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Watch a 7-Year-Old Boy With Cancer Score an Amazing Touchdown

Drew Weisholtz — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:44:30 +0000

When you’ve been battling brain cancer, outrunning a fleet of angry linebackers is easy. Even if you’re only seven years old. Jack Hoffman, a seven-year-old from Atkinson, Nebraska who’s battling brain cancer, got the surprise of his life last weekend when he ran for a 69-yard touchdown during the University of Nebraska’s spring football game. [...]

Minnesota Vikings Trade Percy Harvin to the Seattle Seahawks for Draft Picks

Nick Cooper — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:43:27 +0000

Vikings fans don’t have to wonder any longer whether or not Percy Harvin will be in a a Vikings uniform next year. Multiple reports from sources around the league are reporting that the Minnesota Vikings and Seattle Seahawks have engineered a deal sending Harvin to Seattle with Minnesota getting three draft picks in return. FOX Sports [...]

Tom's Notes: Northland Curling Team Gets National Attention + More

Tom Hansen — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:26:19 +0000

A Northland curling team took their talents to the Big Apple Tuesday morning with an appearance on N–B–C’s TODAY SHOW! Team Fenson appeared on the show as part of the Today Show’s Olympic Week and the start of the one year countdown to the 2014 Winter Olympics. Team Fenson, whose members hail from the Twin [...]

11 Extreme Super Bowl Snacks

Cameron Simcik — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:37:14 +0000

Only t-minus four days until the big game, so now is the perfect time to start thinking about the most important part of our Super Bowl party-- food. Nachos, sandwiches, pizza and anything greasy goes, as long as it's hardy and semi-manly. But how the heck are we supposed to choose with so many delicious options out there? Answer: go big.

Two Former UMD Bulldog Football Players Will Join Bob Nielson as Assistants at Western Illinois

Tom Hansen — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:05:27 +0000

Former Bulldogs Head Football Coach Bob Nielson recently left UMD to be the Head Coach at Western Illinois. Monday the Leathernecks announced that two former Bulldogs will be joining him. Tyler Yelk, a former UMD player and Defensive backs coach and special teams coordinator, along as the recruiting coordinator for the Bulldogs will be the [...]

Tom's Notes: BCS Champs, Garth Heikkinen to Play in East/West Shrine Game + Local Hockey, Football and More

Tom Hansen — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:24:15 +0000

Roll Tide! The BCS National title football game was played Monday night, and it was all Alabama as they won 42-14 over Notre Dame. Notre Dame now 12-1, and Alabama 13-1. 3rd title in 4 years for Alabama. For Alabama Head Coach Nick Saben it’s his 4th title. Speaking of football, former Duluth Central offensive [...]

Minnesota Vikings Holding Contest for Tickets and Airfare to Lambeau

Laura Peterson — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:16:55 +0000

It's Friday! It's also Purple Friday for Vikings Fans. Tomorrow night is sure to be epic. Whether you're a Vikings Fan or Packers Fan--you know it's going to be a good game. Did you wear your purple today? Well, the Minnesota Vikings are holding a contest--all you have to do is take a picture of yourself wearing purple and upload it HERE for a chance to win tickets to tomorrow night's game and airfare from the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport too!!

Iowa Powerball Winners Donate $3 Million to Fund Son's School Stadium

Laura Peterson — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 19:08:52 +0000

An Iowa couple won a $202 million Powerball jackpot in September. Now they’re donating $3 million to their son’s high school for a new football stadium. However, that gift comes with a catch. They don’t want the stadium to be named after them. Instead, they want the visiting team’s locker room painted pink!The Bondurant-Farrar school [...]

Border Battle Injury Update: Who is in and Who is Out for the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings?

Nick Cooper — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:20:19 +0000

The Minnesota Vikings travel to Green Bay for the first of to games in the Border Battle rivalry this Sunday, with a game start time of noon. What players dealing with injuries will be on the field, and who will be sidelined? Green Bay Packers Donald Driver (Thumb) – Questionable - Has not practiced yet [...]

Nine Year Old Girl Shows Up Some Football Greats [VIDEO]

Jeanne Ryan — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:28:53 +0000

Hat’s off to 9 year old Samantha Gordon, as she shows that girls can play football too. Not only does she play with all boys on her team, but she is really good ! You gotta love her parents who support her to do what she loves, despite the fact that she is the only [...]

