Short Time Wrestling Podcast
849 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months 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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Navy's Joel Sharratt and Army West Point's Kevin Ward discuss wrestling's ARMY-NAVY rivalry - ST310
February 15, 2017 17:40 - 52 minutesFew rivalries can transcend every sport. Even as big as Michigan-Ohio State or Iowa-Iowa State or Texas-Oklahoma are, the one institutional rivalry that seems to trump everything, regardless of sport is Army-Navy. On February 19 at Christl Arena in West Point, N.Y., Army West Point will host Navy in the 61st meeting between the two schools on the wrestling mat. On Episode 310 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, we talk with Navy head coach Joel Sharratt and Army West Point head coach Kevin ...
Women's Wrestling Week with King U. assistant coach Julia Salata and National Duals thoughts - ST309
February 14, 2017 05:07 - 1 hourIt's Women's Wrestling Week in the U.S. and what better way to celebrate that time than with one of the most amusing women's wrestlers on the planet, Julia Salata. A four-time WCWA All-American and two-time champion for King University, Salata is in her second year on Jason Moorman's coaching staff at the Bristol, Tennessee school. We'll talk with Salata about her experience in Rio as a training partner for Adeline Gray, photobombing Ryan Seacrest, what Helen Maroulis' moment means for women...
Part 2: Rollie Peterkin's take on hitchhiking, castles, Adam Frey, Jared Platt, Jeff Buxton and orange Gatorades in a can - ST308
February 10, 2017 05:52 - 55 minutesThe final half of the Rollie Peterkin interview includes the captivating and humorous stories from a life traveling the world. On Episode 308 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, we've got Peterkin talking about hitchhiking, castles, the Blarney Stone, life at a boarding school, Jeff Buxton, Adam Frey, Jared Platt and orange Gatorade in a can. So sit back, relax and enjoy the chatter as this one-time Wall Street trader now finds himself living in the Canary Islands after a short career in Mi...
Part 1: Rollie Peterkin on breaking away from Wall Street, to MMA to life in the Canary Islands - ST307
February 07, 2017 17:45 - 1 hourWhat began as an interview request talking about a book morphed into a two-part series with former Penn wrestler Rollie Peterkin. A world traveler, Peterkin gave up his dream of working on Wall Street to turn to the world of Mixed Martial Arts. But Peterkin didn't just drop his suit and tie off at the cleaners and run down to the local boxing club. He packed up and moved South -- like South America South, landing with a friend in Peru. A few amateur fights later, Peterkin turned pro and the...
Sara Levin's passion for wrestling aims to get kids to wreSTL - ST306
February 03, 2017 19:21 - 1 hourWrestling has been part of Sara Levin's life for over 25 years. The St. Louis native and Indiana graduate has worked in positions at USA Wrestling and the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, but now she's got a new calling. Levin has started wreSTL, a youth wrestling center in St. Louis to help expose the sport of wrestling to a new generation of people. With an emphasis on learning and personal growth, wreSTL isn't about winning championships, but it's about creating a winning attitude that wr...
ESPN's Adam Amin explains how crazy crowds like NCAA wrestling fuel his passion for broadcasting - ST305
January 31, 2017 05:21 - 1 hourThe voice of the NCAA Division I Wrestling championships the last few years on ESPN was Adam Amin. While Amin won't be on the call this coming year in St. Louis, the Illinois native ended up being a smooth and steady call after breaking into the role five years ago. Amin's journey to sports broadcasting has been quick and quality. Amin can be found calling just about anything on ESPN. He's even joked that he was the guy on "The Ocho." We'll talk sports in general, the journey to broadcastin...
Finding Success Through Failure with All-American Jim Harshaw - ST304
January 27, 2017 18:39 - 51 minutesJim Harshaw has been around the sport in a number of positions. As an athlete, he was All-American at the University of Virginia. He's been an assistant coach at his alma mater, a Division I head wrestling coach at Slippery Rock and now he's working back at his alma mater in Athletics, primarily dealing in fundraising. Harshaw is also an entrepreneur, building several different businesses striving to help people push their program, products and personalities. The founder of Riot Sports Marke...
