RIO DE JENEIRO (AP) — Katie Ledecky continues to blow away the opposition. In the preliminaries of the 800-meter freestyle Thursday she set an Olympic record with a 16-lap time of in 8 minutes, 12.86 seconds, bettering the old mark of 8:14.10 set eight years ago. Ledecky, whose time was […]

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota State University has added Delaware to its football schedule in 2018 and 2019. NDSU will host the Blue Hens in the season opener on Sept. 1, 2018. The Bison will travel to Newark the following season, on Sept. 14, 2019. It will be the […]

Valley City  (CSi)  Six Valley City State University student-athletes have been named to the 2016 Dacotah Bank/North Star Athletic Association Football Preseason Team. Four VCSU players on the defensive preseason team,  senior defensive backs Jawuan Pugh and Michael Bruce, junior linebacker Nicholas McBeain, and senior defensive lineman Harvey McMahon. On […]

Jamestown  (CSi)  University of Jamestown head hockey coach Dean Stork announces the signing of Cole McKechney of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, who will join the Jimmies in the 2016-17 season. McKechney, a 6′ 3″, 185 pound forward, scored 16 goals and registered 38 assists in 49 games for the Golden Rockets […]

Longtime ESPN host John Saunders has died unexpectedly, the network confirmed on Tuesday. He was 61. “John was an extraordinary talent and his friendly, informative style has been a warm welcome to sports fans for decades,” said John Skipper, president of ESPN and co-chairman of Disney Media Networks, in a statement. […]

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Former North Dakota State University standout golfer and current LPGA tour member Amy Anderson will be a volunteer assistant coach for the Bison women’s golf team this fall. Head coach Matt Johnson announced the move Tuesday. Anderson is in her third year on the LPGA tour. […]

Jamestown (CSi)  The Jamestown City Park Board has approved  funding  27 percent, up to $81,000 for improvement to the Jack Brown Stadium dugouts. The project is estimated at between $250,000 and $275,000. The additional dollars will be raised by Jamestown High School, University of Jamestown, North Dakota Amateur Baseball, JBAL […]

(CSi) The 2016 Dacotah Bank/North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) Football Coaches Preseason Poll was announced Monday.  Dickinson State (N.D.) is the preseason coaches’ pick to win this year’s football title.  The preseason poll was voted by the league’s head coaches. The Blue Hawks registered four first-place votes and collected 45 […]

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Five-time defending national champion North Dakota State is ranked No. 1 in both Football Championship Subdivision preseason polls. The Bison got all 25 first-place votes in the coaches poll, and all but six of the 158 first-place votes in the STATS media poll. The rest of […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota State University President Dean Bresciani says some text messages he sent regarding now-rescinded media guidelines for covering Bison athletics were “not appropriate.” Bresciani in a campus-wide email Monday also continued to maintain that he wasn’t consulted on the guidelines that were roundly criticized by […]