A pair of attackers from ISIS hit a wrestling match in the Shi’ite part of the Afghan capital city of Kabul. The first attacker killed a guard outside the sports center, forced his way in, and detonated in the crowd. A second bomber detonated outside in a car, causing more casualties. The wrestling club that […]
Category: wrestling & politics
Nikki Haley casts some doubt on U.S. athletes at 2018 PyeongChang Olympics
by Erik Ortiz Nikki Haley, America’s ambassador to the United Nations, suggested that the United States’ participation in next February’s Winter Olympics in South Korea remains up in the air amid mounting provocations made by the North. Haley was asked Wednesday night on Fox News whether sending American athletes was a “done deal,” and responded […]
The New Non-Normal for Boys
We are more than a generation into a terrible experiment: the over protection of kids. Boys in particular are under attack in popular culture, at all levels of education and by electronics. Boys in ever increasing numbers aren’t allowed to be their genetic selves. Since the beginning of time boys have been going outside doing […]
Murdered by father: Truth behind death of Egyptian wrestling champ
This is terrible and a stark reminder of conditions for women in much of the world. Will snowflake TR Foley say anything about this atrocity? Unlikely. In his mind worse happens every day in American wrestling. Staff writer, Al Arabiya English Wednesday, 23 November 2016 The truth behind the death of Egyptian wrestler Reem Magdy […]
ESPN’s Public Editor Agrees With Viewers That Network ‘Has Moved Leftward’
I don’t believe in left right politics but I find this interesting and is just one of the reasons that ESPN has helped to ruin sports. By Clay Waters ESPN Public Editor Jim Brady on Election Eve surveyed complaints that the sports network had gone overboard with liberal pieties, frustrating long-time watchers by injecting politics […]
In Defense of Contact Sports
Physical boy’s have noticeably better childhoods and adult lives than their counterparts, they have much lower rates of ADHD, depression and anger management issues. The more physical and risky their childhood activities the faster and better thinking they are as adults. Physical boyhood has been under attack for a couple of decades. Government schooling, electronic […]
Social Justice Warrior at Intermat
When Mr. Foley attacks American Wrestling and those involved and committed to the sport the average person tries to think through the situation and respond with evidence. The problem is that Foley didn’t reason himself into his arguments and no amount of evidence will get him to stop his beliefs. There can be no meaningful […]
Politics & Sports- Russia Upset After Wrestling Chief Refused U.S. Visa
A.Savin President of Russia’s Wrestling Federation (WFR) Mikhail Mamiashvili Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is unhappy after the president of Russia’s Wrestling Federation (WFR) Mikhail Mamiashvili was refused a visa to enter the United States. The 51-year-old had planned to watch the world championships in Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling which are taking place in Las […]