Opinions/Blogs
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Heart-attack scare did not derail Carters
By Bryan Van Kley Commitment to wrestling runs deep for the families in the sport. No story may dictate that more than what happened to the family of Midlands champ Devin...
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Threat of blindness and diabetic concerns don’t stop the Lammer twins
By Sandy Stevens Chad Lammer underwent a corneal transplant at age 4. Mike Lammer has been a Type I diabetic since age 11. But as eighth-grade, they told their parents, “We...
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Dan Gable: In motivating wrestlers, coaches need to make them individualize their strategy
Editor’s Note: Perhaps the biggest reason that Dan Gable was successful as a college and Olympic wrestler and later as a coach at Iowa, where he won 15 national championships...
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Dan Gable: To avoid getting overrun by success, coaches should step back and ‘recover’
Editor’s Note: Dan Gable, who captured 15 NCAA championships in his 20 years of coaching at Iowa, knows all about setting winning standards in a university setting. He recently sat...