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Bison baseball team getting used to Tulsa surroundings

FARGO – The newspaper in Tulsa, Okla., has been busy covering the NBA playoff run of the Oklahoma City Thunder. If the newspaper wants to deviate, it can hire Tod Brown as a columnist.

Bison volleyball adds former University of Michigan setter

FARGO – The starting setter for the North Dakota State volleyball team will be a competitive battle among three players. Add senior Catherine Yager to the list.

Northern Iowa cornerback, two JC players transfer to NDSU

FARGO – For the second time in three years, North Dakota State got a key defensive component from Northern Iowa. This time, it’s a player.

• Andre Martin closes in

VIDEO: Moorhead's Dyer completes long road back with victory in Fargo Marathon

FARGO – The Fargo Marathon finish line for Lisa Dyer was on the west end of the Fargodome. It was a long race because a case can be made the starting gun went off in 2008.

• Lisa Dyer

VIDEO: German runner wins men's Fargo marathon

Oliver Hoffmann of Germany wins the men's division of the Fargo Marathon.

• Oliver Hoffman

Dragons have strong showing in Fargo Marathon 5K

FARGO – Minnesota State Moorhead carried the flag for more than 9,500 runners and walkers Friday night. Two Dragons, one current and one former, finished 1-2 in the Fargo 5K.

• Photo gallery: Fargo 5K
• Marathon runner

One of Fargo Marathon favorites makes first trip to USA

FARGO – Before Oliver Hoffmann runs 26.2 miles on Saturday, he immersed himself in his own walk-a-thon this week. The problem: He needed an adapter because the electrical system in Germany differs from the United States.

NCAA trips familiar for NDSU softball trio

FARGO – It may not be in any record book, but North Dakota State softball players Brea Konz, Taylor Mortensen and Randi Parks tied an NCAA record: most appearances in an NCAA tournament.

Bison guard Hale leaves basketball team after one season

The signing of prep star Kory Brown of Hoffman Estates, Ill., took on greater importance on Thursday. North Dakota State announced guard Dylan Hale will not return to the men’s basketball team.

Hydration a priority for Fargo Marathon runners

FARGO – Prepare for the heat tonight and the possibility of rain and humidity on Saturday morning. In other words, hydration should be a priority for participants in this weekend’s Fargo Marathon events.

• Three-year-old William Wendorf

Columns

Kolpack: Some Summit tournaments could use retooling

Fargo - The Summit League-standings rally that the softball team from Missouri-Kansas City waged in the last couple of weeks was nothing short of miraculous. It almost defied mathematical logic.

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Kolpack: Real world goes reel for ex-Bison player Carlson

Fargo - The upper level of Scheels All Sports superstore in Fargo has more fishing gear than once thought imaginable. Take the escalator up, maneuver two right turns and then a left and you’ll find the real-world start to Eric Carlson’s life.

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Kolpack: Bison baseball program gets familiar with winning ways

Fargo - The team is on a 13-game winning streak and has a power ranking one spot ahead of the University of Oklahoma. To those who played baseball for North Dakota State when it was an under-funded Division II program, a manned mission to Mars seemed more likely.

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Kolpack: Montana changes reminiscent of NDSU years ago

Fargo - When it comes to bombshells in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision, it doesn’t get more explosive than what transpired in Missoula, Mont., on Thursday.

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Kolpack: Bison baseball star back where he belongs

Fargo - The word on the street regarding the North Dakota State baseball team is it has a bunch of players willing to run through a brick wall for one another. The team’s solidarity is that good.

• John Straka

Kolpack: Oklahoma, Florida State have inquired, but don't expect them to play Bison

Fargo - Some of us in the ’80s Generation and older will probably never stop using the phrase of “ringing off the hook” when it comes to constant phone calls. The players on the North Dakota State football team probably have no idea what that means because, well, there are no phone hooks anymore.

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Kolpack: Monk carrying the load for Bison

Roger Kish is just over a month away from finishing his first season as a head wrestling coach. If you’re looking for his highlight, proceed directly to 157 pounds.

Kolpack: Bison Sports Arena crowd treated to an all-too-real event

Fargo - The F-M Acro Team was its usual fabulous self, a halftime show that just never gets old. Next door at the Fargodome, word was the CM Punk vs. The Miz WWE steel cage match was a blockbuster.

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Kolpack: Hot series ends cold for Bison

Grand Forks - Dave Gunther was introduced at halftime, and the urge was to ask him if we could move the entire North Dakota State and University of North Dakota operation to Hyslop. Now that was intensity, especially when the former UND coach roamed the sidelines.

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Kolpack: NDSU needs to pay back transition players after cashing in big in Frisco

North Dakota State’s move to Division I athletics that began in 2003 came with added expenses that could be measured in thousands of dollars. The costs were not necessarily all monetary, either, such as being ineligible for postseason competition for five years.

• Sam Ojuri
• Craig Dahl
• Jeff Kolpack