ndsu athletics

GRAND FORKS — The University of North Dakota has started payments to men’s and women’s hockey players this season, or full amended grant-in-aid scholarships as the school calls them, and will continue examining the feasibility of doing them for all sports. UND men’s and women’s...

FARGO — A search committee will be able to review candidates for the vacant athletic director position at North Dakota State beginning July 23. So far, it’s a light list.

FARGO — The North Dakota State men’s basketball team will see several changes next season starting with its home venue: The Bison are moving to Scheels Arena.

FARGO -- Should a coach order a player to "attack" a pre-existing injury of the top scorer on the other team? In North Dakota, 5.6 percent of high school coaches in a North Dakota State University study said yes. Meanwhile, 17.6 percent of North Dakota high school athletes in a similar...

FARGO -- There are two major elections that will take place next month. One will decide our elected leaders. The other will decide something more important around here: What teams will make the Division I Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. That was a joke. Of course Barack...

FARGO -- It was storming the night North Dakota State assistant football coach Brent Vigen made an official home visit to recruit Travis Beck. The family farm is located in an area that didn't register on Vigen's GPS. There aren't many middle-of-nowheres in this day and age, but...

FARGO -- North Dakota State linebacker Grant Olson sensed the uneasiness in class yesterday. And it had nothing to do with an instructor throwing a surprise quiz. Students are allowed to claim their tickets for Saturday's Youngstown State at NDSU football game beginning every Monday,...

FARGO -- When Phil Hansen decided to forgo his color commentary duties for North Dakota State football radio broadcasts this fall, he also saved Radio Fargo-Moorhead from a scheduling headache. Hansen is running for the Minnesota District 4 state senate seat.

FARGO -- A glance from your car on North University Drive near the Bison Sports Arena does not do the construction justice.

FARGO -- The wave of Bison football is turning into a ticket tsunami. North Dakota State football not only passed the 10,000 season-ticket mark for the first time in school history, but the school is also threatening to top 12,000. It's to the point where the athletic department...