As a wrestling daughter, I witnessed my 83-year-old father create an opening for himself, relearn a sport, engage with youth and become alive again. Am I glad he made the wrestling team? You bet.

Jessica Hong, Sir Robert Borden, girls’ 44 kilograms during wrestling practice St. Patrick’s HS in Ottawa, May16, 2018. Photo by Jean Levac OTTwp ...

We started off with some basic tumbling (skills I do every day at wrestling practice) and I felt immediately comfortable. We quickly moved on to the fundamentals of professional wrestling.

On Saturday, Crawford sent a message to McGregor when he returned to wrestling practice after receiving a $200million two-fight offer to face the UFC legend in MMA and boxing.

At the hospital, father and son would talk like they always did about how wrestling practice went and who Kyle wrestled with that day. “We were able to talk about pretty much everything,” Dake ...