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Hosted by Hall of Fame wrestling broadcaster, announcer, and journalist Jason Bryant, Short Time brings you the most relevant topics in wrestling with news, reviews, previews and interviews with the top names from Olympic-level, college and high school wrestling. Short Time is produced by the Mat Talk Podcast Network at mattalkonline.com.

Feb 12, 2013

Iowa (18-1 overall) hosts Edinboro (9-4) on Saturday, Feb. 16, but this news conference will focus primarily on the International Olympic Committee’s surprise decision Tuesday to drop wrestling from the Olympic program, beginning with the 2020 Games. The IOC executive board decided to retain modern pentathlon — the event considered most at risk — and remove wrestling instead from its list of 25 “core sports.”