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Local golfers affected by USGA ban of anchored putting
Some of the best golfers in the area likely will be maneuvering the greens in a different way soon. The United States Golf Association adopted a rule Tuesday that outlaws anchoring a putter against a golfer’s body, a style that has been used by four of the last six major champions.
RELATED CONTENTMEN’S BASKETBALL: UND lands big man transfer 
Chad Calcaterra, a 6-foot-10, 228-pound center, will transfer to UND, according to Western Nebraska Community College coach Russell Beck.
RELATED CONTENTUND BASKETBALL: North Dakota lands Colorado State transfer
Chad Calcaterra, a 6-foot-10, 228-pound post, will transfer to UND, according to Western Nebraska Community College coach Russell Beck. Calcaterra also visited Penn State before deciding on UND.
UND BASEBALL: Campbell sparks series win
UND pitcher-first baseman Jeff Campbell battled through an arm injury early in the season.
RELATED CONTENTUND BASEBALL: Saturday series split with New Jersey Tech
A day after the UND baseball team beat New Jersey Tech by 20 runs, the Highlanders forced a pair of games Saturday that went down to the wire. The result was a split in the Great West Conference doubleheader at Kraft Field.
RELATED CONTENTUND BASEBALL: Bats explode in win over New Jersey Tech
So much for a pitchers’ duel. The opening game of the Great West Conference series was billed as a showdown between a pair of the top arms in the league — UND’s ace Andrew Thome up against New Jersey Tech’s Mark Leiter Jr.
RELATED CONTENTGrand Forks Central tabs Paranica as new boys hockey coach
Grand Forks Central named Grant Paranica as its new boys hockey coach on Thursday. Paranica, 48, is a former UND hockey player. He played at North Dakota from 1985-89 and was on the team’s 1987 national championship team.
RELATED CONTENTCOLLEGE NOTEBOOK: Kittell hits the ground running at Lake Region
Joe Kittell was hired as the men’s basketball coach at Lake Region State College in Devils Lake in mid-April. The North Dakota native, who was an assistant at Gillette (Wyo.) Community College, has hit the ground running. Or maybe more accurately, hit the ground driving.
What does the future hold for the Big Sky?
The college football landscape is rapidly transforming. So, where are we heading? There are no definitive answers — only a laundry list of hypothetical possibilities.
RELATED CONTENTUND BASEBALL: UND wins opener against Texas-Pan American
With UND down to its last strike and trailing by three runs, Jeff Campbell hit a three-run home run and Follis followed two batters later with the game-winning single as North Dakota rallied past Texas-Pan American 6-5 on Friday at Kraft Field to complete a sweep of the teams’ Great West Conference doubleheader.
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TOM MILLER: Transparency is the answer when it comes to crisis management
When news came down Tuesday morning that four UND hockey captains will be suspended for the regular-season opener due to a weekend team party, the public was quick to evoke the North Dakota-North Dakota State rivalry.
RELATED CONTENTTOM MILLER: Festive atmosphere squashed by injury
In his first start since high school, Braden Hanson walked onto the new Alerus Center rug and gave UND its most explosive half of football in years. His opponent might have been South Dakota School of Mines, but it didn't matter.
RELATED CONTENTTOM MILLER COLUMN: UND hockey team on a mission
Dave Hakstol and Mario Lamoureux were on a mission to keep focus. The UND coach and his captain stressed all week at every press obligation that they wouldn’t be distracted by the historical significance of the weekend. Anything taking place off the ice wasn’t given any thought, they said. They wouldn’t let the team get caught up in the Fighting Sioux nickname hoopla, a saga that’s latest turn meant UND’s spotlight sport hit the ice Saturday without being known as the Fighting Sioux for the first time since 1929.
RELATED CONTENTTOM MILLER: It's as though the rivalry never left us
It had everything a rivalry needs — insulting chants, a little scuffle, down-to-the-wire basketball and fans storming the court.
RELATED CONTENTPhilly fans put it all in perspective
This was one instance where sports can teach us something
RELATED CONTENTTOM MILLER: Burggraf piece misses the mark
The court of public opinion didn’t take long to come down with a verdict on the news that former UND hockey player Frank Burggraf had sent a scathing e-mail to Sioux athletic director Brian Faison, chiding the AD’s testimony on a piece of legislation requiring the school to keep its Fighting Sioux nickname and logo.
RELATED CONTENTCOMMENTARY: Easy on the panic button, Sioux fans
"This column isn’t about my hockey knowledge shortcomings," the Herald's Tom Miller writes. "Rather, this space is out to prove it doesn’t take a great puck mind to spot a hockey fan base’s unwarranted overreaction."
RELATED CONTENTGGF notebook: Senior High has new role of underdog
Green Wave likely a No. 7 seed for playoffs
Greater Grand Forks High School Notebook: Central runners expect a tight race for region crown
Knights' Harlow and West Fargo's Gehrig should have the race within the race
Greater Grand Forks High School Notebook: Central golfers are peaking at right time
Lund just misses all-conference honors
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