Word: sportingly
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Intercollegiate wrestling is certainly no exception and now, in part because of that focus on success, an ominous cloud now hangs over the heads of some of America's finest athletes as they compete in a sport that has been recently over-whelmed by tragedy...
Sophomore Fran Volpe, a 177 pound Harvard wrestler, said he has heard wrestlers brag about how many pounds they can lose to make weight. Volpe reminds us, though, that this pride is merely a strange offshoot of the sport and should not detract from the essence of wrestling itself...
However, after a series of tragedies involving this widespread practice, the rules that govern the sport have had to change...
...that the new rules are in place, the Crimson wrestling squad will adapt accordingly to their ever-evolving sport. That means, without a doubt, more safety...
These tragedies and the Band-Aid reparations have struck another blow against a sport that has been fighting for its life. In recent years, the number of schools that carry wrestling as a varsity sport has been steadily declining, and the deaths of the three young men cannot have helped its case...