All Kyle Dake really needs now is an Olympic gold medal. The American wrestling champion has done just about everything else in the sport; He has overcome longtime rivals. He has won championships in ...

A large picture of the first-ever Cornell wrestling match at its new Friedman Wrestling Center in 2002 hangs in the lobby of that building. Tucked away in a corner of the packed crowd is 11-year-old ...

When Kyle Dake moved into his freshman dorm at Cornell in 2009, he found a little red notebook that his mom, Jodi, had left for him. On the first pages, Jodi wrote a letter to her oldest child, ...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — David Taylor knew he needed to let Kyle Dake in on a significant development this past spring. Shortly after Taylor’s own competitive wrestling career ended abruptly with a loss ...

If Kyle Dake were playing basketball for Kentucky or football for Alabama, his name would be known from Hartford to Honolulu. In his sport, Dake is excellence personified, a three-time national ...

Dake defeated Nittany Lion Wrestling Club teammate Jason Nolf in a difficult match for both athletes at the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials. Kyle Dake (left) wrestles against Nittany Lion Wrestling Club ...