Blame fake wrestling for NCAA women’s Final Four sideshow

PHOTO: LSU's Angel Reese (10) and Iowa's Caitlin Clark lifted their sport in the 2023 NCAA women's Final Four, but the discussion later shifted to taunting. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN We should be still awash in the glow surrounding the 2023 LSU-Iowa NCAA women’s basketball title. The parallels with the 1979 Michigan State-Indiana State men’s championship deserve more discussion. When Michigan State’s Magic Johnson faced Indiana’s State’s Larry Bird, the showdown captivated the nation.…

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Duke’s Ben Frye has wrestled his way to starter and beating bigger O-linemen

PHOTO: Duke defensive tackle Ben Frye. By TOM SHANAHAN Duke defensive tackle Ben Frye checks in as a 6-foot-3, 255-pounder. If he played in another era, say alongside of College and Pro Football Hall of Famer Alan Page, he’d be a big guy. Page weighed 245. But in today’s game, the redshirt junior is a comparative runt facing 300-pound offensive linemen. In the season opener, No. 7-ranked Notre Dame’s O-line averaged 308.8 pounds. The second week presented Boston…

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