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ESPN's Quint Kessenich and his life in wrestling
Growing up on Long Island, Quint Kessenich played a bunch of sports, but he was most successful in wrestling and lacrosse. When the time came to go to college in the late 1980s, he went where he felt he was best - tending goal for national powerhouse...
The pigskin perspective on the drop of wrestling with former ODU football coach Bobby Wilder
Bobby Wilder build Old Dominion’s football program from the ground up. Hired in 2007 and the first touchdown was scored in August of 2009. Wilder led ODU to two FCS playoff berths and a victory in the Bahamas Bowl over Eastern Michigan in 2016....
Brown alum C.J. LaFragola became a three-sport athlete after grad transfer to Sacred Heart
The three-sport athlete is rare in college these days. It’s an ever rarer thing to see at the Division I level. Former Brown wrestler and New Jersey native C.J. LaFragola is one of those rare athletes. After spending four years as a wrestler at...
Showcasing the best in Minnesota Beers with the Minnesota Beercast and Short Time
It’s one of my favorite podcasts about the local scene here in Minnesota and it’s all about the craft beer. Minnesota has nearly 200 breweries now and is one of the top beer destinations in the country. On Episode 600 of the Short Time Wrestling...
Chowing down in the Twin Cities with Stephanie Hansen of Stephanie's Dish
This was supposed to be my present for you fans coming into the Twin Cities for the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. The first of two shows about the food and beer scene in the Twin Cities. I’m still releasing them, because if you ever come...
The story behind college wrestling's winningest coach, Pat Pecora (Part 2)
Now with Part 2 of the interview with Pitt-Johnstown head wrestling coach Pat Pecora on the Short Time Wrestling Podcast. We’ll move into a new era of UPJ wrestling with the introduction of the Strittmatter brothers. John and Jody were hammers, but...
The story behind college wrestling's winningest coach, Pat Pecora (Part 1)
Coach Pat Pecora took over as the head coach at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown in 1976. The program was in its third year and Pecora was a 20-something wet-behind-the-ears college graduate looking to teach and coach. On February 7,...
Starting from the bottom, Chris Ayres has brought Princeton back atop the Ivy League
When Chris Ayres first got the job at Princeton, the Tigers were bad. Like losing to Division III teams bad. It took 14 years, but Princeton is finally on top of the Ivy League. After beating Cornell and snapping the Big Red’s 92-match Ivy League...
Zahid Valencia looks ahead to the last month of the season and beyond
Prior to Arizona State's dual with Little Rock on February 7, three-time All-American and two-time NCAA champion Zahid Valencia reflects back on his last month of folkstyle wrestling. Valencia is unbeaten and unchallenged thus far at his new weight of...
Richard Immel stops by to talk about the marketing of wrestling
A little bit of free form conversation on Episode 594 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast as Richard Immel of SportsEngine stops by and is the first "in Speakeasy" guest in New Brighton. Richard's career in wrestling media started at Flowrestling as...