Word: takedowns
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...Displaying his increased confidence, Jantzen struck first, notching a takedown in the opening frame. Jaggers responded with an escape to narrow the lead to 2-1 at the end of the period. After a hard-fought but scoreless second, Jantzen found his tournament in jeopardy for the first time when Jaggers claimed a 3-2 lead with a reversal. Maintaining his composure, the Crimson sophomore earned a reverse of his own, besting the nation’s top wrestler for a 4-3 decision...
...this ranking rise after defeating Cornell’s Jordan Leen, the nation’s best wrestler and defending national champion at 157. After dismantling four opponents who managed no better than a 6-2 margin, O’Connor battled fiercely in the finals, earning a takedown in the second tiebreaker period against Leen, 7-5.“I felt awesome,” the usually reserved O’Connor admitted. “We work so hard during the fall to get to this point, and my preparation with the coaches was phenomenal. It?...
...With the three points for the takedown, Cejudo held on to his lead, and at the horn he dropped to his knees. The wrestler grabbed his head and looked skyward after winning the title. He couldn't stop crying. He jumped into the arms of Jackson, who lifted the 5-ft. 4-in. prodigy over his shoulder. "I've probably got Henry by 50, 60 pounds, to be kind to myself," says Jackson. "He was as light as a feather...
...even after weeks of preparing for the inevitable takedown, even knowing that half a million people played Scrabulous every day, Hasbro still couldn't handle the traffic at the switchover. The site crashed like a carload of clowns at the circus early Tuesday. Soon, a notice was posted on Facebook: "We're working on some tech problems and Scrabble will be ready to play as soon as possible!" the developers wrote, adding that "we're making changes to Scrabble for its official launch in mid-August...
...quite a bit shorter, but it has been determined in less than 20 seconds that he can kick my ass. "That was very good," he says, his breathing only faintly increased as I get up from the mat and suck in air. "You moved it from a double-leg takedown to a single-leg." Yes, my first seven seconds were heroic. If wrestling 60-year-old playwrights were at all like bull-riding, I could...