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It’s back. After an off-season filled with trades and free agent signings, the National Basketball League returns for its first full season since 2010. While this summer may not have been as historic as the 2010 unveiling of Lebron James going to “South Beach,” it still changed the basketball landscape. Dwight Howard left the Orlando […]

University of South Dakota students had better get used to standing on shoddy bleachers and staring at concrete walls hidden conspicuously behind large black curtains. Because, as announced last week, plans to renovate the DakotaDome have been cancelled. USD administrators have placed the project, which would have been a part of the addition of a […]

Four games. That’s all it took for the Detroit Tigers to end the New York Yankees’ World Series hopes. In those four games of the American League Championship Series, the normally hard hitting Bronx Bombers could barely manage to get a hit, let alone a run. They scored a total of six runs during the […]

Whenever someone moves into a new neighborhood usually the neighbors will stop by and say, “Hello.” North Dakota State was happy to say, “Hello” to its newest Missouri Valley Football Conference neighbor in a 54-0 smack down that showed the University of South Dakota football team how far from the top it really is. The […]

Disappointment. It’s one word that best sums up the University of South Dakota football teams’ performance thus far in its first full season in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Pathetic. One word that explains USD’s second half against MVFC foe Missouri State October 13, where the Coyotes blew a 24-10 lead with six minutes left […]

The Minnesota Vikings are off to a surprising 4-2 start, garnering attention league wide. The 2011 season was one to forget for all Minnesota fans, as the Vikings finished last in the NFC North, with a record of 3-13. After the season, the team cut ties with many veterans and was fully entrenched in a […]

A weird thing happened during the University of South Dakota’s Dakota Days game Oct. 6. The crowd was full of energy, the defense was playing to their potential and the team was up 10-3 at halftime. Everything was working as planned for Joe Glenn. The Coyotes looked good, but it was easy to see Western […]

As September has dwindled away and fall begins to set in, it can only mean one thing: the Major League Baseball post-season has arrived. Starting Oct. 5 for the first time in MLB history, 10 teams will be eligible to compete for the coveted World Series championship title. The new bargaining agreement between the MLB […]

When the Big Ten accepted Nebraska as a member of the conference in 2010, college football analysts, experts and fans around the country praised the conference for its decision. At the time, the Big Ten held a bowl record of 28-41 since 2000 and went just 6-11 in BCS bowl games. Furthermore, Michigan and Ohio […]

I saw my first live professional baseball game in April. The Texas Rangers were in the middle of an early-season series against the Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis. Ever since his amazing performance at the 2008 All-Star Home Run Derby, I’ve been infatuated with Ranger Josh Hamilton’s comeback story, and subsequently, he’s become my favorite baseball […]