Sports
Reusse: Storied Moorhead program has another taking his shot at NFL
A breakthrough by Brandon Zylstra — from Division III Moorhead to the Vikings — would be a long-shot success, but not unprecedented.
Sports
Pence congratulates UMD Bulldogs ... for high school hockey title
Somebody needed to do a better job of preparing Vice President Mike Pence for the platitudes part of his speech in Duluth on Wednesday.
Gophers
NCAA announces 'enormously significant' reforms
The NCAA adopted a series of sweeping new legislation and policy Wednesday that University of Minnesota president Eric Kaler called, "Perhaps historically remarkable."
St. Paul
Brooks: Macalester athletes want to give new meaning to 'locker-room talk'
Ethan Levin, a sophomore defensive lineman, will return to St. Paul Central, his old high school, with his new teammates and a message.
Gophers
College football coaches rush to agreement: New redshirt rule is good
Beginning this season, Division I players are allowed to play up to four games without burning a year of eligibility. Under the old system, playing even one game, in most cases, would have cost the player a year.
Gophers
College football's redshirt change: Comparing the old and new rules
On June 13, the NCAA adopted a new rule regarding redshirts for Division I football. A look at the old rule and new rule:
Gophers
Fleck schooling Gophers on an accelerated curve
Four days into training camp, P.J. Fleck gave the public its first view of his second Gophers football team, with Saturday's open training camp practice at the new indoor facility.
Sports
Northwoods League no longer a sleepy little summer outpost
Northwoods League alumni continue rising to prominence in major league baseball. Need an example? Max Scherzer and Chris Sale, the starting pitchers in the last two All-Star Games, both spent a summer in the wood-bat league.
Sports
Watch the full Courtney Smith interview
This is the complete interview with Courtney Smith that was posted on the Stadium web site.
Gophers
Welcome to Nebraska, Coach. Frost has $165,000 in memorabilia stolen
New Nebraska football coach Scott Frost's home was burglarized in Lincoln. Thieves took about $165,000 worth of jewelry and other keepsakes.
Gophers
Women's Final Four committee judges Minneapolis at WNBA All-Star Game
Members of the committee — which also selects the yearly tournament field — are looking to award Final Fours for 2021, '22, '23 and '24.
Vikings
Reusse: Mankato college coach wishes Vikings were still in town
Logistics are easier for MSU Mankato football these days, but coach Todd Hoffner isn't celebrating. He sees the Vikings' training camp departure as a huge loss for the city, university and his team.
Gophers
Gophers football cable TV viewers could get cut out this fall
Last season, all but three of the Gophers' 12 games were on the Big Ten Network or FS1. Both are part of Fox Sports and at the end of a 10-year deal with Comcast.
Gophers
Safer college football: Can these rules changes help make that happen?
New rules on kickoffs and downfield blocking are being added to the 2018 college football season.
Gophers
Badger breakthrough? Wisconsin well-positioned to contend for College Football Playoff
The Badgers return a wealth of talent from last year's team that went 13-1, the only blemish a 27-21 loss to Ohio State in the Big Ten title Game — a setback that likely cost Wisconsin a spot in the playoff.
Gophers
Iowa's Kirk Ferentz troubled by record number of early departures for NFL
Big Ten Media Days came to a close Tuesday in Chicago. Here's what we learned.
Gophers
Fleck says Gophers football team is young but has potential
Fleck's motto for the season is "Race to MAH-turity'' — a nod to Ski-U-Mah — and just how quickly youth and talent develop will set the tone for Minnesota's 2018 season.
Gophers
Gophers linebacker Barber makes Butkus Award watch list
The junior from Plymouth led the Gophers with 115 tackles last year, including a Big Ten-best 76 solo stops.
Gophers
Five takewaways from Big Ten media days
Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany supports an "availability report" that would list if a player was available for the game, similar to the NFL's injury report.
Gophers
Frost's rebuild of Cornhuskers starts up front
He wants bigger and stronger Cornhuskers on the offensive line, like Nebraska had in the 1980s and '90s.
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