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Sanford POWER Basketball Academy Launches Under Freddy Coleman

Kids will learn skills like dribbling, passing, and shooting

October 12, 2018

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FARGO, N.D. — With basketball season approaching, there’s a new opportunity for kids of all ages to learn the sport from a former NDSU standout. Freddy Coleman is leading the Sanford POWER Basketball Academy. He played basketball at NDSU from 2006–2011 and coached at Concordia and NDSU. “I’ve always had a passion for young people, kids in particular. Basketball is something…

6-Foot-8 Breckenridge Guard Verbally Commits to NDSU

Noah Christensen helped the Breckenridge Cowboys to a state tournament berth

April 4, 2018

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BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. — The Bison basketball team scored a verbal commit for the 2019-2020 season. Junior Noah Christensen from Breckenridge says he is going to a Bison. The 6-foot-8 guard helped the team to a 25-5 record and state tournament berth this year. This season, the Bison went 15-17 overall and 5-9 in the Summit League. Categories: College, High School,…

Samuelson’s 32 Points Lead NDSU to Win over Mayville State

The Bison honored 10 year old Landon Solberg before the game.

February 13, 2018

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FARGO, N.D. — As the regular season winds down in college basketball, the games carry more and more importance. But, Tuesday was a day where the game itself took a backseat. The Bison men played to raise awareness for Landon Solberg, a 10-year-old with a rare form of brain cancer. Landon and his basketball team were at the game as…

Kava Scores 1,000th Career Point, Shanley Deals Loss to St. Mary’s

The Shanley girls lose their first game of the year at the hands of the Saints

December 27, 2017

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FARGO, N.D. — Shanley senior Jake Kava is a part of the Millennium Club after a strong performance against Bismarck St. Mary’s on Wednesday. Kava recorded his 1000th career point as the Deacons improved to 4-2 with a 77-58 win over the Saints. The Shanley girls were dealt their first loss of the season, as they fell in a tight…

Bus Carrying MSUM Men’s Basketball Team Involved in Crash in Stutsman County

Philpot and the basketball team were not injured

December 1, 2017

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JAMESTOWN, ND — The motor coach carrying at least 20 members of the MSUM Men’s Basketball team was involved in a crash about 30 miles west of Jamestown. The state patrol says the bus was traveling westbound on I-94 behind a Buick in the left lane. Another vehicle was in the right lane, but had stopped due to the…

Landmark Stadium, Host to World’s Biggest Sporting Events, Demolished

The site will be turned into a hotel and parking accommodations

November 20, 2017

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ATLANTA, Ga — The Georgia Dome, host to some of the world’s biggest sporting events has finally been demolished. The dome was home to the Atlanta Falcons for more than 25 years and it took 5,000 pounds of explosives to bring it down in about 15 seconds. Demolition officials say they used an industrial strength curtain between the dome and…

NDSU Runs Away with Exhibition Opener against Concordia

The Bison won 95-46

November 1, 2017

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FARGO, N.D. (NDSU Athletics) – The North Dakota State men’s basketball team opened the 2017-18 season with a convincing 95-46 exhibition victory over Concordia-Moorhead on Wednesday evening at the Scheels Center. Sophomore Tyson Ward and freshman Tyree Eady (Middleton, Wis.) both scored 16 points to lead the Bison. Eady did not miss a shot, making 3-of-3 from the field, 2-of-2…

How Athletes Can Reduce the Risk of an ACL Injury

A Stregnth and Conditioning Specialist From Sanford POWER Gives Workout Tips to Help Reduce the Risk of an ACL Injury

September 25, 2017

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FARGO, ND — Fall sports are in full swing and with a new season comes the possibility of getting injured. One of the most common sports injuries are ACL related. ACL stands for anterior cruciate ligament, which travels from the medial part of your lower leg to the lateral part of your upper thigh bone. You can never fully prevent…

Moorhead Kids Hit the Basketball Court with the Timberwolves

People in the community had the chance to vote for Woodlawn, Lamb or Northeast Park to receive the basketball court

August 29, 2017

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MOORHEAD, Minn. — Kids from the community got a chance to head out on the basketball court with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Center Cole Aldrich and others with the Timberwolves unveiled a new court at Woodlawn Park as part of their “New Era, New Courts” program. In a partnership with U.S. Bank, the team selected three basketball courts to refurbish including…

#drivebydunkchallenge Sweeping the Internet

You don't have to be a basketball player from Duke to participate

July 26, 2017

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NATIONAL — Remember the Ice Bucket Challenge? Celebrities, politicians and ordinary people threw buckets of ice over themselves to raise money for charity. But the latest challenge sweeping the internet is a little more active…and you don’t have to be a basketball player from Duke to participate. The #drivebydunkchallenge has people driving around their neighborhoods and slam dunking a ball…