Authored by Dominick Mastrangelo via The Washington Examiner, Big take away For people younger than 45, the infection fatality rate is almost 0%. For 45 to 70, it is probably about 0.05-0.3%. For those above 70, it escalates substantially, to 1% or higher for those over 85. Stanford University’s disease prevention chairman slammed using statewide […]
Real Courage. Marcellus Wiley on the Black Lives Matter Organization
This is very impressive. The 10-year NFL player Marcellus Wiley gets it right and is not afraid to tell it like it is. Too bad he didn’t wrestle growing up.
Nike Reports Surprise $790 Million Loss, 46% Plunge in North American Sales
Disclaimer. I’ve been a Nike product tester since the early 1990’s. Editorial up top and business reporting below In 2008 the Oregon Ducks dropped their wrestling program. Oregon’s athletic programs are heavily subsidized by Nike. While Oregon wasn’t a power house it had two All-Americans in 2006, Joey Bracamonte and National Champion, Shane Webster. Since […]
Weighing In with Luke Stout
I spent some time today talking with PA AAA state champ, former Mt Lebanon and future Princeton wrestler Luke Stout. We covered a bunch of ground. I look forward to seeing him a Princeton this fall. You can listen on Sound Cloud or You Tube. I posted a bunch of matches below the interview in […]
Ratings for Woke ESPYs Crash by 81 Percent
Ratings for last weekend’s woke ESPY Awards crashed to the lowest numbers the show has ever recorded. The ESPYs only earned 482,000 viewers over both ESPN and ESPN2 combined, making it the smallest audience the show has ever reached dating back to its inaugural awards in 1993. The previous low occurred in 2011 when 1.98 […]
Meet The Young Man Who Overcame Brain Surgery To Become Champion Wrestler
A young man in Rockford, Illinois, is being recognized for his bravery and determination in the face of unthinkable challenges. When Boylan Catholic High School wrestler Dathan Wickson Jr. was 10-years-old, he fell off a couch and hit his head on a coffee table, according to USA Today. “Doctors closed the wound, and Wickson seemed […]
No Football=No Wrestling? Someone stop Fauci
In an interview with CNN’s Sanjay Gupta, the head of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, told viewers that there could be no football this year unless NFL players were kept “in a bubble.” There is clearly a deliberate move to keep the world shut down and to force everyone […]
Congressional Democrats Blast D.O.E. Transgender-Title IX Ruling
Democrats are not happy about a Department of Education decision to withhold federal funding from Connecticut schools for violating Title IX’s discrimination statute by allowing biological men who claim to be transgender women, to compete agains biological women in high school and college sports. Twenty eight lawmakers have sent a letter to Kenneth Marcus, DOE’s […]
UWW Releases Potential Changes To 2020-21 Schedule
Wednesday, June 17, 2020 – 19:48 By United World Wrestling Press CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (June 17) — The United World Wrestling bureau voted Tuesday on a large number of changes to the 2020 and 2021 competition calendars, including a blanket delay on all competitions until no earlier than September 1, 2020. The changes are an optimistic […]
Women’s Wrestling added to NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program for Div. I
Division I Council adopts legislation, joining Divisions II and III Acrobatics and tumbling and women’s wrestling will be added to the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program in Division I, the Division I Council decided Wednesday. The Council met virtually. Members noted that some schools already have committed to adding these sports as part of […]
Trouble brewing. PIAA board votes to explore 13 weights & Dave Crowell on why they are wrong
In a step backwards for PA wrestling the PIAA Board of Directors passed a measure to approve a reduction in the number of high school wrestling weight classes from 14 to 13 for the 2020-’21 season. The board unanimously passed the measure on a second reading, setting up a third reading at its July meeting. […]
Fox Sports is passing ESPN. Sports fans don’t want politics in sports coverage
Last month, ESPN saw its lowest ratings in the network’s 41-year history as “WokeCenter on steroids” takes over, Outkick’s Clay Travis noted on Friday. On his popular Outkick the Coverage site, Travis insisted that the cable network’s ratings crash was not because of the coronavirus, but instead because it has allowed itself to, once again, […]
What College Athletes are Doing to Return to Sport
Ohio State football players and their parents were asked to sign an acknowledgment of risk waiver regarding the coronavirus pandemic before returning to campus for voluntary workouts on June 8, athletic director Gene Smith confirmed to ESPN on Sunday. The “Buckeye Pledge,” obtained by ESPN and other media outlets, asks players to “help stop the […]
Say goodbye to cauliflower ears! Chinese scientists create an injection which fixes deformed ears in mice and could work on humans
Deformed ears are a hallmark of contact sports, including boxing and rugby Chinese scientists found a way to sculpt fresh tissue using 3D bioprinting Was tested on mice and was able to create brand new ear-shaped supportive tissue and correct defects By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline Published: 14:00 EDT, 5 June 2020 | Updated: 14:26 EDT, 5 […]
Why It’s Rational to Fear Cops
Chris Calton In economics, branding serves an important purpose. Brands allow people to economize on knowledge, a scarce resource. We make decisions with imperfect information, and brand labeling and trademarks help us navigate these decisions. As Thomas Sowell writes: When you drive into a town you have never seen before and want to get some […]