Falls, Ia. - Terry Wanless has two distinct advantages over his competition to become athletic director at Northern Iowa: He's the only hopeful to have been a football coach, and he's the only one currently serving as the athletic director of another sc… more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Patrick Mahoney and four teammates were getting their photograph taken together on the infield at Howard Wood Field on Saturday when Mahoney asked the group a question. A senior, Mahoney wondered if any of them knew who was the fi… more »

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Weston Dressler picked up his degree in management Saturday during the University of North Dakota’s graduation ceremonies in the Alerus Center. His graduation stroll perhaps was the only time Dressler was seen walking in the Aler… more »

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 »

If there's one thing Weston Dressler has never had trouble doing, it's shifting directions. The former Bismarck High and University of North Dakota star was hoping to get a shot at the NFL. But when the offers were slow in coming, Dressler went to Pl… more »

UND sophomore linebacker Bobby Stroup was dismissed from the Sioux on Monday by coach Chris Mussman. No reasons were given for Stroup’s dismissal. UND issued a two-sentence release saying only that Stroup had been dismissed and that he had been se… more »

Officially, Brian Faison’s first day on the job as UND’s new athletic director was Wednesday. By late Friday afternoon, Faison had wrapped up his 12th meeting. The 12 meetings in two days — in addition to a handful of informal sessions with other… more »

Former UND punter Brent Halfmann isn’t looking too far ahead. It’s one punt at a time and one day at a time. That’s all he’s asking for after completing a successful career for UND. Halfmann, a four-year all-North Central Conference punter, has be… more »

Winnipeg's Alexander is on Cloud 9 after signing with the NFL's Seahawks. Donovan Alexander has a chance to do something few Manitobans have ever done -- play in the NFL. The 23-year-old from Winnipeg signed a contract on Sunday night with the Sea… more »

Growing up in Winnipeg, Donovan Alexander was a big fan of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers — the city’s Canadian Football League team. He’s still a fan. But he’s a bigger fan of the Seattle Seahawks, the NFL team that signed Alexander to a free-agent contr… more »

FARGO -- North Dakota State, from the president’s office on down, has done a tremendous job perpetuating the myth that the University of North Dakota is no longer the Bison’s No. 1 rival. Since NDSU moved to Division I, any question posed to a Bison ath… more »

Weston Dressler has spent the past few weeks studying for finals, working out, lifting weights and catching a few passes from ex-UND teammates Danny Freund and Jake Landry. He’s in control of his classroom responsibilities, as the former Sioux footba… more »

Not much, it seems, has changed with the UND football team. In UND’s first major scrimmage since last season, Sioux quarterback Danny Freund dropped back to pass and hit a small, quick, game-changing receiver in stride for a 40-yard touchdown. The… more »

Brian Faison likes a challenge. He’ll have one at UND as the school’s new athletic director. UND will make the full move to Division I athletics in the fall — a transition that is expected to tax the department’s resources unlike anything previously… more »

Until the past few days, the weather wasn’t too cooperative at Memorial Stadium. Then, injuries became a concern. Combined, they’ve perhaps made for a more difficult spring football season than usual for UND, which will hold its annual Green and Whit… more »