LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) – The Chicago Bears have fired general manager Phil Emery and coach Marc Trestman after missing the playoffs for the seventh time in the past eight years. The changes come after the Bears went 5-11 in a mostly dismal season. Trestman is out after going 13-19 […]

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) – The New York Jets have fired coach Rex Ryan and general manager John Idzik after one of the most disappointing seasons in franchise history. With the Jets (4-12) failing to make the postseason for the fourth straight season, owner Woody Johnson opted to clean house […]

By The Associated Press      Notable developments in 2014 for North Dakota athletic teams:        -The North Dakota State University football team won its third consecutive Football Championship Subdivision title and is on the brink of its fourth straight crown. The Bison in January beat Towson 35-7 in the […]

 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – University of North Dakota freshman forward Nick Schmaltz has made the final roster of the U.S. National Junior Team that is competing at the 2015 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championships in Canada.        Schmaltz is the 37th UND player to participate in […]

Jamestown (CSi) University of Jamestown Head Golf Coach, and Jimmie Booster Club Executive Director, and UJ grad, Dustin Jensen, is leaving, to accept the position of CEO of the Colorado Golf Association, in Denver.. He’ll begin his new job in early January.

NEW YORK (AP) – The division-deciding games at Green Bay and Atlanta will be played late Sunday afternoon.    The NFL moved the Lions-Packers game for the NFC North to 3:25 p.m. CST. It also put the Panthers-Falcons game in that time slot, but switched networks for that showdown for […]

UNDATED (AP) – Make it three weeks in a row that Kentucky has been a unanimous pick as No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll. The 12-0 Wildcats got all 65 first-place votes. Kentucky solidified its spot as the top team in the land with a crushing […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota Vikings say ticket sales for the new stadium are moving at a brisk pace.        The Vikings announced Monday that they have sold 30,000 season tickets in the nine months since they went on sale for the new stadium, which is currently under construction. […]