What’s the buzz from the world of sports? Here are some items that will have people talking:
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Can’t beat ‘em? Find a loophole.
Two University of North Dakota hockey fans and former English majors are using wordplay to try to find some humor in the pending retirement of the university’s Fighting Sioux nickname.
Steve Ekman, an alumnus, said he believes the only way to honor the name is to change the reference. To do that, he and fellow fan Hans Halvorson started an effort known as Save Our Suhaki. Their mission, as stated on www.suhaki.com, is to prevent the extinction of the suhaki, an antelope that lives in areas of Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia.
Their ulterior motive is noted in an editor’s note on the website: “Suhaki (soo-ha-kee) is often times mistaken for a legendary collegiate ice hockey team located at the Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America.”
