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North Dakota State Begins Its Push for Another FCS Title
North Dakota State enters the 2025 FCS Playoffs at 12-0, seeking its 11th national championship since 2011....
Easton Stick might want to get used to losing
In the second consecutive season of many NFL teams having a revolving door at quarterback, Easton Stick is one of the latest unproven backups thrust into a starting gig....
Hate ain’t so easy: Anti-trans sports bills are dying in some unlikely places
The hate stops here. Or at least it should....
The NBA Gets Vegas, The NHL Gets ... North Dakota
If you wanted a clearer statement about the difference between the NBA and the NHL, you can’t do much better than comparing the leagues’ contingency plans for finishing their seasons over the summer: The NBA has floated stationing everyone in Las Vegas, while the NHL mulls shipping its entire operat...
North Dakota Women's Hockey Player: We Only Learned On Twitter That The School Was Cutting Our Team
The University of North Dakota did not tell women’s hockey players that their program would be cut before the news leaked to the media, forcing players to wait hours for a chance to hear from the school after initially finding out via Twitter....
North Dakota Cuts Women's Hockey And Leaves Recruit Out In The Cold
Lauren Hennessey, a goaltender from Massachusetts who verbally committed to the University of North Dakota women’s hockey team, took an early-morning trip to Grand Forks with her parents Wednesday to visit the campus and meet the staff and players. While Hennessey was still on campus, the university...
Iowa Refuses To Shake Hands After North Dakota, Down By 11, Tries Buzzer-Beater
With the Hawkeyes up by 11 with three seconds to play, there was no question about who was going to win tonight’s game between Iowa and North Dakota. But North Dakota’s Corey Baldwin stole the ball and Drick Bernstine tried to beat the buzzer with a little jumper anyway*, and Iowa coach Fran McCaffe...
NDSU Continues Win Streak Over FBS Teams With Last-Second Field Goal To Beat Iowa
North Dakota State continued its incredible streak of beating teams from college football’s top division when it downed 13th-ranked Iowa 23-21 thanks to a last-second field goal....
Internal Email, Texts Reveal NDSU President Endorsed Banning Media Outlets
When NDSU president Dean Bresciani rescinded a ban on news organizations covering the Bison unless they paid for media rights last week, he condemned the policy—stating that he was “profoundly disappointed” in it. Internal emails and texts acquired by SayAnythingBlog.com’s Rob Port reveal that Bresc...
NDSU President Rescinds Media Ban, AD Offers Stale Apology
North Dakota State thought it could strong-arm media members and organizations not paying for rights by barring them from, among other things, live tweeting from games or interviewing coaches. Essentially, the school’s athletic department hoped it could get away with preventing local bloggers and b...
NDSU Effectively Bans Media From Covering Bison Sports Unless They Paid For Rights
North Dakota State is cutting off outlets from covering Bison athletics unless they’ve paid a media rights ransom, according to local Fargo newspaper The Forum....
Goal-Scorer Crushed
Drake Caggiula opened the scoring of tonight’s NCAA tournament game between Michigan and North Dakota, and his reward was getting drilled by an official. That’s two minutes for roughing....
North Dakota State University Is Your True College Football National Champion
The North Dakota State Bisons put a royal whooping on the Jacksonville State State Gamecocks to win their record fifth consecutive FCS national championship. They dominated the game, with over 40 minutes of possession and almost twice as many total yards....
After All That, The University Of North Dakota Chose A Boring New Nickname
The University of North Dakota has been engaged in a search for a new nickname for the past year, after they decided to end a decade-long battle with the NCAA and at least one Native American tribe and give up their Fighting Sioux nickname. They solicited suggestions online and received thousands, m...
A Troll Is Trying To Hijack The University Of North Dakota's Search For A New Nickname
When we last checked in with the University of North Dakota in the spring, they had convened a nickname committee to trawl through thousands of nominations to find something suitable to replace the Fighting Sioux. On July 21, the nickname committee met and agreed on five finalists (but not before si...
Montana Upsets Top-Ranked North Dakota State In Bonkers College Football Kickoff
Bob Stitt earned the Montana head coaching job by demonstrating an innovating offense at D-II Colorado School of Mines, and in his first game at the helm of the Grizzlies he managed the simple task of knocking off North Dakota State—NCAA Division I champions each of the past four seasons....
"Erratic" North Dakota Zamboni Driver Arrested For Suspected DUI
Last night was a Friday in January, so the most exciting thing happening in Fargo (N.D.) was definitely a high school hockey game. It was even more exciting than usual for professional Zamboni driver Steve Anderson....
College Hockey Fight Finished With One Punch
Fighting is strictly prohibited in NCAA hockey, with penalties for engaging in fisticuffs that can reach multi-game suspensions. Still, it happens on occasion—as we saw tonight in Grand Forks when North Dakota's Stephane Pattyn dropped Minnesota-Duluth's Derik Johnson with a single punch....