Bulldog

At least BMX racing is an actual sport. The fastest person wins; I dont have much problem with that. Its all the flippy-dippy, synchronized stuff where one competes for style points while wearing make-up, costumes, and a smile that have no place in the Olympics. Just because something takes incredible athletic ability does not make it a sport. Have you ever watched the best tap dancers in the world? They are seriously badass. Still, tap dancing aint a sport.

A bunch of unregulated, ultra-rich bros promising 17-year-olds 10 million plus dollars to sportball... What could possibly go wrong?

Did you know it is entirely possible to root for Team USA, think Brooks is a tool, and have huge respect/enjoy watching others in the 86kg bracket all at the exact same moment?

Now that Z is done. I really hope the grizzly old Turk wins his match at 74kg. The dude is old school, tough, and his beard deserves to be at the Olympics.

Congrats to Lee and Retherford. Awesome.

Didn't Jordan Oliver do year for EXACTLY this?

That's awesome. I'm still perplexed why they chose not to include any windows, but no matter. Anyone know what will happen to the old wrestling space?

Or MM, knowing he is beaten, does a bunch of cheap sh-t to do all he can to give Nolf an advantage.

I dont think there is much wannabe about Downey at all. He pretty much qualifies in my book.

This was fun to watch. Unfortunately, Illinois and Wisconsin are not on the schedule this year, but this year sure has been fun to watch. Obviously the next step is a Hoosier All-American. Fingers crossed that come sooner rather than later.

Oh yeah. I forgot about filters. I'm old.

Is that really him?

Did you predict Iowa State would win even without Carr in the finals? Predictable? Nonsense.

Washington has done well at Indiana. He went from a zero-time state champ to being a very solid D1/B1G wrestler. He could absolutely be a r12 guy this year and maybe even find a way on the podium. I wish this would help some recruits see some light at Indiana and Coach Escobedo could finally land the next generation of Hoosiers that will open more doors for him. That being said, as painful as the end of the Goldman era was, he still put his guys on the podium and even sent a few to the national finals...three times they won. Like everyone else, I think Escobedo is the sort of man I would want my own kid to wrestle for, but sadly am starting to lose hope again

Back in themat.com com days, there were a number of SDSU fans who made it very clear their now-former coach lacked in the integrity department...and it went way beyond him jumping ship to Madison.

Just listened to Starocci on the Basch podcast... Dude is so cringe. No doubt he is an all-timer and as tough as they come, but I won't be sad when he leaves for the MMA world.

I dont think it really matters what he was doing in that alley- accidently smashing rats, buying a small amount of drugs for personal use, or anything in between. Those like Ward who imply the narrative changes if Sasso was there making poor choices just don't get it. A young man almost died as has had his life altered forever at the hands of some even younger people who will prolly spend years in prison and come out even worse The whole thing is f-ing awful. Full stop.

Lame. Are you are saying in some cases like this, maybe adults buying a small amount of drugs for personal use, people deserve to be shot? Awesome.

I feel very confident posting that no matter what happened in that alley, no one deserves to get shot like that under any circumstances. The violet gun/crime culture in the US has got to end.

I just noticed wrestlers raised in Indiana have scored more points than any other US state in this year's world championships. Clearly, this indisputable data point indicates that Indiana is the Dagestan of the United States. Sorry Pennsylvania. Too bad, Ohio. New Jersey? Meh. Hoosierland is the place to be to win matches at Worlds.

C Bass is what is up!

Good grief. I know there are exceptions, but Iranians are Persian. The official language is Persian, also called Farsi.

In general, Iranians are not Arabic. In general, they speak Farsi.

Thing is, you actually have to wrestle to win wrestling matches.

Indiana isn't a lower-tier state. Where do you get that? Most people put it right around #10 or so.