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Allie Morrison was short in stature - 5-foot-5 and 130-some pounds in his prime - and larger than life. As a child in Marshalltown, he used to build up his muscles by chasing the neighborhood kids around while pushing a wheelbarrow full of bricks. As...
Beijing, China Holed up most days inside the fences at Beijing Normal University, Doug Schwab has achieved Olympic-level focus - but apparently not fanatical isolationism. Tom Brands said he has proof: He keeps getting Boston Red Sox...
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CEDAR FALLS --- For the past two to three years, Brayden Wolf has been squirreling away his Christmas and birthday money, collecting cans and doing extra chores to save up for a four-wheeler. But when the 7-year-old heard last month that the Dan...
Beijing, China Doug Schwab has absorbed the Beijing Olympics official One World, One Dream slogan. The Olympics mean so much, the U.S. wrestler said today at a news conference for international media. How much? This isnt just Iowa-Iowa State...
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Olympic wrestling legend Dan Gable and United States Olympic wrestling coach Mike Duroe will be holding a “Wrestling for Mixed Martial Arts” seminar Saturday, July 26 in Moorhead. The Seminar will be held at Minnesota State Moorhead‘s Alex Nemzek...
Either you conquer adversity, Dan Gable says, or it conquers you. "There's only one option," Gable said. "The other is not an option in my book." Trite? Simplistic? Not if you've lived it and spent your life trying to persuade others that being...
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