Andy Hamilton joins Short Time talking Iowa-Penn State, Iowa State coaching and the recent wrestling happenings - ST303
January 24, 2017 22:40 - 52 minutesAndy Hamilton of Trackwrestling joins the Short Time Wrestling Podcast on Episode 303 to talk about the weekend that was in college wrestling, the growth of his company and its media offerings and Kyle Klingman's ability to ask random questions. Hamilton, an award-winning journalist both at the Iowa City Press-Citizen and the Des Moines Register, also chimes in on rankings at 133, the Iowa State situation with Kevin Jackson, Missouri's injuries, the National Duals potential matchups and more...
State wrestling media shenanigans going on in Iowa. Getting Troy Banning and Tony Hager's take - ST302
January 20, 2017 20:48 - 54 minutesGetting back into the swing of things with the Short Time Wrestling Podcast and Episode 302. This episode, I'm going to look south to Iowa (that's how you know it's cold) and talk with Troy Banning, the Sports Editor at the Freeman Daily Journal in Webster City, Iowa and Tony Hager from IAwrestle.com and Takedown Wrestling Media. The topic of media access and credentialing has come up in Iowa regarding the state championships in a number of sports, but as we zero in on the popular state wres...
Memories from Virginia Duals past - ST301
January 13, 2017 23:53 - 21 minutesEpisode 301 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast captures some chatter from folks in and around the Hampton Coliseum as we remember some great stories from the history of the Virginia Duals. We'll talk with a pair of the tournament directors, Mike McCormick and Bill Grubbs and talk with high school coaches Matt Small of Great Bridge, John Tanaka of Powhatan and former Poquoson wrestler Jerrod Hurr, who's watching the duals for the first time since 1999. The Short Time Time Wrestling Podcast...
Bringing USA Wrestling's Richard Immel into the fray looking back at 2016 - ST300
January 06, 2017 02:58 - 1 hourEpisode 300 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast is a joint effort with Richard Immel and Bonus Points as we do the classic CROSSOVER EPISODE! Unlike when the Jetsons meet The Flintstones, this is something that's going to be reactive, retrospective and it might just actually talk wrestling. The long and short of it is simple, Richard and JB talks about literally three cool things this year. There's a lot more, but we go off the rails having too much fun. The Short Time Time Wrestling Podcas...
Cornell's Gabe Dean insists he's just having fun out there - ST299
December 20, 2016 06:06 - 52 minutesHeading into the 2016-17 season, Cornell's Gabe Dean had already established himself as one of the nation's most dominating wrestlers. With 60 percent of his career victories via bonus coming into this season, Dean set his sights on a third NCAA championship, not necessarily the Dan Hodge Trophy. On Episode 299 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, Dean talks about why he's off to a punishing start, winning the first 13 official matches this season by bonus and that isn't counting his major d...
Fresno City's Paul Keysaw and his Rams find the fight to win California Community College title - ST298
December 13, 2016 06:25 - 51 minutesWhen Fresno City College finished up the 2016 California Community College Championships this past weekend, they looked back and saw Cerritos College five points behind. Last month, Cerritos capped an unbeaten league season with a win over Fresno City for the state dual championship, but Fresno City and coach Paul Keysaw would ultimately prevail and win the school's 14th state title. On Episode 298 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, Keysaw, a 1991 NCAA champion at CSU Bakersfield, will tal...
Shane Sparks opens up the vault and we talk sports, maybe not much wrestling, but plenty of energetic Sparks - ST297
December 09, 2016 06:21 - 1 hourOn Episode 297 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, Shane Sparks from the Big Ten Network and Trackwrestling comes on to talk about everything but wrestling. Seriously, there's about five minutes of actual wrestling talk here, but we do touch on the Olympics, baseball, Tom Brady and some smelly things. A great talker and advocate for wrestling, Sparky gets a little wound up when talking about Vin Scully, too. The Short Time Time Wrestling Podcast is proudly supported by Compound Clothing. ...
