Randy Orton made his return to "WWE SmackDown" and celebrated the new year by interrupting The Miz and planting him with two RKOs.

Jan. 2—GRAND FORKS — Jake Livanavage and Abram Wiebe played in the Spengler Cup final at noon local time Wednesday in Davos, Switzerland. Since then, it's been trains, planes and automobiles for the UND junior defensemen. They took a late-night train from Davos to Zurich on Wednesday night, arriving in their hotel around 2 a.m. They slept for three …

Jan. 2—GRAND FORKS — Mercyhurst is in Grand Forks to take on No. 4 UND in the first meeting in program history. Time: 7:07 p.m. Place: Ralph Engelstad Arena. TV: Midco Sports (GF Ch. 27/622 HD). Radio: The Fox (96.1 FM). Stream: NCHChockey.com/tv. UND 1, Mercyhurst 0 — Ben Strinden 12 (Jack Kernan, Ellis Rickwood) 6:51 (pp). UND converts its first …

Jan. 2—GRAND FORKS — When it comes to athletics, geography isn't always a benefit in attracting those outside the region to Grand Forks and UND. For new UND volleyball coach David Nguyen, however, his move from New Jersey to North Dakota had a lot to do with location. "Knowing that there's a really big hub in recruiting, that as a coach, kind of …

Jan. 2—GRAND FORKS — UND offensive coordinator Isaac Fruechte will be leaving Grand Forks to coach the wide receivers at his alma mater, the University of Minnesota, according to multiple reports posted Friday. Fruechte has been UND's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach the past two seasons, taking over for veteran assistant Danny Freund, …

Jan. 2—Rich Mull knows that for his Plum girls basketball team to earn a playoff berth and contend for a title in Section 1-5A, it is going to have to make sure to take care of the little things that often form a razor-thin line between triumph and defeat. "The section, every year, is so competitive, and we're seeing that already this year," Mull said. …

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Kerry Coombs' return Michigan football special teams coach is hardly a surprise, given his ties to new coach Kyle Whittingham's predecessor at Utah.

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