ST. LOUIS — North Dakota State’s introduction to the Missouri Valley Football Conference came with a bit of a catch on Tuesday. As coaches and conference officials welcomed league newcomers North Dakota State and South Dakota State to the former Gate… more »

ST. LOUIS - Five years and 43 wins later, North Dakota State University's football team is finally eligible for the playoffs. The Missouri Valley Football Conference's coaches, media and sports information directors think the Bison will get there, to… more »

Six weeks in Chicago was the warmup for free agent signee Nick Hill. The business side of Hill's race for the active roster begins Wednesday in Bourbonnais. After six weeks of minicamp shortly after the NFL draft, the former Southern Illinois Univers… more »

Former Southern Illinois University standout Braden Jones didn't have the greatest luck in his first campaign in professional football last year. The tight end, who was signed as a free agent by the Minnesota Vikings, suffered a knee injury last year an… more »

PEORIA — The shine has long since worn off the Peoria Pirates' comeback season. A Peoria loss tonight, or a Louisville victory, and the 4-9 Pirates are eliminated from the af2 playoff race. It would take quite a leap of faith to think Peoria could… more »

CARBONDALE - Even against another in-house campaign, the Saluki Athletic Scholarship Fund is amazingly close to its fundraising goal three days before the end of the fiscal year. The scholarship fund, which helps the athletic department offset the co… more »

CHARLESTON — Why would Eastern Illinois even let on campus the brother of the opposing quarterback who burned the Panthers in last year’s football playoffs? Well, in addition to the fact coach Al Martin’s successful DuQuoin football program has been… more »

With so many new faces, uncertainties abound on the SIU football team's practice field. Many are wondering what to expect from a program that came within a few minutes of going to the Football Championship Series title game last season. The biggest q… more »

The Lehigh Senior High School football team got help from two former players during this year's spring practice. Jeff Evans and Alex Racious, 2007 Lehigh graduates and current college football players, helped as assistant coaches during the first par… more »

Effective immediately, the Gateway Football Conference - South Dakota State's new home - will be known as the Missouri Valley Football Conference by virtue of a vote of member presidents on Friday. Founded in 1985, the Gateway has been a separate LLC… more »

ST. LOUIS -- Northern Iowa won the Gateway Football Conference championship last fall with a 6-0 record. It will be the last Gateway title handed out after presidents of the nine Gateway institutions and 10 Missouri Valley Conference schools approved… more »

Like the river that bears its first name, the issue that will confront the Missouri Valley Conference on Friday has its share of depth and twists. At stake is changing the name of the Gateway Football Conference to the Missouri Valley Football Conferenc… more »

CARBONDALE - Southern Illinois University athletics will enter more than the first nine-team Gateway Conference this fall. For the first time in nearly 30 years, the Salukis' radio home will not only grow sixfold, but enter two new states. SIU and Le… more »

With only one more opportunity to visit prior to taking off for the summer months - and we certainly hope before returning next fall - we must touch on a couple of items. One . . . SIU's planned recognition of the 25th anniversary of its national footba… more »

CARBONDALE - Athletics have been surprisingly successful at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, considering the school's most popular facilities are some of the oldest in their respective conferences. McAndrew Stadium, home to a football team th… more »