70Won Sportscast

Scott tells us all to just chill a little bit and wait to see what happens with JJ, the Vikes, the Bison, the Fighting Hawks and just about everything you can imagine. He almost swears too. Our bulldogger, Bridger Anderson, is headed to the NFR again. Plus we talk about the North Dakota hoopers representing our state in big time college hoops, and the pros.  Oh, those NFL rules pop up again too. M...

As you know, the NFL rules this podcast. And this week we've been asked to discuss - well, NFL Rules. The discussion gets spirited, but overall, I'd say we mostly agree.  The Vikes keep winning, the Packers are 'meh' at best, we all despise the Bears. The Bison. Holy smoke smokes, what a start? The Fighting Hawks. Climbing the polls. Tom's got his talkers, and Scott wraps us up with his rapid fire...

Our man, Carson Wentz stepped in an brought the Vikings back for a big W against the rival Green Bay Packers. Scott and Tom are giddy. Mike needed to vent. We yap about some other NFL stuff in some rapid fire sessions. This is a diffent approach than we've taken before, let us know if you liked it or not. 70WonSportscast@gmail.com

Phil Hansen is part of every North Dakota Mount Rushmore conversation we have. He's on the Buffalo Bills Wall of Fame with only 29 others. He still ranks third all time on the Bills sacks list, and was a key part of the team's run to four straight Super Bowls (Phil played in three). He also helped the NDSU Bison win two National Championships (1988, 1990), and was drafted in the second round of th...

For the first time ever we ask Scott a question...and he's speechless. Once he caught himself we talk a lot about, you guessed it, football. Lots of Vikings drama (there's a certain ND QB doing his thing there) and we provide updates on the ND guys in the pros.  We reminisce a little about what we'd do if we went back to college (you know, like a few NFL players found a way to do this past week) a...

It's football season.  We love football season. So does long time St. Mary's coach, Dan Smrekar.  Coach Smrekar joins us on the show - and if you like talking about football memories in North Dakota, you'll love this episode. We had an absolute blast (and I think there's a chance he did too).

NFL Training Camp is here - and believe it or not, 5, count them FIVE, consecutive NDSU Bison QBs are on NFL rosters. We talk about how unbelievable that truly is.  There are plenty of other North Dakotans on NFL rosters, lots of linemen, a couple of receivers, and a fullback - all worth watching as the NFL season approaches. We also talk about one of those wonderful surprises when we hear from li...

We're still on a high from our interview with Utah State Head Basketball Coach, Ben Jacobson - and we're wearing Aggies hats to prove it. When we get on to what else is on our mind we dive into the Major League Baseball draft (because ND was represented!), this punishing heat wave, North Dakotans playing some NBA Summer League, and a pile of other good stuff.

Ben Jacobson won Mr. Basketball in North Dakota in 1989 (he reminds us he shared it with Chris Gardner, who joined him on the UND squad the following year), coached as an assistant at UND and NDSU (a move we chuckle over for a few minutes), then at the University of Northern Iowa where he was promoted to head coach in 2006. Five trips to the NCAA Tourney, an upset over a #1 overall seed, and a 20-...

We kick off Season 2 the same way we started this thing - talking about Jackson Blake, born in Fargo, and this year hoisting the Stanley Cup with his Carolina Hurricanes.  While we're on hockey, Britta Curl was in the news again (always love that!). Then, because football is king, we kick that around a bit, talk some World Cup, and provide updates on some ND natives in the big time of their sport....

Tom Dunkel wrote the book Color Blind: The Forgotten Team That Broke Baseball's Color Line. It's a fascinating and fun history of amateur baseball in North Dakota, primarily surrounding the team from Bismarck. Operated by long time Bismarck businessman Neill Churchill, and anchored by the arm of the one and only Satchel Paige, integrated races and lifestyles to go on a national championship run th...

We're all over the place in this one. It starts though with the NFL schedule release, because the NFL is king. From there we touch on Britta Curl and her Minnesota Frost, our guy Jackson Blake and the Carolina Hurricanes kicking butt in the NHL Playoffs. Then we wind our way through some listener comments about the people we're not talking about...yet! There's a question we pose during the show th...

