Sports
MSU Mankato routs UMD in battle of NSIC football unbeatens
Natt Gunn set two MSU Mankato career records as his team went to 5-0.
Sports
Reusse: Move to Division I will cost St. Thomas stability
A St. Thomas move to D-I would require major remodeling of the D-III-level gymnasium, plus finding or building a suitable hockey arena. That's big bucks.
Sports
St. Thomas wants to go Division I, gets invitation to Summit League
The University of St. Thomas made clear Friday that it intends to turn Division I in athletics, less than five months after being involuntarily removed from the Division III MIAC.
Gophers
Will Minnesota help test NCAA's grip on sports revenue?
It took a state with 58 schools and thousands of NCAA athletes to flex enough muscle to give nine other states, including Minnesota, the confidence to announce plans to introduce similar legislation.
Duluth
Former UMD coaches bring discrimination suit to state high court
3 women allege gender, sexual orientation bias.
Gophers
SMU football continues its rise from the death penalty
The Mustangs are in the AP top 25, after a 30-year excess-to-success crawl.
Gophers
Walz 'willing to look' at allowing college athletes to hire agents
Gov. Tim Walz's comments came after California's governor signed a law scheduled to take effect in 2023, allowing college athletes to profit from their names and likenesses.
Duluth
Former UMD women's hockey coach accepts reduced award
Including legal fees, damages and pay and benefits, Miller is set to receive more than $4.3 million.
Gophers
Penn State picked to win Big Ten hockey title; Gophers are fifth
Minnesota, which finished third in the league last season, has 12 newcomers on its 2019-20 team. Gophers sophomore Sammy Walker is a preseason all-conference second-team pick.
Duluth
Defending champ Minnesota Duluth No. 1 in USCHO preseason Top 20
The Bulldogs received 59 of 60 first-place votes. Minnesota State received the other and is ranked No. 3, while St. Cloud State is No. 6.
Vikings
"Backflip kid" Bednarski made a memory trying out to be Bears kicker
Though he was cut, ex-MSU Mankato kicker Casey Bednarski put on a show during the Bears' three-day rookie minicamp tryout four months ago.
Gophers
State's top junior football recruit Mahlman commits to Wisconsin
Riley Mahlman, a 6-foot-8 1/2, 275-pound tackle at Lakeville South, chose Wisconsin in part because of its history of devoloping offensive linemen who are taken in the first round of the NFL draft.
Gophers
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