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July 21, 2016

Ed Hawthorne, left, and Mike "Doobie" Kurus pose for a photo. ] (Leila Navidi/Star Tribune) leila.navidi@startribune.com BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Photo

Former Gophers teammates complete life-saving play with kidney donation

On June 30, after a lengthy process, Doobie Kurus gave Ed Hawthorne one of his kidneys. Hawthorne says his teammate saved his life.

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July 21, 2016

Florida offensive lineman Corey Gaynor commits to Gophers

Corey Gaynor also had reported offers from Pittsburgh and West Virginia, among others.

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July 21, 2016

WCHA names vice president and women's commissioner

The Western Collegiate Hockey Association named longtime New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority executive Katie Million vice president and commissioner of its women's league.

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July 21, 2016

Don Lucia on contract status: 'I haven't signed anything yet'

Reacting to a recent report that he had been offered a two-year contract extension, Gophers men's hockey coach Don Lucia said no deal has been finalized.

July 20, 2016

The best Gophers football lineup with players since 2000 is ...

Much of the list ended up looking like a combination of Glen Mason's best teams from 2000-2005 and Jerry Kill's best teams from the past few seasons

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July 20, 2016

Michael Hurt, left, and his brother Matthew, right, trained with performance coach Casey Clark at the Sports Medicine Center at the Mayo Clinic in Roc

Rochester's Hurt brothers hungering for big-time basketball success

Gophers freshman Michael Hurt wants to be part of the turnaround in Minnesota's basketball program. Younger brother Matthew had his first scholarship offer in eighth grade.

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July 20, 2016

Nine names to follow as Gophers 2017 basketball recruiting picks up

The Gophers will have just two scholarships available right now to give recruits for the 2017-18 class, and we have nine names for you to follow.

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July 19, 2016

Gophers among finalists for Champlin Park big man Theo John

The 2017 big man will choose between the Gophers, Cal, Marquette, Oklahoma, Illinois and Purdue.

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July 18, 2016

Ex-Gophers basketball star gives us a look at Clem Haskins

Former player John Thomas tweeted a picture of the two of them at a Las Vegas conference.

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July 17, 2016

Sunday Q&A: Mark Coyle, Gophers athletic director

"The more information I can gather, the better we can make decisions that impact people in the right way," he says.

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July 16, 2016

Georgia WR Javan Hawes commits to Gophers

Javan Hawes, from Sandy Creek (Georgia) High School, chose the Gophers over reported offers from Purdue and Southern Miss.

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July 13, 2016

Minnesota State men's hockey applies to NCHC, mulls WCHA departure

A timetable for a potential departure from the WCHA is unclear, though school president Richard Davenport said this is the "beginning of the process, while we explore possibilities with the NCHC."

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July 13, 2016

Former top Gophers recruit Jeff Jones is back in jail

The onetime top football recruit, who had been charged with felony drug possession, violated terms of his release.

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July 12, 2016

Pictures of snakes, snake eggs and cats confiscated by the city of Minneapolis from the home of Nathan Tow-Arnett.

Ex-Gopher survives venomous snake bite only to land in court battle

A midnight bite from a rare venomous snake was just the beginning of Nathan Tow-Arnett's animal problems.

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July 11, 2016

Hard to say goodbye: Rayno's final sports 'aMAILiaBAG'

"Someone wiser than me once said 'When we are through changing, we are through.' " Amelia Rayno is on to another major change as she leaves the Star Tribune's sports department for a new assignment.

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July 11, 2016

Ben Blankenship, left, led his heat during the semifinals in the men's 1,500 meters at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore.

Stillwater's Blankenship makes Olympic team

Blankenship finished in 3 minutes, 36.18 seconds in the 1,500 meters and joins another former Gopher, Hassan Mead, as first-time Olympians. Mead took second in the 5,000 meters.

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July 9, 2016

Former Gophers runner Hassan Mead headed to Rio in 5,000 meters

Former Gophers All-America distance runner Hassan Mead punched his ticket to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday evening.

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July 9, 2016

Former Syracuse Athletic Director Mark Coyle, shown with President Eric Kaler, left, answered questions after he was introduced as the new AD of the U

Hartman: Kaler sees Gophers turnaround after troublesome year

With a lot of bad news swirling around the Gophers athletic department in the past year, president Eric Kaler said there has been some positive developments happening lately on campus.

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July 8, 2016