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MEAC Cancels Football Season; NDSU Loses Second Opponent

NDSU was scheduled to play North Carolina A&T on Sept. 19

FARGO, N.D. — According to multiple reports, first by HBCU GameDay, the MEAC has canceled its fall sports season meaning North Dakota State football will not play North Carolina A&T on September 19 at the FargoDome. Players for the Aggies are reported to have tested positive for COVID-19 since returning to campus in July. The MEAC becomes the third FCS…

St. Thomas athletics approved to make transition to Division I

Decision approved on Wednesday

MINNEAPOLIS – (FOX 9) The University of St. Thomas is officially headed to Division I for athletics. The NCAA Division I Council announced Wednesday it has approved St. Thomas to transition directly from Division III to Division I, starting in the 2021-22 academic year. The Tommies will remain in Division III and the MIAC for the 2020-21 year, pending ongoing…

2020 U.S.A. Hockey Hall of Fame Game in Nashville moved to 2021

This season’s HOF game moving to Grand Forks, Nashville event postponed to 2021-22 season

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – (UND Athletics) The 2020 U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game originally scheduled for Saturday, October 17, 2020 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn., has officially been postponed and moved to the new date of Saturday, October 30, 2021 due to the Coronavirus. “We have been closely monitoring the situation with the COVID-19 pandemic and have tried to…

Los Angeles Chargers QB Stick Back in Dakotas Working Out With Sanford Power

Former Bison QB went through a couple of different performances tests

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Former North Dakota State and current Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Easton Stick is working through a virtual off-season and a quarterback competition, however, that did not take away from making time to come back to the Dakotas. Using his relationship with the Sanford POWER team in Sioux Falls, Stick went through mental performance and nutrition consultation,…

Former NDSU, Current LSU LB Cox Named to Bednarik Watch List

Award for Nation's Top Defensive Player

BATON ROUGE, LA — Former North Dakota State linebacker Jabril Cox is already making waves at his new school inLSU. The senior transfer landed on the Bednarik award watch list for the nation’s best defensive player. Cox transferred to the Tigers in April after three FCS championships and two All-American selections. Last season with the Bison, Cox recorded 258 tackles,…

MIAC Member Carleton Cancels Fall Sports Season

First MIAC School to make decision

NORTHFIELD, Minn. — Carleton College has canceled all fall sports due to ongoing concerns with the coronavirus pandemic, the school announced late last week. Carleton added the school hasn’t made any decision at winter and spring sports at this time. “It absolutely breaks my heart having to announce to our student-athletes and coaches the cancellation of the fall season,” Carleton athletic…

Missouri Valley Football Commissioner Patty Viverito Answers Questions About Upcoming Season

KVRR's Nick Couzin Sat Down with Viverito to discuss plans of a season

FARGO, N.D. — With the college football landscape ever changing especially over the past few weeks with player testing and conferences announce changes, KVRR Sport’s Nick Couzin talked with Missouri Valley Football Conference Commissioner Patty Viverito to get a local perspective. In her role as the Vice President of the Football Oversight Committee, she answered first about where she currently…

Coaches 4 Change: NDSU basketball’s Josh Sash joins social justice organization

The organization is a platform designed by coaches across the country to engage, educate, empower and evolve collegiate student-athletes on issues of social injustices, systemic racism, and the power of voting.

FARGO, N.D. — The topic of racial injustice has come to the forefront across America in recent months. It has led many to begin uncomfortable, yet necessary conversations about race, but it’s also left people with the question ‘How can I do more to help?’ That was the struggle faced by NDSU men’s basketball assistant coach, Josh Sash. “I always…

Bison game against Oregon not happening because of Pac-12 decision

Was scheduled for Sept. 5

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – The Pac-12 conference announces it will only play games within its conference in the Fall It ends any chance of the matchiup between North Dakota State and Oregon in football that was scheduled to be played in Eugene in September. NDSU’s Athletic Department was set to make $650,000 by playing the Ducks. The Pac-12’s decision comes…