launched FantasyFightLeague.com, which focused on fantasy sports games. Kania recently pivoted away from fantasy sports and jumped to another realm of games, video games, creating a wrestling video game where fans will be able to play as some of the sport’s top colleg...