While the Minnesota State High School League state girls basketball tournaments begin this week, the boys are setting up their section finals.
In 8AA, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton got 34 points from Owen Leach to cruise to a 76-65 win over Thief River Falls. The Rebels will play Perham on Friday night, who beat Pelican Rapids 43-37 to advance. >>> Full story here.
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McFeely blog: UND opening its athletic TV rights to bids, expects competition for them
FARGO — The University of North Dakota will open its athletics television rights to bids, meaning there is potential for Fighting Hawks hockey, football and basketball to be carried by someone other than Midco Sports for the first time in a decade.
"We expect competition," UND associate athletic director for external operations Kyle Doperalski said. "We are expecting that there will be multiple responses."
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Midco Sports has held the rights to UND athletics broadcasts since 2012 when it won a competitive bidding process for a five-year contract. The university extended its contract with Midco for five years, without bids, when the initial agreement expired. Now that the extension has expired, UND will send out requests for proposals (RFPs) in the coming weeks.
"We are hopeful and confident that those RFPs will elicit responses," Doperalski said. >>> Full column here.
