Indeed! Mike Whitehead's shorts still scare me.

It sounds dangerous. Don't you just stick your hand in the water and then hope some big ass fish bites your hand? Doesn't exactly sound like too much fun to me.

Excellent job on the IllinoisMatmen site!

I don't know about that. I've seen him being interviewed a lot and he is short as hell. I think he's like 5'0 or 5'1. Most girls I know are taller than that.

Since you are tuned into the wrestling world and photography, maybe you can help me. In Fargo in 2007, Jonathan wrestled Kevin Levalley (CO) in the finals. He lost, but he finished off the second period with a five point throw. I have the match on tape (from the stands), and I see that there were many flashes from around the mat of people photgraphing that match and that throw in particular. There was a pic of the two of them facing off that wound up on a website somewhere, but I would love to find a photo of that throw. Do you have connections with people that may have been around the finals mat in Fargo in 2007?

I know Spenser. I haven't met Nate yet. Jonathan, my son, heads back up there on Tuesday. He is in between weights right now - too big to make 66kg and too small for 74kg. He was the FILA Junior and University National Champ at 70kg. He has to focus on bulking up to 74kg.

Good luck with the MMA stuff. Maybe some of the MMA popularity will rub off on wrestling. We've had a rough week with a disappointing showing at the Olympics so far and the Jordan/Donahoe circus.

The truth is I was born in my father's second year in law school, and we left to move to Illinois when I was two, but I have been back to Boston many times, and I lived in New Hampshire for many years.

My son is a sophomore at Northern Michigan University at the USOEC. He was a Greco guy and did not train at Overtime, though we live close. My father actually grew up in Naperville, and my parents met in high school there in the 1950's. I have another son who wrestles for West Aurora. He will be an undersized 103 pounder this year as a sophomore.

Sean Bormet and Overtime are top notch. What will you be doing at Overtime?

I see that you list your location as Naperville. I am in North Aurora and am an Illinois native, though I was born in Cambridge when my father was at Harvard Law School. I spent 6 years in NH and got married and had two kids there. You have a gift for photography, and I appreciate your contributions to the sport of wrestling.

Kevin Drendel

DH you going to UFC in Oct.? If you know, what can you tell me about area around Allstate Arena? Bars? Restaurants?

Here you go sweetie. I can't email from this computer but I'm sure this works too.