Young Girl Football Sensation Rushes for Over 1,900-Yards and 35 Touchdowns, Against Boys [VIDEO]

Tony Hart — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:40:07 +0000

Adrian Peterson better watch out, there is a new running sensation that is taking football by storm, Sam Gordon. Gordan is fast, has unbelievable vision on the field, rushed for 1,911-yards, scored 35 touchdowns and is a girl in an all boy’s league! That’s right, Sam is the only girl in a suburban Salt Lake City youth boy’s football [...]

UMD Football Team and Fans Rally Around Player Battling Cancer

Jeanne Ryan — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:57:38 +0000

Jordan Bauman of the UMD Football team was the recipient of a massive fundraiser this past weekend at the UMD Homecoming game against the Bemidji Beavers. According to the UMD Football website, the Junior Defensive End learned this August that his cancer had returned. He is currently undergoing Chemotherapy for Stage II Hodgkins Lymphoma. Players, [...]

Minnesota Vikings Beat the Arizona Cardinals 21-14 [GAME SUMMARY + STATS]

Nick Cooper — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 22:15:59 +0000

Week 7 in the NFL brought the Minnesota Vikings back home after a loss at the hands of Robert Griffin III and the Washington Redskins. The Vikings (4-2) welcome home Minnesota natives Larry Fitzgerald Jr. and Michael Floyd along with the 4-2 Arizona Cardinals. The Cardinals are also coming off a loss last week, being led into this game by backup quarterback John Skelton.

Texas Tech Student Attempts to Streak During Football Game [VIDEO]

Jeanne Ryan — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:38:19 +0000

College is a great time, freedom, friends, football, and maybe a little to much to drink? This guy needs to file this under bad ideas, as he got shot down trying to streak at a football game. I remember lots of football games at my Alma Mater Winona State University, a school on a much [...]

Friday Night Football Matchups Include Superior Spartans in Homecoming Game with Hudson

Tom Hansen — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:43:44 +0000

It’s game day, and high school football takes center stage across the Northland tonight. Among the games, ESPN 560 WEBC will have Hudson vs. Superior for the Spartans annual homecoming game with coverage starting at 6:30. They will have a parade in Superior earlier in the day, prior to the game. The Spartans are 3-2 overall [...]

Former Vikings Defensive Lineman Doug Sutherland Says Packers Intercepted the Ball

Tom Hansen — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 03:59:00 +0000

A former Minnesota Vikings great says it was a pick for the Pack. UWS Hall of Famer Doug Sutherland was asked about the Packers-Seattle game on Monday and he said that the replacement referees got the call wrong and that M.D. Jennings should have had an interception on that play in which Golden Tate scored. [...]

University of Minnesota Crookston Misplaces Logo on Football Field and UMD Bulldogs Quarterback Chase Vogler Reacts

Nick Cooper — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:33:29 +0000

Normally the “M” logo painted on the football field at the University of Minnesota-Crookston appears centered at the 50-yard line. Normally is the key word. Photos have surfaced online recently of the mighty “M” logo the University of Minnesota-Crookston painted off-center by 5 yards, with what should be on the 50-yard line resting firmly on [...]

Cross-Town Football Battle: Duluth East and Denfeld Game Preview

Tom Hansen — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:31:52 +0000

Duluth East and Duluth Denfeld football teams will do battle today at Public School Stadium, and it’s a rivalry decades in the making. Game time for the Mississippi 8 Conference matchup between the Greyhounds and Hunters is set for 6 pm at PSS. Denfeld enters the game 0-3 on the year, and East is 1-2. [...]

Kent Sate Football Player Recovers a Fumble and Runs It Back The Wrong Way [VIDEO]

Jeanne Ryan — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:30:29 +0000

We have all done something embarrassing, it is only human to do so, But sophomore Andre Parker from Kent State made one on a televised football game, running the ball back the wrong way. For anyone who has participated in sports, your adrenaline is rushing and you just act on what is happening. Unfortunately the [...]

Cee Lo Green to Sing NFL's 'Thursday Night Football' Intro

Trent Fitzgerald — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 17:40:49 +0000

Are you ready for some football! Pop crooner Cee Lo Green plans to tackle the NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football’ intro song. To make things interesting, Green is asking fans to submit videos of themselves singing along to the chorus of the song, which is based on The Ramones‘ anthem ‘Blitzkrieg Bop.’ Starting with the [...]