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Tweets of the Day: Team Alpha Male's unique efforts to Save Olympic Wrestling

Tweet of the Day honors goes to Joseph Benavidez and the rest of Team Alpha Male as they took twitter with some very "unique" campaigns to try and "Save Olympic Wrestling". This may or may not be safe for your workplace though.

about 1 month ago Article 60 comments

UFC's Dana White vows to help save Olympic wrestling, challenges Bellator & Viacom to join the effort

UFC president Dana White announced the organization's strong support for efforts to keep wrestling in the Olympics on yesterday's UFC on Fox 7 conference call for media and challenged Viacom, the corporate owner of the UFC's rival promotion Bellator, to step up as well.

3 months ago Article 438 comments

Coach of Russian Olympic gold medal winner blames gay conspiracy for wrestling's possible removal from games

Ugly statements from the coach of a 2012 Olympic gold medalist blaming gays for the potential removal of wrestling from the games reminds that homophobia is still strong in the sports world.

3 months ago Article 61 comments

FILA, the IOC, and the fate of Olympic Wrestling

On Tuesday, The International Olympic Committee Executive Board voted to eliminate Wrestling from its Olympic program as of the 2020 Summer Games. FILA, wrestling's governing and protective body, did little to prevent this. The sport of wrestling now has until May to save its status as an Olympic sport. This article examines what we know about the situation, and engages in reasoned speculation as to how it might play out.

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Video: UFC's Chael Sonnen on Wrestling being removed from 2020 Olympics

UFC contender, Chael Sonnen rants about Wrestling getting removed from the core sports of the 2020 Olympics.

3 months ago Article 707 comments

Wrestling removed from 2020 Olympics

The International Olympic Committee has announced its shocking decision to remove wrestling from the 2020 Olympic Games.