This collection contains issues of Sports News, a newsletter-type publication produced by units associated with athletics at UMD (first the Department of Athletics, then the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, then the Sports Information Office). Issues date from December 7, 1979, through October 12, 1998, though some issues are likely missing.

Various sports are discussed in Sports News, including men's basketball, football, hockey, swimming, and wrestling and women's basketball, swimming, and volleyball. To browse by sport, click the "Browse this Collection" button and select "Subjects," and then click on the desired sport.