Short Time Wrestling Podcast

The second day of the United World Wrestling Championships concluded as men's freestyle finished up. It was another rough day for the United States as only Jordan Burroughs would come home with a medal, and that medal was third. We'll talk with Jordan Burroughs, Bruce Burnett, Brent Metcalf and Jimmy Kennedy on Episode 99 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast. Want an ad-free version of the show AND...

Catching up with the U.S. World Teamers who competed on the first day of the United World Wrestling Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Tervel Dlagnev won a bronze medal, while three other Americans didn't place. Clarion alum Bekzod Abdurakhmanov of Uzbekistan also won a bronze. Lots to hear with special thanks from Gary Abbott of USA Wrestling for the audio from Team USA. Want an ad-free versi...

It's been 18 years since the tragic murder of wrestling hero Dave Schultz. On Episode 97 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, we talk with Dave's widow Nancy on life since and her take on the upcoming Foxcatcher film. She's also working on her own documentary about Dave. Some of the topics discussed on Episode 97 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast with Nancy Schultz are: How did you discover wres...

Hate him or, well, hate him, Chael Sonnen is never at a loss for words. Even in the wake of his failed drug test and his subsequent retirement from the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Sonnen continues to embrace his role as the ultimate heel in the world of mixed martial arts. You might even find a list -- or 10 -- that rank Sonnen as one of the most hated figures in MMA history. The 1998 Division...

With five screws, one plate, two World titles and an Olympic Gold, if Jordan Burroughs keeps this up, he's going to have his own lyrics to the 12 Days of Wrestling Christmas. The best pound-for-pound freestyle wrestler in the world is off to Italy for acclimation and then off to Uzbekistan for the 2014 World Championships. But before he left, he talked with us about training, preparation and of co...

After spending the last seven years on the sidelines as an assistant coach at Chattanooga and Old Dominion, Jon Sioredas is now a Division I head wrestling coach. On August 22, Grand Canyon University announced Sioredas would become the second head wrestling coach in school history and he'll be leading the Lopes into a new era as they prepare for Division I competition. Grand Canyon is entering th...

Sam Shames recently wrapped up his career at MIT as a four-time All-American at the NCWA level. Despite MIT dropping wrestling to club status prior to his arrival on campus, Shames wrestled four years for coach Tom Layte. He's now using his degree in Material Science and Engineering to launch a start-up company with a few other MTI grads. Shames is also working on a project called Wrestling Storie...

Sacramento City College coach Dave Pacheco has spent almost 30 years as the head coach at the California community college. As college wrestling season looms for the 20 junior college programs in California, it's time for a refresher on one of the most unique wrestling divisions in the country. A product of the California Community College system before finishing his career at Idaho State, Pacheco...

A native of Tennessee and graduate of Oklahoma State University, Kevin Ward helped take Division II Ouachita Baptist from new program to national power. In 2014, he coached Ouachita Baptist to a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Division II Championships and was named the Division II coach of the year in just the program's fourth year. Now Ward is heading east to take over as the head coach at Army....

Few people in the wrestling community know the name Shane Nebl, but in actuality, many know who he is. Known professionally as Shane Sparks, the Wisconsin native has become a leading voice in wrestling with his on-site interviews on the Big Ten Network and Universal Sports as well as his own Wisconsin-based website, BadgerStateWrestling.com. Dubbed Mr. Excitement by his broadcast partners at BTN,...

Heath Eslinger returned to his alma mater a few years back as the head coach at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, or simply Chattanooga. Before coming back to Chattanooga, he spent time as a high school wrestling coach, which has given him a unique perspective on a few different topics in wrestling. On Episode 89 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, Eslinger talks about what he’s looking...

To hear Dennis Papadatos tell the story, he was a high school nobody who was just lucky to have a chance to walk-on and wrestle at Hofstra. Now 13 years after his competitive career at Hofstra ended, Papadatos has returned to his alma mater as the program’s head coach, taking over for former teammate Rob Anspach. Announced during the annual NWCA Convention in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Papadatos ta...

Bob Bowlsby's career in athletic administration started after his career on the wrestling mats ended. Bowlsby wrestled at Minnesota State-Moorhead back in his college days and since, he's gone through positions as an Athletics Director at Northern Iowa, Iowa and Stanford. Now the current commissioner of the Big 12 Conference, Bowlsby's been a prominent figure in the discussion regarding athlete pa...

