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In preparation for the upcoming Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame Weekend at the National Wrestling Hall of Fame's Dan Gable Museum, past U.S. Greco-Roman World medalist Jim Raschke, known to many as Baron Von Raschke, and the longtime voice of the WWE and Oklahoma football, Jim Ross.

Todd Beckerman and Gerry Brisco will go “On the Mat” this Wednesday, July 2. “On the Mat" is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00 PM Central on AM 1650, The Fan. E-mail dgmstaff@nwhof.org with any questions or comments about the show. A podcast of the show is available on theopenmat.com. Beckerman was recently announced as the new head wrestling coach at Brown University. He was a two-time All-American for Nebraska (2000-2001). Brisco is a member of the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. A former Oklahoma State wrestler, he currently serves as talent scout for World Wrestling Entertainment.

Kenny Monday and Matt Hughes to go ‘On the Mat’ this week Kenny Monday and Matt Hughes will go “On the Mat” this Wednesday, June 19. “On the Mat" is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00 PM Central on AM 1650, The Fan. E-mail dgmstaff@nwhof.org with any questions or comments about the show. A podcast of the show is available on theopenmat.com. Monday is the head club wrestling coach for Oklahoma State. He was an Olympic gold medalist in 1988 and a World champion in 1989. Monday will discuss the upcoming World Team Trials being held in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Hughes will receive the George Tragos Award at the 2013 George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame inductions on Saturday, July 13 in Waterloo, Iowa. He was a nine-time UFC welterweight champion and a two-time All-American for Eastern Illinois.

Dan Gable will go “On the Mat” this Wednesday, June 5. “On the Mat" is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00 PM Central on AM 1650, The Fan. E-mail dgmstaff@nwhof.org with any questions or comments about the show. A podcast of the show is available on theopenmat.com. Gable was an Olympic champion in 1972 and the namesake of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. He will discuss the upcoming Dan Gable Celebrity Golf Tournament, the upcoming hall of fame inductions in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and in Waterloo, and the fight to keep wrestling in the Olympic Games.

Jon Reader will go “On the Mat” this Wednesday, May 15. “On the Mat" is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00 PM Central on AM 1650, The Fan. E-mail dgmstaff@nwhof.org with any questions or comments about the show. A podcast of the show is available on theopenmat.com. Reader was an NCAA champion for Iowa State in 2011 at 174 pounds. He recently wrestled competed in the United 4 Wrestling event in Los Angeles.

By Kyle Klingman National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum Don Briggs and Eric Keller will go “On the Mat” this Wednesday, May 15. “On the Mat" is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00 PM Central on AM 1650, The Fan. E-mail dgmstaff@nwhof.org with any questions or comments about the show. A podcast of the show is available on theopenmat.com. Briggs served as the head wrestling coach at the University of Northern Iowa from 1982 to 1987. As an assistant coach he coached Kirk Myers, one of this year’s inductees in the Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame of Iowa. Keller is the head wrestling coach at Wartburg College after serving as co-head coach with Jim Miller. He will play as a celebrity in the Dan Gable Celebrity Golf Tournament on Monday, June 10.

Tolly Thompson and Troy Steiner will go “On the Mat” this Wednesday, May 1. “On the Mat" is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00 PM Central on AM 1650, The Fan. E-mail dgmstaff@nwhof.org with any questions or comments about the show. A podcast of the show is available on theopenmat.com. Thompson is an assistant wrestling coach at the University of Northern Iowa. He was an NCAA champion for Nebraska in 1995. Thompson was recently inducted into the Iowa Wrestling Hall of Fame in Cresco. Steiner is an assistant wrestling coach at Oregon State. He was an NCAA champion for the University of Iowa in 1992. Steiner will be inducted into the Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame of Iowa on Sunday, June 9 in Waterloo.

Mike Finn and Terry Steiner to go ‘On the Mat’ this week Mike Finn and Terry Steiner will go “On the Mat” this Wednesday, April 24. “On the Mat" is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00 PM Central on AM 1650, The Fan. E-mail dgmstaff@nwhof.org with any questions or comments about the show. A podcast of the show is available on theopenmat.com. Finn is the editor of Wrestling Insider Newsmagazine. He will provide a review of the U.S. Open in Las Vegas. Steiner, an NCAA champion for the University of Iowa in 1993, is the national team coach for women’s freestyle wrestling. He will be inducted into the Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame of Iowa on Sunday, June 9.

Jim Miller will go “On the Mat” this Wednesday, April 3. “On the Mat" is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00 PM Central on AM 1650, The Fan. A podcast of the show is available on www.theopenmat.com. E-mail dgmstaff@nwhof.org with any questions or comments about the show. Miller recently retired as the head wrestling coach at Wartburg College after 22 seasons. His teams won 21 consecutive Iowa Conference titles and 10 NCAA Division III championships. Miller was also a two-time NCAA Division II champion for the University of Northern Iowa as well as a two-time Division I All-American. The hour-long show will pay tribute to Miller’s time as a wrestler and as a coach.

