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Wayne Nelson

Wayne Nelson is a sports writer and writes a column.
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AUTO RACING: Green flag drops at River Cities Speedway

The fastest cars on the race track belonged to two of the younger sprint drivers at River Cities Speedway — Mitch Mack and Austin Pierce.

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UND BASEBALL: Chicago State beats UND 6-4

For whatever the reason, the second game of a Great West Conference series has given UND difficulties this season. That happened again Friday at Kraft Field, where Chicago State beat UND 6-4.

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River Cities Speedway ready for tonight’s season-opener

Area racing has suffered because of miserable spring weather but Wade Nygaard and other River Cities Speedway regulars hope the season’s first show will take place tonight at the quarter-mile bullring.

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UND takes series from UTPA PressPass

After 31 straight games on the road, UND finally had the chance to play at Kraft Field this weekend. North Dakota didn’t waste the opportunity.

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Weather black flags racing at River Cities Speedway PressPass

The first Friday in May usually is the time when River Cities Speedway and area race tracks are fine-tuning the final preparations for a night of racing. The fine-tuning, however, is still a week or two away, courtesy of this spring’s miserable weather. RCS canceled tonight’s scheduled races earlier this week.

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UND FOOTBALL: Team gets nice weather for last practice PressPass

UND’s last practice of the spring season occurred Friday at Memorial Stadium. Of course, the weather was nearly perfect — a much different scenario from the miserable conditions that plagued UND practices for much of the spring.

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UND FOOTBALL: Special teams pace picks up at practice PressPass

Staff changes and poor weather have been the big challenges for UND during its spring football season. That has hindered some areas of UND’s game — especially the special teams. But the special teams pace has picked up recently as UND has been practicing at the Alerus Center.

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UND FOOTBALL: All eyes will be on the QBs at Green and White game PressPass

The first true look at the 2013 UND football team comes today at the Alerus Center, the site of the annual Green and White spring game. And the fans that turn out more than likely will watch the quarterback competition closer than the rest of the starting positions that are up for grabs.

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UND FOOTBALL: Team making strides during spring season PressPass

UND’s strength heading into the 2013 season most likely will be its receiving corps — one that could be the most talented and most explosive in the program’s history. UND also enters 2013 with three redshirt freshmen quarterbacks.

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FOOTBALL: UND welcomes the sunshine at practice PressPass

The sun was shining brightly on Memorial Stadium on Saturday, a welcome sight after five previous cold, windy spring football practice sessions for the Green and White. The running of Adam Shaugabay also was a welcomed sight.

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COMMENTARY: For Roebuck, it was time PressPass

On Tuesday, UND women’s basketball coach Gene Roebuck apologized for remarks he made at a UND Boosters luncheon about North Dakota State fans, calling them “racist blowhards.”

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UND football: Sioux journey will take time PressPass

Lots of ups and downs as UND continues to transition to Division I

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Johnson deserved on-campus interview PressPass

I have no idea if Brian Idalski is the best person to turn around the dismal fortunes of the UND women's hockey program.

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Omens pointed to a Sioux loss, but intuition suggested otherwise PressPass

ST. LOUIS - When you get to be my age, it's difficult to tell if the vibes you're feeling are an omen of good things to come or just another ache and pain popping up somewhere in your body.

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