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Citing 'health and safety,' Bateman to sit out 2020, train for draft
Wide receiver Rashod Bateman said that making the choice to not play for the Gophers this season because of the pandemic is "the hardest decision" that he's ever had to make.
Souhan: Bateman made wisest choice for his health and future
The only tangible value for athletes playing college football for free is to audition for the NFL, and Rashod Bateman already nailed his audition.
RandBall: Don't be shocked if flood of college athletes follow Bateman
College athletes have also grown increasingly attuned to and vocal about the inequities that exist in the NCAA system. And they are right to be concerned about their safety.
NCAA holding off on fall sports decision
Big Ten might announce schedule revisions soon.
Who might emerge as the Gophers' top receivers?
Who could replace Tyler Johnson and Rashod Bateman, the Gophers' top receivers of a year ago?
Decision time nears for NCAA regarding fall sports season
Even if the NCAA cancels fall sports championships, football's Power Five conferences could proceed with postseason plans because the College Football Playoff system operates outside of NCAA control.
Big Ten taking its time on releasing football schedule
With the Gophers and other Big Ten teams waiting for a new schedule announcement, the conference is taking its time to carefully study the pandemic, even as other Power Five leagues plowed forward this week.
Carr to return to Gophers, pull out of NBA draft
Carr, an All-Big Ten selection, initially declared for the draft in late March, but he left open the possibility of returning to college.
U's Omersa brings high-energy approach to social justice causes, too
The junior from Orono and his mother, Sara, have stood alongside supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Media poll: Gophers picked second in Big Ten West football
The Cleveland.com poll also ranked Gophers receiver Rashod Bateman and quarterback Tanner Morgan among the top-10 offensive players in the Big Ten conference.
St. Thomas hockey, CCHA begin working toward 2021-22 start
Now that the Tommies have found a conference home for their men's hockey team, the heavy lifting begins for their debut as a Division I program.
UMAC looks at limited nonconference fall sports, moving games to spring
The Upper Midwest Athletic Conference announced Thursday that its high-risk sports teams (football, men's and women's soccer and volleyball) will not hold fall championships and will explore competing in the spring.
Gophers newcomer Gach pulls name from NBA Draft list
Both Gach, a transfer from Utah who played high school basketball in Austin, still needs an NCAA waiver to be eligible to play this season.
No non-conference college hoops? That's an option, Pitino says
Big Ten basketball following football in eliminating non-league games is "certainly an option" during the pandemic, Gophers coach Richard Pitino said recently.
MIAC makes it official, postponing most fall sports until spring
The Division III league expects golf and tennis — designated as low-risk sports — can participate in conference-only competitions this fall.
Former Gophers star Daniel Oturu invited to NBA Draft Combine
Hard at work in Santa Barbara preparing for this year's NBA Draft, ex-Gophers star Daniel Oturu has spent the month of July honing his skills and building up his body.
NSIC delays fall sports, trims football season to eight games
It's unclear what the MIAC's move will mean for winter sports such as hockey and basketball, which usually start their seasons in late October and early November.
Powerhouse Wisconsin-Whitewater and rest of WIAC won't play football in 2020
For the first time since 1945, the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference will not have a football season in 2020. The eight-team WIAC on Monday canceled…
Noel Jenke, a three-sport athlete for the Gophers in late 1960s, dies at 73
Jenke was a hard-hitting linebacker and potent lefthanded hitter in baseball. Remarkably, he played Gophers hockey after arriving from a high school without a hockey program.
MIAC to move several fall sports, including football, to the spring
Some coaches and athletes have been told that football, volleyball and soccer are among the sports that will switched from this fall to the spring if the NCAA and public health officials allows it.