Chael Sonnen breaks down Submission Underground 2 as Jon Jones faces Dan Henderson - ST296
December 07, 2016 04:56 - 50 minutesChael Sonnen returns again to the Short Time Wrestling Podcast to give a mental mind meld of what he thinks is going to go down when Dan Henderson meets Jon Jones at Submission Underground 2 in Portland on December 11. Submission Underground, founded by Sonnen and streamed live on FloGrappling, is basically MMA without the striking. The whole point is to make your opponent submit. Sonnen, host of a popular podcast on PodcastOne, will talk about the dynamic between the two fighters, how the s...
South Dakota State brings over 4,000 to Frost Arena in record-setting night against Iowa - ST295
December 03, 2016 18:47 - 36 minutesShort Time makes its first ever trip to Brookings, South Dakota as the No. 20 South Dakota State Jackrabbits hosted third-ranked Iowa at Frost Arena on Friday, December 2. For South Dakota State, it was a chance to set a new attendance record -- and boy did they ever. The South Dakota faithful put 4,087 into Frost Arena although their boys in blue fell to the Hawkeyes 29-8. The Iowa-South Dakota theme was consistent as Madison High School in South Dakota faced CL-GLR in a South Dakota vs. I...
Stand Up filmmaker Abdullah Abu-Mahfouz takes on life and wrestling with Central Dauphin East H.S. - ST294
November 28, 2016 18:20 - 50 minutesAbdullah Abu-Mahfouz graduated from Central Dauphin East High School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania with some unfinished business. On Episode 294 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, we'll talk with Abu-Mahfouz about how he's finishing that business with a wrestling documentary film called Stand Up. Abu-Mahfouz follows his alma mater as a handful of wrestlers look to try to qualify for the Pennsylvania state tournament. In wrestling-rich District III, this isn't exactly an easy task, even for t...
Back to the Big Apple with Madison Square Garden's Dylan Wanagiel - ST293
November 22, 2016 17:59 - 45 minutesIt's about time to head back to the Big Apple as the fifth annual Grapple at the Garden presented by Bats-Toi. Our guest on Episode 293 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast is Dylan Wanagiel, the Director of Sports Events and the Executive Producer of the Grapple at the Garden. Wanagiel recaps the NCAA Championships that were held in Madison Square Garden back in March, the most recent "big deal" to hit MSG, which was UFC 205 as well as the synergy between events at The Garden. It's a fun ch...
How the other half lives: A wrestling discussion with my wife - ST292
November 16, 2016 06:35 - 54 minutesMy wife and two daughters came with me to Virginia and the Old Dominion-Missouri match on Sunday, November 13. For my wife Abby, it was the first time she had to haul both of our children around an arena while I worked. In this instance, I was announcing the alumni dual. We got home to Minnesota a day later and it was time. What time was it? It was time for my wife Abby to appear on the program as an actual guest rather than as someone who simply laughs in the background when she's in the st...
Changing it up with Journeymen's Frank Popolizio - ST291
November 08, 2016 17:21 - 54 minutesFor the past 14 years, Frank Popolizio has rocked the early part of the wrestling season with the Northeast Duals. Now, Popolizio's going to change things up and he'll talk about it on Episode 291 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast. Instead of duals, Popolizio is going to change things up and go with a modified mini-tournament and modified round-robin for some of the top college teams on November 13 at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, N.Y., for the Journeymen Asics Collegiate Classi...
Historian Don Sayenga: Traveling and documenting wrestling for over 60 years - ST290
November 03, 2016 22:14 - 1 hourChances are, when you read something historical about the sport of wrestling, Don Sayenga had a hand in it. On Episode 290 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, we merely scratch the surface with one of the sport's finest historians. A longtime contributor to Amateur Wrestling News and part of a Lehigh Valley cadre of wrestling mavens, Sayenga took his discovery and love for wrestling to a level few have achieved in the wrestling world. At 82, Sayenga still speaks with reverence about his da...
