SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — As North Dakota State’s Summit League women’s basketball drought continues, it is just beginning for South Dakota State freshman Tylee Irwin. Playing in her first Summit League Tournament game Saturday, March 3, Irwin came off the bench and scored 12 points -- ...
FARGO — Andre Smith did more than just become the physical presence inside that helped North Dakota State make the transition to Division I men’s basketball. Ben Woodside did more than just make the game-winning hoop that got the Bison to their first NCAA tournament. Both started a trend ...
GRAND FORKS -- University of North Dakota football coach Bubba Schweigert has a little more freedom at practice now. The fourth-year coach opened spring ball at the High Performance Center on Friday morning, March 2, with a little coaching staff shakeup, a move centered on his own ...
GRAND FORKS -- In his last game at the 2018 Winter Olympics, University of North Dakota sophomore Ludvig Hoff played against former NHL superstars Pavel Datsyuk and Ilya Kovalchuk of Russia. Datsyuk even came over and talked to Hoff and another Norwegian player after the quarterfinal ...
GRAND FORKS — The University of North Dakota men’s basketball team practiced Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 27, then hit the road for two more Big Sky Conference games. But this road trip will be different from the others this season. It could last nearly two weeks -- and that’s a good thing if ...
FARGO — Nick DeLuca has been walking the same path the past two months that Carson Wentz did when he finished his North Dakota State football career. It may not result in the same NFL draft status, but DeLuca likes where he’s at heading into this weekend’s NFL Combine in ...
GRAND FORKS — Saturday began with the University of North Dakota’s lone senior, 6-foot-9 Dale Jones, suffering from back spasms. He wouldn’t be able to play his final home game with his teammates. Saturday ended with UND’s 79-66 loss against Northern Colorado before 1,895 fans at The ...
GRAND FORKS — The Bismarck girls hockey season came to an end Saturday night,, Feb. 24, the only way most of the players on the roster know how to finish a season -- with a North Dakota state championship. Britta Curl scored twice and the Blizzard shut out a seventh-straight opponent in a ...
In 2012, the University of North Dakota was accepted into the Big Sky Conference. It was the lifeline UND needed as it was transitioning from Division II to Division I athletics. And it’s been a good Division I home for the UND men’s basketball program, which -- for the most part -- has ...
FARGO — It was not the way Paul Miller, A.J. Jacobson and Spencer Eliason wanted to end their last basketball game in the Scheels Center. And it was not the way North Dakota State’s men’s basketball team wanted to be playing heading into the last week of the regular season. But it was ...
OMAHA, Neb. — Tyler Vesel was at a Skate with the Mavs event a few weeks ago when Omaha men’s hockey fans started approaching him. “I couldn’t even count how many times people came up and asked me the same questions,” said Vesel, a senior forward. “How are you guys scoring so many ...
FARGO — The pursuit of medical school won out over playing another season of basketball at North Dakota State for Spencer Eliason. The junior center says this will be his last season of eligibility. Eliason, from Chadron, Neb., will graduate in May with a zoology major and a minor in ...
The Lamoureux line got started in the Olympics by scoring Team USA’s first goal. On Tuesday, Feb. 13, it kept going by breaking an Olympic record. Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson, a Grand Forks native, scored two goals in the span of six seconds, setting an all-time Olympic mark, during USA’s ...
GRAND FORKS — Craig Wolanin grew up in Michigan and played junior hockey in Canada before embarking on a 13-year NHL career. But he had heard plenty about the University of North Dakota. His seatmate on airplane trips with the Colorado Avalanche was former UND star Troy Murray. And every ...
FARGO — For a Division I FCS program like North Dakota State University, which locked up 23 players during the early signing period in December, Wednesday’s second round of football commits who make it official will be more like Signing Day Jr. The Bison are expected to sign four players ...
GRAND FORKS — Before the game, there was little doubt as to the best team in the Big Sky Conference. Montana had put to rest any doubt with 10-straight wins -- including six consecutive on the road. The Griz left The Betty on Saturday happy as they took a hard-earned 72-67 win over North ...
FARGO — The first half was a dud. The second half was electric. The result, however, left North Dakota State unplugged on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 3, at Scheels Center at Sanford Health Athletic Complex. The University of South Dakota stuck a 20-point halftime deficit on the Bison in a 20 ...
GRAND FORKS — The UND men’s basketball team was the class of the Big Sky Conference in 2017. The Fighting Hawks went to the Big Dance behind star Quinton Hooker and a strong supporting cast led by Geno Crandall, Corey Baldwin, Conner Avants and Drick Bernstine. The 2018 version of the ...
By Eric Peterson Forum News Service FARGO -- North Dakota State senior Paul Miller scored a game-high 25 points to help lead his team to a double-digit victory Thursday night, but Miller wasn’t totally satisfied. “I think there is a lot more in the tank,” Miller said. The Bison had ...
PITTSBURGH -- Evgeni Malkin finished with two goals and one assist, and Dominik Simon also scored twice as the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the visiting Minnesota Wild 6-3 Thursday night. Sidney Crosby also added three assists and moved into second place in team history with 1,082 points. ...