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...cold war is that beating the Russians has lost its meaning. If this were 1968 and an oversize farm boy from Afton, Wyo., beat Alexander Karelin, a giant 286-lb. Russian Greco-Roman wrestler who hadn't lost a match in 13 years, then Rulon Gardner would have his own Wheaties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greco-Roman Wrestling: United States: Rulon Gardner | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

...American Rulon Gardener, who had never won an NCAA championship, does the unthinkable and defeats Russian Alexander Karelin, a.k.a. the Siberian Bear, for the gold medal in the heaviest weight-class in Greco-Roman wrestling. Karelin was looking for his fourth gold medal and had never lost an international competition before the match...

Author: By Barat Samy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Slammin' Samy: The Olympics that America Forgot About | 10/3/2000 | See Source »

...down. They note that his matches have got closer of late, with the Russian winning by 1-0 and 2-0 scores. "I truly think he's beatable," says Steve Fraser, national coach of the U.S. Greco-Roman team and a light-heavyweight gold medalist in 1984. Fraser says Rulon Gardner, America's No. 1 super heavyweight, will try to outwork Karelin and exhaust him on his feet. (Ghaffari is an alternate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Summer Olympics: Alexander Karelin | 9/11/2000 | See Source »

BORN: April 23, 1953, St. Joseph EDUCATION: U of Michigan, B.A., 1975 FAMILY: Wife, Amey Rulon-Miller; two children RELIGION: Protestant MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Budget analyst POLITICAL CAREER: U.S. House, 1986- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 490, St. Joseph...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: MICHIGAN | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

...snowplow came on the field that decade to help John Smith. Rulon Jones sacked Tony Eason in the endzone. Ernest Gibson got burned. Grogan to Morgan. Steve Nelson walked off the field a winner...

Author: By Theodore D. Chuang, | Title: Daddy? What Were Sports in The 80s Like? | 12/15/1989 | See Source »

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