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NDSU’s Wegner Named to FCS Punter of the Year Award Watch List

Was Third-Team All-American in 2019

AUGUSTA, Ga. – (NDSU Athletics) North Dakota State’s Garret Wegner is one of 22 punters on the preseason watch list for the 2020 FCS Punter of the Year Award announced Wednesday, Aug. 26, by the Augusta Sports Council. The award, created in 2019, honors the nation’s top collegiate punter in the Football Championship Subdivision. The 2020 watch list was compiled based on…

Minnesota Lynx game against L.A. Sparks postponed in protest of Jacob Blake shooting

MINNEAPOLIS – (FOX 9) The WNBA had three games scheduled for Wednesday night, including the Minnesota Lynx facing the L.A. Sparks in the Florida bubble, but the league postponed game in protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis. The league made the call after the NBA postponed its playoff games scheduled for Wednesday. The Milwaukee Bucks…

Boycott: NBA playoff games called off amid player protest

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — All three NBA playoff games scheduled for Wednesday have been postponed, with players around the league choosing to boycott in their strongest statement yet against racial injustice. Called off: Games between Milwaukee and Orlando, Houston and Oklahoma City and the Los Angeles Lakers and Portland. The NBA said all three games would be rescheduled, yet…

Four Early Runs Propel RedHawks Over League-Leading Winnipeg

RedHawks beat the Goldeyes 5-1

FARGO, N.D. — The Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks took down the leaders of the American Association, the Winnipeg Goldeyes, 5-1, at Newman Outdoor Field Tuesday night. The RedHawks started out with five straight hits bringing home two runs in the first. Greg Ward added a two-run homer in the fourth. Both return to the field on Wednesday for a doubleheader starting at…

Vikings Adapting to No Fans for First Two Home Games

Set to start practicing next Friday at U.S, Bank Stadium

MINNEAPOLIS — Its been a whirlwind past few days for the Minnesota vikings. After no coronavirus cases through all of training camp, eight players and a coach had positive results that turned out being false positives on Sunday. After today’s news, the Vikings now have to adapt to no fans for the first two home games. Head coach Mike Zimmer…

NDSU Preseason No. 1 in Stats Perform FCS Top 25; Central Arkansas 11th

Bison ride 37-game win streak into October 3rd match-up with Central Arkansas

FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota State football was unanimously picked number one in the preseason FCS Stats Performance poll. The Bison received 147 first-place votes. The Bison are coming off an undefeated season, their third consecutive FCS Championship, (winning eight of the last nine) and carrying a 37-game winning streaking into their October 3rd match-up with Central Arkansas. The Bears…

NDSU vs. Central Arkansas: How It All Came To Be

Game scheduled for Oct.3 in Fargo

FARGO, N.D. — One week after North Dakota State football decided not to pursue a fall schedule, a game with Central Arkansas is on the books for October 3rd at the FargoDome. NDSU previously had five practices before players were sent home on August 14th. It’ll be the first meeting between both programs. Central Arkansas was the unnamed program expressing…

Gophers ranked No. 19 in AP preseason football poll despite Big Ten postponing season

First time ranked in preseason poll since 2004

MINNEAPOLIS – (FOX 9) The Associated Press released its first 2020 preseason college football poll on Monday, and the University of Minnesota is on it despite the Big Ten postponing the fall season. The Gophers enter the poll at No. 19, and are one of six Big Ten teams in the first poll of the season. It’s the first time…

NDSU Football to Play Against Central Arkansas This Fall

Game Scheduled for Oct.3 in Fargo

FARGO, N.D. – (NDSU Athletics) North Dakota State director of athletics Matt Larsen and head football coach Matt Entz announced Monday, Aug. 24, the Bison football team will play one non-conference game to cap the 2020 fall practice schedule. NDSU will host Central Arkansas at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, in the first meeting between the two schools. It is the beginning of…