We're mildly obsessed with the NFL Draft, so we spent a lot of minutes on that topic - including some time on the two NDSU players selected this year. We also reminisce a bit (yeah, that's what we do) about past drafts. In the NFL portion we also update fans on North Dakotans playing in the NFL, two of whom are coming off injuries.  There's a few minutes on UND Hockey, a few more on Our Olympian B...

The Bismarck Bobcats won the NAHL league title last year under head coach Garrett Roth, and with only two returning players from that team, the 'Cats are ready to challenge again. As playoffs approach we thought it would be a good time to catch up with Roth on the team, his lengthy relationship with the Bobcats and Bismarck, and playoff hockey. We hope you find Roth's energy, enthusiasm, and stori...

UND's off to the Frozen Four with a loaded line-up and lots of momentum. In our first regular episode in a long while, we talk about the energy around the team and new coach Dane Jackson. Then we dive into some college hoops, relive some NFL Draft memories, and as always, drop a nugget or two about things we just can't stop thinking about. 

March Madness is here! And have we got a podcast for you. Bismarck High and NDSU basketball star (he was actually good at a lot of sports) Dexter Werner had one of the most celebrated and talked about games in NCAA Tournament history when at 6'6", he dropped 22 points on a highly touted Gonzaga team that featured a front court with a pair of 7-footers.  He tells us that he kind of blacked out duri...

Blair Backes, creator of North Dakota Blast to the Past on Facebook and Twitter (X), started posting some old school stats, stories, and photos of high school basketball players when COVID hit. A little over five years later he has more than 20,000 followers!  Recently he posted all-time great lists for boys and girls in ND hoops history. And it caught Tom's eye. So, we all decide to grill him for...

This is our post-Olympics and post-Super Bowl episode. But we also landed a special guest! Coach Rick Neumann, University of Mary Women's Basketball Coach, joined us for those conversations. Then, he let us grill him about his team, and the North Dakota stars on it, the upcoming conference tournament, and he shares some hilarious stories about players forgetting things for games (news broke this w...

Carrington native, Bridger Anderson is fresh off a 9th place finish in Steer Wrestling (Bulldogging in the biz) at the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. What a cool guy, with a hell of a story. If you don't know much about rodeo, this interview will also be a bit of a lesson - it sure was for us. But we can all say this, we're a heck of a lot more interested now than ever.  You'll find Bridger t...

We've noticed that when we interview people, they respond with really good games/events! We might brag about this a bit in this episode. We, of course, lead with more on Britta Curl-Salemme and her Olympic debut. Here's the schedule for the US Women's Hockey team so you can catch #17 in action: Feb. 5 at 9:30 a.m. is game 1 - and of course against Czech Republic. Game 2 is Feb. 7 at 9:30 a.m. agai...

Recently named to the US Women's National Olympic Hockey Team, Bismarck native Britta Curl-Salemme joins us for a conversation about her journey to making the team, her hot start to the professional season, and all the championship rings she now owns. Plus, we reminisce about the capital city and her time growing up in North Dakota - from backyard ice rinks to "kicking the box" - she shared some g...

We seem to start with NFL most of the time. In this episode the Vikings fans ruminate on their season and who might QB the squad next year.  Then we pivot to the North Dakota scene with conversations about who made Olympic rosters - including Bismarck native Britta Curl-Salamme on the Olympic Women's Hockey Team, who Tom thinks might be the first Olympian from the capital city. A couple of former...

It's a new year, so yeah, there are resolutions, but also a conversation about some First experiences we remember vividly. For real content, as always, there's football. But hang around for hockey and college hoops updates.  Then, Tom reminded us of a North Dakota athlete that was such a big deal for a time that she had a stint on Saturday Night Live! Scott gets embarrassed that he didn't bring he...

We award Christmas gifts to our Mt. Rushmore members (all time and active), plus a North Dakotan who just deserves a present to make their impact that much greater. Lots of other stuff comes up, of course, including Bison/Fighting Hawks bowing out of the playoffs early, some college football coaching shake-ups (all ND related!), and college hoops again. One of Mike's gifts goes to PGA golfer Tom H...

Emails drove a good chunk of the conversation, and we're honestly embarrassed about a couple of the North Dakotans repping the 70Won that we hadn't discussed yet! The emails were spurred by our ongoing discussion about who would fill out an Active Mt. Rushmore.  We talk Bison. Because it's football season. We talk Fighting Hawks, Marauders, Dakota Wizards, and some BIG DUDES. And rodeo keeps poppi...