Sally Roberts empowers girls through sport with Wrestle Like A Girl - ST289
October 28, 2016 18:26 - 40 minutesSally Roberts has been there, done that. On Episode 289 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, Roberts, a two-time World bronze medalist, talks about her new non-profit organization, Wrestle Like A Girl, a group focused on growing females in sport and life. A native of Washington, Roberts found wrestling as a way to keep herself out of trouble -- like real trouble. Wrestling prior to the world of Cadet and Junior Championships in Fargo and in an era where college wrestling for women was still...
Going Greco! Tiny Williams Baptist College and coach Kerry Regner create nation's first college Greco-Roman program - ST288
October 20, 2016 16:42 - 42 minutesKerry Regner's been doing things a little differently in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. The head wrestling coach at Williams Baptist College didn't wrestle folkstyle in college, rather he went to Northern Michigan and worked in Greco-Roman. On Thursday, October 20, Regner pushed his Greco roots a little deeper into the ground at NAIA Williams Baptist College as the school announced it was starting a Greco-Roman wrestling program. That's right. A school in just its third year of wrestling is going t...
Haislan Garcia, three-time Olympian for Canada, breaks down his new role at Arizona State - ST287
October 18, 2016 04:15 - 42 minutesNo, we're not jumping in with all these Canadian guests because we're threatening to move to Canada because of the upcoming election, we're talking about three-time Olympian Haislan Garcia, the newest member of the Arizona State coaching staff. Garcia emigrated from Cuba in 2004 and quickly asserted himself as the wrestler to beat in Canada. In 2008, he was granted citizenship and made the first of his three Olympic teams. He'll talk about the opportunity to coach at the college level, his e...
Olympic champ Helen Maroulis on making history, media tours and even the singlet debate - ST286
October 11, 2016 04:49 - 49 minutesEpisode 286 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast features the first woman in American history to win an Olympic gold medal in wrestling -- Helen Maroulis. Even after winning gold in Rio over Japan juggernaut Saori Yoshida, Maroulis was back on the mat working with her coaches in California. Maroulis takes us through the busy media tours she's been on since making history in Rio in August. She'll talk about Cal Ripken Jr., The History Channel and even give her opinion on the singlet debate. Yu...
Don Garriott has Cerritos off to a hot start in the fall California Community College wrestling season - ST285
October 05, 2016 03:10 - 58 minutesCollege wrestling is up and kicking out in California. On Episode 285 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, we venture out to Southern California to talk with Cerritos College head coach Don Garriott. Cerritos is off to a hot start this season, winning a tournament title at the West Hills Invitational and running its early-season dual record to 8-0. Garriott, a two-time California placewinner in his day at El Camino College, has been at the helm of the Falcons program for the last 11 years. A...
Fighting fires, and heavyweights, with UFC champion Stipe Miocic - ST284
September 30, 2016 21:24 - 37 minutesCurrent UFC Heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic was an Ohio state wrestling runner-up as a senior at Eastlake North High School in 2000. He still had something to prove. In 2003, Miocic qualified for the NCAA Division I Championships on what was a pretty good Cleveland State team. He missed out on placing. He still had something to prove. On Episode 284 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast released on International Podcast Day, Miocic will talk about his rise to the top of the UFC, his passion ...
Dave Barker and Sara Koenig talk Super 32 for 2016 - ST283
September 27, 2016 04:26 - 51 minutesWelcome to Episode 283 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast where it's that special time of year again where we head to North Carolina to talk with Super 32 Tournament Directors Dave Barker and Sara Koenig. This will be the 17th installment of the monster preseason tournament and both Dave and Sara are excited to kick it off. This is the third episode Short Time has previewed the event and the first two set records for listenership. What will this one do? There's a lot of fun stuff in this ep...
Turning the corner with Canadian Olympic champion Erica Wiebe - ST282
September 23, 2016 05:25 - 52 minutesIt's not uncommon for the Short Time Wrestling Podcast to head up to Canada and we'll do that again on Episode 282 and chat with Olympic women's freestyle champion Erica Wiebe. A native of Stittsville, Ontario just outside of the nation's capital of Ottawa, Wiebe opted to give wrestling a go in college after discovering the sport in the ninth grade. Even prior to picking the University of Calgary to further her education, Wiebe had her eyes on competing in soccer and heading to the United St...
