John Walton Smith came tantalizingly close to winning a gold medal at the Olympics. But fate intervened. A track star, Smith was ranked No. 1 in the world in the early 1970s. He broke the record in ...

David Taylor's Cowboy RTC had a dominating campaign at the 2025 U.S. Open Championship. Three of the Oklahoma State Wrestlers ...

“I would’ve been 10 or 12 years old, and John about ... two Olympic gold medals. Decades after their days sharing a ride to Kansas or Colorado for a wrestling tournament, Smith and Gundy ...

Taylor became the head coach of Oklahoma State after John Smith ... at the Olympic Trials, Taylor accepted the Cowboys' open position and created shockwaves across the college wrestling world.