Prior to the annual NWCA Convention in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Executive Director Mike Moyer talked about the NWCA College Coaches Academy. The Academy started in 2010 and was a way to help educate up-and-coming coaches on traits that will help them land coaching positions and help preserve and entrench their programs. Now in the fourth year, over 300 coaches have come through the program and ma...

Back in 2008, Henry Cejudo became the youngest wrestler from the United States to win a gold medal at the Olympics in freestyle wrestling. After coming back for one last run in 2012, Cejudo left his shoes on the mat and retired from competition. While he retired from wrestling, his wrestling skills are still used today in the world of Mixed Martial Arts. On July 25, Cejudo signed on with MMA's big...

There will be no Short Time Wrestling Podcast on Monday, July 28. Short Time will fire back up on Wednesday as Kyle Klingman's On The Mat program will be released as well as numerous Short Time updates coming from the NWCA Convention in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Want an ad-free version of the show AND the best in wrestling news from around the world? Sign up for the Daily Wrestling Newsletter pres...

It was an amazing day in Fargo, N.D., as Cadet Freestyle crowned its champions and the Junior Freestyle semifinals provided some high octane moments that made wrestling fans just giddy. 17 Cadets came away with the big stop sign and 30 juniors will wrestle for the right to do the same after winning semifinals on Friday, the seventh day of the USA Wrestling Cadet & Junior Nationals. I also took a s...

Short Time from Fargo rolls on as Jimmy Kennedy and Nick Marable earned berths on the U.S. Freestyle World Team and we talk with announcer Sandy Stevens, who has announced 43 of the 44 Junior National freestyle championships. Men's Freestyle - July 24 Best of Three Match 2 Two big four-point moves and one takedown was all that Jimmy Kennedy needed to beat 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Coleman Scott...

Day five is rolling along here in the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota as the Junior Women's Duals and Cadet Freestyle fired up on Wednesday. With no individual tournaments coming to a head, we got a chance to talk with Olympic champion Brandon Slay and North Dakota State head wrestling coach Roger Kish. Slay recalls his time competing in the Fargodome at the Junior Nationals as he was coming thro...

There was a lot to take in on Tuesday at the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota. We had Greco-Roman Phase II World Team Trials, Junior Greco-Roman Finals and Junior Women’s freestyle finals. Tuesday’s the craziest day here in Fargo, so sit back, relax and take your time, because it’s time for another Fargo Update coming up NOW on the Short Time Wrestling Podcast. LET’S START BY GETTING INTO ALL OF T...

It’s a new week for the rest of us, but it’s already day three at the 2014 USA Wrestling Cadet & Junior Nationals. The Cadet Greco competiton finished up on Monday as 17 champs can hoist the stop sign high. It’s Day 3 from Fargo …. On the Short Time Wrestling Podcast. Results 88: Trey Keeley (Illinois) DEC Patrick McKee (Minnesota) 12-8 94: Nicolas Aguilar (California) DEC Brandon Meikel (Utah) 7-...

Day 2 is over and done with here in the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota and it's been a full day of Cadet Greco-Roman wrestling. We'll give you a quick rundown of the quarterfinal winners who will take to the mat on Monday in the semifinals. We also get a chance to talk with Olympian and multiple-time World Team member T.C. Dantzler about the quality of competition he's been seeing at the Cadet l...

Changing things up here on Short Time this week as the monster of a tournament hosted in Fargo, the USA Wrestling Cadet & Junior Nationals, is underway. We'll give you some daily updates from the Fargodome here on Short Time. On Saturday, the Cadet Women's Freestyle championships came and went with a new crop of up-and-coming women winning those glorious stop signs. On the senior level, three wome...

For the last 15 years, the wrestling program at Southern Virginia University in Buena Vista, Virginia has competed in relative obscurity. While a competitive program in the National Collegiate Wrestling Association (NCWA), the Knights athletic program was looking for an identity. The school, which was in the NAIA, kept wrestling on its listing of sports, but it was still a club program. SVU was al...

Robby Smith was a three-time high school placewinner out of the rugged one-class California state wrestling championships. On the high school mats, Smith was strong, but he thrived in freestyle and Greco-Roman, winning USA Wrestling national championships in both styles. In 2005 after graduating from San Ramon High School, Smith doubled up, winning Junior National titles in both freestyle and Grec...