It’s last call in the North Central Conference. The league served its final championship trophies this weekend, and all that remain are memories. The lights at the league office in the Ramkota Hotel on the north side of Sioux Falls will shut off for… more »

Former Coyote legend Stefan Logan has signed a two-year contract with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Logan, who is the all-time leading rusher at The University of South Dakota, will begin preseason workouts with the team on May 28… more »

Those who coach Dominic Artis see a 6-foot-2, 177-pound two-sport package of intriguing talent who works hard to bring that talent out. When things go right, the University of South Dakota athlete has the skill to make it all look easy - whether it's… more »

According ESPN, only three area college players are on the radar for this weekend's seven-round NFL Draft: South Dakota State kicker Parker Douglass and tight end Chris Wagner, as well as University of South Dakota center Christian Morton. Douglass i… more »

The University of South Dakota's first football season outside the North Central Conference since 1921 will include some big games and some small ones. The Coyotes, playing their first season as a transitional NCAA Football Championship Series school… more »

New players, assistant coaches to embark on Division I road in fall. VERMILLION – The University of South Dakota’s spring game featured new players and several new assistant coaches on Friday night. The outcome was the same as in years past, however.… more »

VERMILLION -- The University of South Dakota football team took the first footsteps toward the Division I Football Championship Subdivision era of the program with the Red/White spring game Friday in the DakotaDome. The thing is, it really didn't loo… more »

VERMILLION, S.D. -- With just two practices remaining before the spring game Friday, the University of South Dakota football team wrapped up another strong week of workouts. The Coyotes, of course, will play their first season of NCAA Division I foot… more »

A Yankton Press and Dakotan columnist looks forward to Division I athletics, but also looks at what's getting left behind. The state of University of South Dakota athletics stood at a momentous crossroads recently that saw both the end and the beginn… more »

The moving and shaking of the University of South Dakota's 2008 football schedule continues - with several games locked down, but not locked down tight. In the school's first year outside the North Central Conference and Division II, athletic directo… more »

USD's athletic director says the decision will benefit more than the university. Joel Nielsen knows there are some in the Vermillion community who questioned The University of South Dakota's decision last year to move from NCAA Division II to Divisio… more »

When SDSU first announced its decision to go D-1, a number of people berated the college, saying that it would mean the end of recruiting home-grown athletes and playing games of interest. (Oddly enough, many of them were wearing South Dakota red, thoug… more »

The new recruiting class for the University of South Dakota will be the starting the D-I transition. VERMILLION - The first significant signs of impending changes within the University of South Dakota athletic department were being spit out of the fa… more »

Sure it's "Super Tuesday" and it's "Fat Tuesday". But only one day before high schools ceremonies where their players sign national letter of intent on National Signing Day, many followers of college football had their own "Super Fat Tuesday" compiling… more »

Highly-touted football prospects choose the Coyotes. Rams offensive stars were Coyotes’ top recruits Victor Valley college football players Anthony Berry and Isaac Newton are transferring to the University of South Dakota on full-ride scholarshi… more »