EAGAN, Minn. — The physicality was upped at practice on Monday as players donned pads for the first time. It’s all part of the process as we inch our way closer to week one of the NFL season. “It’s real football now,”Mike Zimmer, the Vikings head coach said. “In shorts, you can evaluate ‘are they taking the right steps? Are…
ST. LOUIS – (NDSU Athletics) Defending national champion North Dakota State is the preseason pick to win the Missouri Valley Football Conference after capturing all 39 first-place votes in a preseason poll of the league’s head coaches, sports information directors and media released Monday, July 30. North Dakota State, which has won seven straight conference titles, won its third outright…
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. — Alexandria legion baseball needed to beat the Moorhead Blues twice in order to capture the Sub-State 14 championship. They accomplished half of that on Saturday. Alexandria defeated the Blues 12-5 Saturday to force a winner-take-all championship game on Sunday at noon in East Grand Forks. Moorhead is the defending Sub-State 14 champions. Categories: Top Sports…
FARGO, N.D. — You’ve watched them in the highlights and you’ve read their stats in the box scores, but now we’re giving you an inside look at what some of our area athletes are like off the field in a new segment we like to call “Minute with Maria.” In this episode we get to know the Fargo Post 2….
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. — Caden Triggs hit a walk-off double to give top-seeded Moorhead the 6-5 win over second-seeded East Grand Forks in the Sub-State 14 tournament on Friday. The Blues got out to a 5-1 lead on East Grand Forks early thanks to a three-run home run and a two-run home run by Carter Howell. With the win…
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Eagles captured their first super bowl in franchise history despite Carson Wentz tearing his ACL late in the season. The KVRR sports team analyzes when Wentz could make his return to game play for the Eagles in this week’s KVRR Round Table. Categories: KVRR Sports Extra, Top Sports Headlines Tags: Bison, CARSON WENTZ, Eagles, NDSU, nfl,…
EAGAN, Minn. — The Minnesota Vikings are fresh off of an NFC championship game appearance last season but have plenty of new faces on the 2018 squad including some with local ties. The KVRR sports team dives into some of the big storylines surrounding the Vikings as they head into training camp in this week’s KVRR Round Table. Categories: KVRR…
EAGAN, Minn. — Former Bison Rival Jake Wieneke is continuing to vie for a job with the Vikings. The Former South Dakota State Jackrabbit is with Minnesota at training camp, and is hoping to crack the 53-man roster this season. The Maple Grove native was a standout at SDSU. In his four-year campaign he reeled in 288 catches for 5,157…
Former Concordia Cobber Brandon Zylstra has had to make adjustments his entire life, at the D-III level, in the CFL and now as he hopes to make it in the NFL. The wide receiver participated in Minnesota Vikings training camp on Tuesday. “I’m super motivated,” Zylstra said. “It’s at the tip of my tongue. I’m just excited, and OTAs are…
EAGAN, Minn. — The first day of Minnesota Vikings training camp isn’t filled with the same buzz and excitement that usually comes with the start of football season. The veterans don’t start practice until Friday, but the players, coaches and executives who are here are remembering offensive line coach Tony Sparano, who passed away suddenly on Sunday morning. Sparano coached…
