— -- RIO DE JANEIRO -- On the darkest day in American wrestling history, the boy was only 7. There were no Olympic dreams. No clues that he would someday grow up to become the most dominant ...

Jordan Burroughs, a six-time world wrestling champion and 2012 Olympic gold medalist, is well aware that 2024 is his last shot at standing atop the Olympic podium for Team USA. Burroughs has had a ...

The last time 2012 Olympic gold medalist Jordan Burroughs stepped onto a mat at the wrestling World Championships, he was hampered by a sprained MCL in his knee and for the first time ever he came up ...

— -- IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Jordan Burroughs' wife, Lauren, wrote him a note before his Olympic Team Trials match Sunday to tell him he was destined for greatness. Burroughs made sure his wife was ...

This article was originally published on www.si.com/high-school as Top Iowa Prep Wrestler Makes College Decision. An Iowa ...

LONDON (AP) - A year ago, Jordan Burroughs changed his Twitter handle to @alliseeisgold. On Thursday, Burroughs promised to tweet a picture of himself holding the Olympic gold medal. He delivered on ...

With Nebraska wrestling coach Mark Manning coaching him matside, former Husker wrestler Jordan Burroughs made good on a yearlong promise that he’d win gold at the 2012 London Olympics, beating Iran’s ...

LONDON (AP) — American Jordan Burroughs has won the men's 74-kg freestyle, beating Iran's Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi 1-0, 1-0 to give the U.S. its first wrestling gold medal of the London Games. Burroughs ...

Jordan Burroughs was at the top of the podium again Friday. This time, he also stood above all other American wrestlers. The former Husker national champion won his sixth world championship title with ...

As the U.S. courts try to sort out President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban, Iran has switched course and decided to allow American wrestlers to compete in a high-profile international ...