fightingsioux4life

Today on News and Views at 10:05am, Joel Heitkamp, Brian Faison and Jack Michaels announced that KFGO is the new Fargo affiliate for UND athletics. But I won't say I told you so because I am a nice guy at heart.

But according to Wayne Nelson, it was the only logical choice.

Don't you think an NHL team would sell more seats than a Major Junior team? Those are two entirely different levels of hockey; most people in the United States don't know or understand CHL hockey.

That doggone "Climax-Fisher Rule" strikes again!

Very sad.

Why? Because the Bruins weren't in it?

I know, it was always packed whenever I went there.

I wish CNN had never gotten rid of that show. It was awesome back in the day.

I use Facebook. Me and Goon have had some pretty intense "discussions" on there.

Well, he has made it clear that retiring the Fighting Sioux nickname and logo was a deal-breaker for him with regard to UND athletics, so it shouldn't surprise you that this is the case. Besides, if that is what floats his boat, so be it.

I guess I am thinking of 2001 and all the Friday and Saturday night games we had in September. Those were awesome.

But when the game is on the line, he delivers more often than not. And the Ravens have never had a lot of highly-skilled offensive players.

I agree with you. I don't think the Baltimore Ravens care that Joe Flacco was an FCS QB. All he does is win.

Ugh! Just the mention of Warren Sapp's name reminds me that the Vikings passed up on a future Hall of Famer for a non-descript DT from Florida who did jack squat in the NFL. I just shut off my TV and went to Kraft Field to watch UND baseball; that is how p!ssed off I was.

Good points Mafia, but the Eagles haven't won a world championship (either NFL or Super Bowl) in over 50 years. I think that is what he was hinting at.

Hockey doesn't start until October. The reason we stopped having night games is because Dale Lennon didn't like them for some reason. I think it is time to go back to them early on in the season.

He could have added a or a just to make it more clear.

Come on now, wasn't that a little over the top?

Same here. Locally and independently-owned. Good food. Lots of TV screens. Prices were reasonable. Much better than most national chains (although BWW is pretty good).

The name of the place was Players Sports Grill and Bar and yes, the Big Dog Breakfast was awesome.

They are sticking it to their students....again.

"Gummint" isn't supposed to make money. You shouldn't run government like a business and you shouldn't run business like a government. They serve two totally different functions. And libraries are places where everyone can go and have access to books, movies, computers, etc. without having to pay some outrageous admission fee or club membership. How would all the golf enthusiasts on this forum like it if all golf courses were expensive, private clubs and therefore out of the price range of most ordinary people? Having said all that, the idea of having a coffee house or some kind of complimentary business attached to the library is a solid idea and it is something I have not heard anyone mention. It could help defray some of the costs of the library (both construction costs and future on-going maintenance and overhead). Does someone want to write a letter to the Heraldo to float this idea?

We'll need more room to put computers that people are going to want to use. There also are movies that people can check out (educational and entertainment); we'll need room for that. Maybe some private reading and/or meeting rooms people can check out; that would be useful as well. Also, the library hosts children's reading programs and other events. And like I have said before, books are not going to totally go away.

City of Grand Forks Population (1970): 39,008 City of Grand Forks Population (2015): 57,011 Which is (drum roll please) a 50% increase. Which makes the 50% increase in the size of the library reasonable. In closing, that county population figure is always thrown in our faces because it makes it look like people are leaving in droves. The fact is, the streets are as busy as I can remember them.

The city is much bigger than it was back in 1972, the county as a whole has lost people in the more rural areas. And people in the city are more likely to use the library on a regular basis.