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Gophers-Penn State game recap
A look back at Saturday afternoon's game.
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Gophers' block leaders
Reggie Lynch blocked 11 shots Saturday to become the Gophers' single-season blocks leader
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Sunday Q&A: Dick Jonckowski, longtime Gophers PA announcer
Dick Jonckowski has had the PA job at Williams Arena for the past 31 years — a run that will come to an end when Jonckowski, 73, calls his final Gophers game Thursday.
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Gophers apply plenty of pressure but Badgers pick up the victory
The Badgers' big second period swung the tide Friday night. It led to a 3-2 border battle victory that forced a tie atop the Big Ten standings with Gophers
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Gophers women's hockey tops Bemidji State 3-1 in WCHA playoff opener
All three goals for the Gophers came from defensemen: Katie Robinson in the first period, fellow freshman Patti Marshall in the second and captain Lee Stecklein in the third
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Winning streak leaves Gophers basketball in a secure situation
A six-game Big Ten winning streak, the Gophers longest since the vacated 1996-97 Final Four season, has made them in apparent lock for an at-large bid into the NCAA tournament.
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Reusse: For Gophers baseball, a return to the great indoors
The Gophers baseball team on Friday played its first February home game in nearly four years - and first ever at U.S. Bank Stadium.
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Gophers-Penn State game preview
The Gophers are vying for their seventh consecutive Big Ten victory
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Gophers men's basketball NCAA tournament outlook
The Gophers' victory Wednesday at Maryland put them as a No. 5 seed in some projections.
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Jay Johnson confirms that he's been hired at Georgia
Jay Johnson, the Gophers former offensive coordinator, has been hired as an offensive analyst at Georgia.
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College Basketball Insider: Former Gophers assistant Medved a rising star at Furman
Niko Medved is trying to end Furman's long NCAA tournament drought.
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Big Ten basketball power rankings
Purdue stays at the top with regular season games winding down.
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First baseball at U.S. Bank Stadium: 6 a.m. start, positive reviews
Century College of White Bear Lake and Iowa Central split a doubleheader, and then used the rest of the time they'd paid for to scrimmage. The reviews were positive.
I was there 20 years ago for one of the greatest Gophers games (that never happened)
When people mention the 1996-97 Final Four season being vacated by the academic fraud scandal, I think of that game at Michigan. You can wipe out record books, but you can't wipe out memories.
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Take them into the ballgame: U.S. Bank Stadium makes baseball debut
The Gophers will be part of Friday's first day of baseball inside U.S. Bank Stadium. At 6 a.m., Century College of White Bear Lake will play Iowa Central in the stadium's first baseball game.
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Johnnies edge top-seed Tommies, will face Bethel for MIAC men's basketball title
The victory moves St. John's into Saturday's 7 p.m. conference championship game at Bethel, a 57-53 semifinal winner over Carleton.
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Lessons learned, but last home game for Gophers women's basketball spoiled
Gophers coach Marlene Stollings said she considers everything that happens in February — for good or bad — to be an important part of her team's learning curve.
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Gophers women hockey: In danger of missing the NCAA tournament?
The two-time defending national champion Gophers have come on strong of late but Bemidji State has been known to pull off an upset.
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Hartman: Three changes fuel Gophers basketball's turnaround
Transfers and freshmen made an immediate impact, and top returning players greatly improved to help the Gophers into one of this season's biggest stories.
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Around the Region
- Sign of the times: NCAA approves coach-to-player helmet communication for 2024 football season
- UConn freshman Stephon Castle declares for NBA draft and becomes school's second one-and-done player
- FedEx pledges $25 million over 5 years in NIL program for University of Memphis athletes
- PWHL Minnesota allows late comeback to Montreal, fails to clinch playoff berth
- NHL team moving from Arizona to Salt Lake City will have a name starting with Utah
- Kansas adds AJ Storr after he led Wisconsin in scoring this past season
- Virginia law allows the state's colleges and universities to directly pay athletes through NIL deals
- Scoring sensation Lucy Olsen transfers to Iowa. Ex-Villanova player helps fill void of Caitlin Clark
- Hanna and Haley Cavinder say they're returning for 1 last season at Miami
- NCAA allows transfers to be immediately eligible, no matter how many times they've switched schools
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- Former Cooper football star Howard transfers from LSU to Gophers
- Former Hopkins basketball star transferring from Michigan to U
- Four-star linebacker gives commitment to Gophers football
- Mitchell, a 6-8 rebounding machine, likes the fit with U men's basketball
- Is Christie gone, too? Gophers freshman guard declares for draft.