Oklahoma's Lou Rosselli breaks down the timeline of coaching Olympic gold to head coaching acceptance - ST281
September 20, 2016 04:49 - 46 minutesLou Rosselli was a busy man during the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The coach of the Ohio Regional Training Center was tasked to coach Kyle Snyder and Team USA at Carioca Arena 2. All the while, Rosselli, an Olympian in 1996, was being courted by the University of Oklahoma. Just days after Snyder won gold, becoming the youngest American wrestler to win an Olympic championship, Rosselli told the world he was going to be a Sooner. On Episode 281 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, we'll t...
Sacred Heart coach Andy Lausier is Spinning 2 St. Louis, riding over 1,000 miles for the program's fundraiser - ST280
September 13, 2016 03:44 - 46 minutesSacred Heart head wrestling coach Andy Lausier will make his second appearance on the Short Time Wrestling Podcast as he comes back with a crazy idea for Episode 280. Last year, Lausier and assistant coach Derek Moore ran 60 miles from Fairfield, Conn., to New York City in the March to MSG as a fundraiser for SHU wrestling. This year, Lausier is getting a little nutty and he'll be Spinning 2 St. Louis, riding his bike through nine states and over 1,000 miles in one week to raise money for th...
JB's Top 10 College Wrestlers of All-Time with Kyle Klingman - ST279
September 06, 2016 22:16 - 53 minutesIt's a bit of a copycat episode for the Short Time Wrestling Podcast. Scratch that, it's COMPLETELY a copycat episode. A week or so ago on the T-Row & Funky Show, a wrestling podcast hosted by NCAA champions Ben Askren and Tommy Rowlands, the pair came up with their Top 10 college wrestlers of all-time. That show got me, your humble (or not so humble) host thinking about my Top 10 list. I did some research, broke things down and then needed someone to keep me honest. I enlisted the feedback ...
Ohio State's Kyle Snyder, youngest Olympic champion in American wrestling history - ST278
August 30, 2016 17:18 - 1 hourAfter a long layoff due to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the Short Time Wrestling Podcast roars back with Episode 278 and Olympic champion Kyle Snyder. At 20, Snyder became the youngest American wrestler to win an Olympic gold with his victory over Khetag Gazyumov of Azerbaijan in the finals. Snyder went back-to-back winning a World championship in 2015. A rising junior at The Ohio State University, Snyder talks about his run to gold, his opponents, his family and his coaches ...
USA Today columnist Nancy Armour explains the world of Olympic coverage - ST277
August 01, 2016 03:01 - 47 minutesThe Olympic Spirit is running strong through the Short Time Wrestling Podcast as we get ready for Rio with Episode 277. On today's show, we'll talk with USA Today Sports Columnist Nancy Armour (Twitter: @nrarmour) about some of the stories she'll be covering in Rio as well as some backstory on how some Olympic stories get mega press and others get overlooked. Armour is a veteran journalist and an award-winning Olympic writer. Having covered 11 Olympic Games on both the winter and summer side...
Fresno State President Dr. Joseph Castro on bringing back the wrestling program in the Central Valley - ST276
July 26, 2016 03:34 - 41 minutesBack on track with the Short Time Wrestling Podcast with Episode 276. Today, we recap Fargo and talk with Fresno State President Dr. Joseph Castro. Our Fargo recap isn't in the normal wrestling way either. When the Bison Turf burned on Friday, July 22, it sent host Jason Bryant (yes, speaking in the third person) into a period of reflection. What was it about such a college dive bar that was so cool? Well, it wasn't the bar itself, rather the wrestling people who populated it for eight glori...
Roundtable discussion with Richard Immel, Andy Hamilton, Shane Sparks and many, many others from Herd and Horns - ST275
July 22, 2016 04:40 - 1 hourEpisode 275 from Herd and Horns in Fargo, N.D. as we're joined by Richard Immel, Shane Sparks, Andy Hamilton, Taylor Miller, Manny Rivera, Roger Kish, Paul Gilbert, Jason Mester and Nick Simmons for a crazy chat about everything in and around wrestling. Enjoy! The Short Time Time Wrestling Podcast is proudly sponsored by CMP Clothing and Flipswrestling.com. And if you haven't already, leave a rating and a review on iTunes. SUBSCRIBE TO SHORT TIME iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadi...
