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Iowa's Spencer Lee wins Hodge Trophy after dominant season

Spencer Lee of Iowa is the winner of the Dan Hodge Trophy as the most dominant college wrestler in the nation

Gronk gone wild! Gronkowski set to host WrestleMania

Rob Gronkowski is set to host WrestleMania in April from WWE’s performance center

Iowa hoping season dominance carries over to Big Ten meet

The top-ranked Iowa wrestling team heads into the Big Ten Tournament looking for its first conference championship since 2015

Olympic wrestling qualifier moves from China to Kyrgyzstan

Wrestling’s international governing body has approved moving next month’s Asian Olympic qualifier to Kyrgyzstan because of the coronavirus outbreak in China

Iowa extends contracts of Brands, aides through 2026 season

Iowa wrestling coach Tom Brands and two of his assistants have agreed to contract extensions through the 2026 season

AP Interview: Lalovic says wrestling strong heading to Tokyo

The head of the international governing body for wrestling tells The Associated Press the sport is thriving across the world and looking for more growth

Maroulis back on track in bid to go for more gold in Tokyo

Olympic gold medalist Helen Maroulis is planning to return to wrestling in March

All Elite Wrestling set for 'Dynamite' debut on TNT

The new All Elite Wrestling promotion makes its TV debut with “Dynamite” program on Wednesday night

The Latest: Lawyer: Minnesota wrestler grateful to be free

2 Minnesota wrestlers released without charges

Two University of Minnesota wrestlers who were arrested on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct have been released from jail without charges

University wrestlers suspected of criminal sexual conduct

Nationally-ranked University of Minnesota heavyweight wrestler Gable Stevenson and a teammate have been arrested on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct

NCAA recommends women’s wrestling as ’emerging sport”

NCAA recommends all three divisions add women’s wrestling as emerging sport

Women's wrestling to cap competition at Tokyo Games

The wrestling tournament at next year’s Tokyo Olympics will end with a women’s freestyle gold medal match in six of the seven days of competition

Burroughs, Askren to face off in charity wrestling match

Five-time world champion Jordan Burroughs will wrestle mixed martial arts star Ben Askren in a charity match next month

Spectator charged with assaulting WWE star Bret Hart

Penn State increases its lead in NCAA wrestling tournament

Led by 6 semifinalists, Penn State increases its lead in NCAA wrestling tournament

John Cena to receive SI’s Muhammad Ali Legacy Award

WWE superstar John Cena is the recipient of this year’s Sports Illustrated Muhammad Ali Legacy Award

WWE star Roman Reigns announces he has leukemia

WWE wrestler Roman Reigns says he will step away from the ring because he has leukemia

Astana, Kazakhstan, lands 2019 wrestling worlds

The 2019 wrestling championships will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan, according to the sport’s governing body

Ohio State ex-athletes try to name what a doctor did to them

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Looking back, many of the men now realize the medical exams were more than just weird and uncomfortable. Some still aren’t sure what to call it, uncertain whether it meets the definition of sexual abuse.

2nd lawsuit alleges Ohio State ignored doctor’s sexual abuse

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) A fifth former wrestler suing Ohio State University alleges it ignored concerns about sexual abuse by a now-dead team doctor throughout the two decades he worked there.

Wrestlers sue Ohio State over doctor’s sexual misconduct

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) A lawsuit by four former Ohio State University wrestlers alleges the school failed to stop ”rampant sexual misconduct” by a now-dead team doctor despite being repeatedly informed about his behavior.

Pelosi says Jordan should have known about wrestlers’ abuse

WASHINGTON (AP) House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi says a Republican congressman from Ohio should have known about allegations that college wrestlers he coached were abused by their team doctor two decades ago.

‘Gross’: Ex-athletes recall lewd atmosphere at Ohio State

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) It was no secret that a team doctor now being investigated for sexually abusing male athletes decades ago at Ohio State University liked to linger in the showers alongside those athletes. But he wasn’t the only one leering at young men inside the campus recreation center where many teams practiced and university employees exercised.

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