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Women's Wrestling Storylines To Follow As The Season Begins

College wrestling is here, marking the inaugural sanctioned women’s freestyle NCAA Championship season. Here are the ...
USA Today

Participation in women's wrestling is soaring. 45 states sanction girls' wrestling

When Olympic silver medalist Adeline Gray used to tell people that she wrestled for a living, she said they often had the same response: "Women wrestle?" She doesn't hear that much anymore. Over the ...
Essence

Black Women In Wrestling Are Ready To Rumble

This story is featured in the January/February 2025 issue of ESSENCE. On April 10, 2021, wrestling fans at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, witnessed history. Performers Bianca Belair and ...
Rolling Out

Rise of Black women in wrestling is a new era of empowerment

WWE Superstar Bianca Belair at the 2022 MEAC-SWAC Challenge in Atlanta. (Photo credit: Rashad Milligan for rolling out) The professional wrestling industry is experiencing a seismic shift as Black ...
The New York Times

NCAA adds women’s wrestling as championship sport, opening doors for more athletes

The NCAA approved the addition of women’s wrestling at the Division I, II and III levels as a championship sport, it announced Friday. The sport’s first NCAA women’s championship will take place in ...
NCAA

NCAA adds women’s wrestling as 91st championship

The NCAA added women’s wrestling as its 91st championship sport, providing another athletics opportunity for female athletes to compete. Divisions I, II and III approved the addition at the ...