Olympic champion Billy Mills says he's living proof that aboriginal athletes can succeed at all levels of sport and life. Mills, 71, will be at the Whitecap Dakota First Nation sports complex south of Saskatoon tonight. He's scheduled to give a motivational talk to 500 athletes and staff attending a day-long training camp. Next month, they'll represent Saskatchewan in the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG), hosted by the Cowichan tribes of Vancouver Island. Mills, a native of South Dakota's Oglala Lakota people who now calls Sacramento, Calif., home, said he's happy to meet with these...
ND Prairie Rose State Games set
Syracuse
Syracuse
(AP) - BISMARCK, N.D. - Amateur athletes are gathering in Bismarck-Mandan for the Prairie Rose State Games. Opening ceremonies for North Dakota's annual Olympics-style multisport festival were set for Friday night at the...
Northern Sun schedules visits to 2 Dakotas schools
Penn Live
Penn Live
7/29/2010, 10:10 a.m. EDT> The Associated Press (AP) BISMARCK, N.D. - The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference has scheduled visits to two schools in the Dakotas that have expressed interest in becoming...
SD Schools Join Division II Conference
MSNBC
MSNBC
Athletes at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and Black Hills State got some exciting news Monday: they're going to move to the NCAA Division II Conference. School officials say last year, one team traveled...
SD Tech to move to NCAA
Syracuse
Syracuse
(AP) - RAPID CITY, S.D. - The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology has announced it is switching its athletic programs from the NAIA to NCAA Division II. The school, which made the announcement Monday, will remain...
Local Notebook: Former RCTC player's NFL dream unfulfilled
Post-Bulletin
Post-Bulletin
7/26/2010 6:24:06 AM It appears David Olson's dream of playing in the NFL has died. The former Rochester Community and Technical College linebacker appeared to have earned a spot with the Kansas City Chiefs for training...
Interstate road work in south Fargo to slow traffic for weeks
MSNBC
MSNBC
Road work that's bringing traffic to a halt through south Fargo is expected to take a few weeks to finish. Traffic is frequently being brought to a standstill on eastbound Interstate 94 at University Drive. The...
Stranger, neighbors put out townhome fire
MSNBC
MSNBC
Thanks to a stranger and neighbors getting involved, a fire was put out before it could spread. It happened at 4684 8th Avenue South in Fargo Monday night, shortly before 8:00 pm. The Fargo Fire Department says someone...
So what did we really learn from King James
The Examiner
The Examiner
Now that the King has made his decision, what have we really learned? AP Photo/ESPN...


