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How the Gophers rewire the nation's top volleyball recruits
Three of the nation's top prep players enrolled at the University of Minnesota this spring and got right to work, learning coach Hugh McCutcheon's formula for success. It meant forgetting everything they knew about the sport that has dominated their lives.
Gophers' softball season ends in loss to late-charging Texas A&M
The Aggies scored eight runs in their last two at-bats to beat Minnesota 10-7.
Souhan: Perfect 10s, All-American, academic honors: U gymnast Loper did college well
Ona Loper just completed a dream career, athletically and academically. It is the kind of success story too easily overlooked in college sports. "The experience of a lifetime," she says.
Scoggins: Fisher-Saban feud shows wackiness in new era of college sports
Transfer portal and name, image and likeness deals have set college sports landscape ablaze.
Gophers baseball loses final game of season to Northwestern in ninth inning
Despite holding a 5-0 lead into the eighth inning, the Gophers ended their season with another loss — their 36th of the year. Aidan Maldonado pitched seven shutout innings but got no-decision.
Gophers softball loses to Texas A&M in first NCAA tournament game
Minnesota only had four hits and scored its only run on a groundout to take a 1-0 lead in the third inning. The Aggies scored the next five runs.
Kelly gets grand slam, six RBI in Gophers baseball loss
Jack Kelly had two homers and a double and six RBI for Minnesota in an 11-9 loss to Northwestern in Big Ten baseball.
Reusse: After a year in D-I, St. Thomas athletics can say: Just wait
The Tommies didn't win as much as in their days of D-III dominance, but they say there are promising days ahead.
Happy 95th birthday, Bud Grant. Photos from then and now
Leave a "happy birthday" wish for Bud in the comments and check out a handful of our favorite photos of The Coach, old ones and not-so-old ones.
Whalen hires new assistant; adds transfer and high school commit
Marwan Miller comes to Minnesota after six years at Ohio University. The Gophers also added a center who grew up in France and got a verbal commitment for 2023 from a Maple Grove star.
U softball faces steep climb, but thrilled to make NCAA tournament again
Minnesota opens Friday against Texas A&M and likely needs to beat Oklahoma, the tournament's No. 1 overall seed, to reach the Super Regionals.
NCAA softball schedule for Norman Regional
The Gophers will face Texas A&M at 4 p.m. Friday in the double-elimination tournament.
NCAA relaxes rules on football conference title games
Leagues no longer must pit division winners against each other, and the Pac-12 quickly changed its format. How the Big Ten will react remains to be determined.
Gophers baseball team falls to Nebraska Omaha in 11th inning
The visiting Mavericks scored six runs in the top of the 11th.
Neal: Former Gopher Meyers seeing the world because of his hockey talents
Ben Meyers played for the U.S. team in the Beijing Olympics and is now on another national team in an international tournament in Finland.
Ola-Joseph eager to play for U after leaving Minnesota for senior year
Of the three Minnesota natives who signed with Ben Johnson and the Gophers in November, Joshua Ola-Joseph was the least visible last season.
CCHA adding Augustana as ninth member when school starts hockey in 2023
The team will be coached by a former Gophers assistant and is joining the league that includes Minnesota State, St. Thomas and Bemidji State.
Gophers among final four for Cooper football standout Jaxon Howard
The top football recruit in Minnesota for the 2023 class has Minnesota and three traditional football powers on his list of four schools.
Souhan: A Minnesota team that wins postseason games? That's P.J. Fleck's Gophers
Postseason victories are hard to come by around here, so let's appreciate the ones who keep delivering them: the Gophers football players and coaches.
Gophers softball team earns NCAA tournament invitation
Minnesota finished close to .500 but played the eighth-most difficult schedule in the country, including a tough slate of games outside of the Big Ten.