Champion interviews from the Cadet Greco-Roman finals in Fargo, N.D. - ST274
July 19, 2016 01:40 - 26 minutesRecapping the finals of Cadet Greco-Roman on the third day of the 2016 USA Wrestling Cadet & Junior National Championships from Fargo, N.D. The Short Time Time Wrestling Podcast is proudly sponsored by CMP Clothing and Flipswrestling.com. And if you haven't already, leave a rating and a review on iTunes. SUBSCRIBE TO SHORT TIME iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | TuneIn | SoundCloud | Google Play Music | iOS App | Android App | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extens...
Three-time Division II champion Steve Saxlund still a visible part of Fargo landscape with Herd & Horns - ST273
July 17, 2016 21:57 - 40 minutesWith a number of great haunts around the Fargo-Moorhead area, we opted to talk to the co-owners of one of the newer spots, Herd and Horns. A three-time NCAA Division II champion at North Dakota State, Steve Saxlund has been part of the fabric of the Fargo community with sports, his career at NDSU and his other business ventures. Saxlund along with fellow three-time Division II champion Todd Fuller worked to establish Herd and Horns on 12th Avenue North in Fargo. Football, wrestling, local st...
Virginia's Rob Prebish, Alabama's Rod Gaddy and Canadian official Lee MacKay
July 17, 2016 18:25 - 25 minutesIt's time for the #Fargo2016 version of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast. On this episode, we'll talk with Virginia's Rob Prebish, Alabama's Rod Gaddy and Canadian official Lee MacKay!. The Short Time Time Wrestling Podcast is proudly sponsored by CMP Clothing and Flipswrestling.com. And if you haven't already, leave a rating and a review on iTunes. SUBSCRIBE TO SHORT TIME iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | TuneIn | SoundCloud | Google Play Music | iOS App | Android App | RSS J...
Chael Sonnen on Submission Underground this weekend, UFC 200 and the passing of former Oregon coach Ron Finley - ST271
July 13, 2016 03:17 - 46 minutesChael Sonnen never shies away from a microphone. Part of his speaking tour of sorts this week gives him an opportunity to stop in to Episode 271 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast to talk about his upcoming Submission Underground event taking place on July 17 in Portland, Oregon. Submission Underground is a submission grappling event founded by Sonnen and streamed live exclusively on FloCombat.com. Fans may recognize a few names on the card, including Olympic silver medalist Stephen Abas. ...
New CSU Bakersfield head coach Manny Rivera heads back home to California - ST270
July 07, 2016 17:01 - 48 minutesEpisode 270 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast visits with the new head wrestling coach at CSU Bakersfield, Manny Rivera. After an All-American career at the University of Minnesota, Rivera spent time at the University of Virginia and North Dakota State before taking the reigns of the Roadrunner program in his native California. Rivera first broke on to the national scene as a senior in high school, winning the 2003 NHSCA Senior Nationals. He was only third in the state of California his s...
Rickshaws, Pub Crawls and losing three Big Ten titles with Royce Alger - ST269
July 04, 2016 17:32 - 1 hourSince 2008, host Jason Bryant has been producing, hosting, editing and distributing podcasts for the wrestling community. Episode 269 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast is a special one because it's the 1,000th episode distributed all-time. Who do we get to cap off this run? The one, the only Royce Alger. Alger, a three-time All-American and two-time NCAA champion at Iowa was also a World silver medalist. He'll join the show to share some of the more popular stories of his past as well as a...
Going off the rails with USA Wrestling's Richard Immel and Bloodround's Tommy Baranoski - ST268
June 29, 2016 05:13 - 1 hourDue to a scheduling issue with the expected guest on Episode 268 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, we had to change things up. So we called up USA Wrestling's Richard Immel and Bloodround's Tommy Baranoski to have an open discussion about pretty much anything. We kick off the show talking about how podcasting has been impactful to each of our various shows, then move on to talking about the impact Pat Summitt had on women's basketball and how wrestling has comparative impact with some guy...