Kevin Jackson and Kyle Dake will go “On the Mat” this Wednesday, March 27. “On the Mat" is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00 PM Central on AM 1650, The Fan. E-mail dgmstaff@nwhof.org with any questions or comments about the show. A podcast of the show is available on theopenmat.com. Jackson just completed his fourth season as the head wrestling coach at Iowa State. The Cyclones finished 11th at the NCAA tournament with three All-Americans. Jackson was a World champion in 1991 and 1995, and an Olympic champion in 1992. Dake recently finished his wrestling career at Cornell University by winning his fourth NCAA championship at his fourth different weight class. He is just the third wrestler in NCAA Division I history to win four NCAA titles. Dake was named the Outstanding Wrestler at the 2013 NCAA tournament.

Craig Sesker and Kyven Gadson will go “On the Mat” this Wednesday, March 13. “On the Mat" is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00 PM Central on AM 1650, The Fan. A podcast of the show is available on www.theopenmat.com. E-mail dgmstaff@nwhof.org with any questions or comments about the show. Sesker is the communications manager for USA Wrestling. He will provide an update on the International Olympic Committee’s recommendation to drop wrestling from the 2020 Olympics. Gadson is a sophomore at Iowa State. He recently won the Big 12 championships at 197 pounds. He was also a two-time state champion for East Waterloo High School. [powepress]

AUDIO FILE IS AT THE BOTTOM What: A USA Wrestling Teleconference to update media on what the sport is doing to keep its spot on the Olympic Games program. Who:  2012 Olympic Bronze Medalist Coleman Scott, who recently returned from the Freestyle World Cup in Iran, featuring the 10 top wrestling countries in the world,  and saw first-hand  the passion and excellence of the sport in the first international competition after the bad news earlier in the month from the IOC. Rich Bender, Executive Director of USA Wrestling, who spent the week in Tehran, helping build a coalition of countries to challenge this IOC recommendation. Jim Scherr, former CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee and newly- appointed FILA Bureau member, who will help spearhead the International wrestling federation’s efforts to keep wrestling in the Olympics. He has just returned from Lausanne, Switzerland, headquarters of FILA.  He’s currently the commissioner of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. Background:  The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee recommended at its meeting Feb. 12, 2013, in Lausanne, Switzerland, to not include the sport of wrestling in the program for the 2020 Olympic Games and beyond.  It is a recommendation only at this time. ·         Two dates are vitally important to reverse this recommendation.  Between May 24-27 in St. Petersburg, Russia, the Executive Board will hear presentations from the following sports:  baseball/softball, karate, roller sports, squash, sport climbing, wakeboard, wrestling and wushu.  Up to three of those sports will move forward for final consideration at the General Session of the IOC in September. ·         In its meeting Sept. 4-7 in Buenos, Aires, Argentina, the 114-member IOC General Session will have two votes.  The first is to accept or reject the Executive Board’s recommendation to drop wrestling from the Games.  If that’s upheld, the IOC members will then vote to select one of the three sports forwarded by the Executive Board for inclusion on the Olympic Program in 2020.

Southern Oregon head wrestling coach Mike Ritchey talks about the upcoming NAIA National Championships coming up March 1-2 in Des Moines, while USA Wrestling Women's Freestyle Team Leader Noel Thompson joins the show from Mongolia. Thompson is part of the delegation for the Women's World Cup in Ulanbaatar.

By Kyle Klingman NWHOF Dan Gable Museum Bill Scherr and Heath Grimm will go “On the Mat” this Wednesday, February 20. “On the Mat" is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at www.1650thefan.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00 PM Central on AM 1650, The Fan. E-mail dgmstaff@nwhof.org with any questions or comments about the show. A podcast of the show is available on theopenmat.com. Scherr was a World freestyle wrestling championships in the 1985. He was also a bronze medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games. Scherr was recently named the chairperson for the Committee for the Preservation of Olympic Wrestling. Grimm is the head wrestling coach at Upper Iowa University. Upper Iowa will host the NCAA Division II Super Regional III at Young Arena in Waterloo on Sunday, February 24.

Jay LaValley, chairman of the Maryland State Wrestling Association, and Jason Bryant, editor of Amateur Wrestling News, join Qadry Ismail on Friday's edition of Sportsline on WBAL 1090 in Baltimore to talk about the recent recommendation from the IOC to cut wrestling from the Olympic Games. Ismail hosts the popular afternoon sports talk show after a 10-year career in the NFL.