The urban legends of Ray Brinzer - ST267
June 21, 2016 15:15 - 1 hourOf all of the stories you've heard about Ray Brinzer over the years, have you ever wondered which ones were real and which ones have morphed into urban legends? On Episode 267 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, we'll talk with Brinzer and get the real deal on some of those stories that have sometimes taken on a life of their own. A native of Western Pennsylvania, Brinzer was part of those monster North Allegheny teams in the late 80's that battled the nation's best. He spent time at Oklaho...
Jason Knapp, the voice of Olympic wrestling on NBC Sports, talks broadcasting wrestling and Rio preparation - ST266
June 14, 2016 16:40 - 51 minutesWith the Rio Olympics coming in up August, wrestling fans are keenly tuned in to the personalities who will be competing. They might not be tuned into one of the personalities who will be delivering the action on their television sets for those not in attendance. On Episode 266 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, we'll visit with the lead voice of the NBC Sports Olympic wrestling broadcast, Jason Knapp. A Syracuse alum with an extensive background in numerous sports, Knapp has been a voice...
Hall of Famer Ron Good, the dean of college wrestling writers for Amateur Wrestling News - ST265
June 10, 2016 02:39 - 1 hourWith almost 40 years in the books at Amateur Wrestling News, Ron Good has seen thousands and thousands of wrestling matches. He's also written thousands and thousands of words about this great sport. On Episode 265 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, we visit with Good and talk about his career at AWN, his background in wrestling and his thoughts about receiving the Order of Merit from the National Wrestling Hall of Fame this past weekend in Stillwater, Okla. A native Oklahoman, Good has a ...
Jack Carnefix and Terry Shockley discuss the grand re-opening of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame - ST264
June 06, 2016 20:43 - 1 hourEpisode 264 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast is on location in Stillwater, Oklahoma for the 40th Honors Weekend and grand re-opening of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. For the past year, the Hall has been undergoing a multi-million dollar renovation. It's premiere came on Honors Weekend in the 40th year of the NWHOF. On this episode, we talk to new NWHOF Director of Operations Jack Carnefix on what went into the renovations as well as how he ended up back in Stillwater and we'll also...
Mike Mendoza excited to lead Boise State, knows he's got work to do - ST263
June 03, 2016 16:12 - 31 minutesMike Mendoza has a lot of work to do in helping revive the Boise State wrestling program return to national prominence. On Episode 263 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, we'll talk with Mendoza about his life in Bakersfield, his goals for Boise State. A native of California, Mendoza had to raise his own salary and keep the program afloat at CSU Bakersfield. It's a fun conversation with a guy not too many people know about outside of the West. The Short Time Time Wrestling Podcast is proud...
Newberry coach Cy Wainwright got cut from wrestling, played college football and now leads his alma mater - ST262
May 31, 2016 16:51 - 42 minutesOn Episode 262 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, we talk with the new head wrestling coach at Newberry College, Cy Wainwright. As a stroke of pure luck, this episode releases on Cy's birthday. We don't talk about his birthday, but we talk about his beginnings in the sport, how he was initially cut from the wrestling team in middle school, made his way back to the sport in high school then opted to play college football after graduation. What wasn't truly luck, Wainwright got talked into h...
Chad Tunink of High Altitude Wrestling in Iowa on clubs, private training and upcoming camps with Zain Retherford and Isaiah Martinez - ST261
May 26, 2016 15:43 - 48 minutes - 22.3 MBEpisode 261 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast features Chad Tunink of the High Altitude Wrestling Club in Iowa. Tunink has been running the wrestling club in suburban Des Moines for the last 11 years and he's brought a number of great athletes into the club and its camp system for camps and clinics. We've discussed wrestling clubs and private training on previous episodes and we'll get the perspective from Tunink on the landscape in Iowa, his background on developing the club and the im...