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Vikings a clear No. 1 in Minnesota sports, except when ...
The pecking order in Minnesota sports: (1) Minnesota, (2) Everybody else, except for special runs like what the Gophers football team pulled off vs. Auburn.
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Big Ten honors Gophers goalie LaFontaine; WCHA honors women's forward, defenseman
Gophers senior Sarah Potomak and defenseman Madeline Wethington stood out for their play in a weekend sweep of Yale.
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U offensive lineman medically retires; Fleck happy with team grades
Plus, Gophers coach P.J. Fleck shares his team's fall semester GPA.
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Former NCAA wrestling champion Lesnar to be honored by Gophers
Brock Lesnar, a two-time NCAA finalist, is now known worldwide as a WWE and UFC champion. In his two seasons with Minnesota, Lesnar racked up a 55-3 record and 23 pins.
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Gophers backcourt pieces are fitting together
Payton Willis' return gives the Gophers all their parts again.
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Vikings over Saints: A strangely fun mixture of belief and disbelief
The only world my 10-day-old child knows is one in which the Gophers win New Year's Day bowl games over SEC teams to cap 11-win seasons and the Vikings defy odds with clutch plays when it matters most.
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Gophers uses depth to wear down shorthanded Northwestern
Daniel Oturu had 19 points and 16 rebounds to lead the Gophers 77-68 over Northwestern at the Barn while Marcus Carr finished with 17 points and seven assists.
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Gophers complete sweep of Yale in women's hockey
Grace Zumwinkle scored two goals and Amy Potomak had a goal and an assist.
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Gophers-Northwestern game recap
A look back at Sunday evening's game.
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Willis expected to play Sunday after missing three games with injury
Gophers junior guard Payton Willis (ankle) is expected to return from injury Sunday against Northwestern. Willis, a former starter, missed the last three games.
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New Gophers offensive coordinator will call plays next season
Mike Sanford Jr. will work closely with co-offensive coordinator Matt Simon, the Gophers receivers coach.
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Gophers bringing back plenty of talent on offense, have holes to fill on defense
The Gophers football program will need to prove this season wasn't a fluke if they want to keep the national attention gained from 2019.
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U women's hockey beats Yale 6-3
Six different players scored for Minnesota and 11 had points in Saturday's game.
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Gophers women's basketball hits the end of road winning streak
The No. 24 Gophers missed 19 of their first 23 shots, and quickly an 11-point deficit on their way to a 72-58 loss at Nebraska.
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Pitino seeks edge for Gophers and makes appeal: 'I want the Barn to be packed'
The biggest victory in Richard Pitino's seven seasons in Minnesota — last month over then-No. 3 Ohio State — featured a student-led court-storming. But the announced attendance for that game was 9,854.
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Gophers 2020 football schedule outlook
The 2020 schedule kicks off Sept. 3 vs. Florida Atlantic
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Gophers men's basketball attendance, 2015-now
A look at Gophers basketball attendance averages over first seven games for the past five seasons
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Gameday preview: Gophers men's basketball vs. Northwestern
The Gophers saw their three-game winning streak end Thursday in an 83-78 double-overtime loss at Purdue.
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Reusse: Gophers' Johnson among city's most important athletes ever
Tyler Johnson, the standout Gophers receiver who was a prep basketball and football star at Minneapolis North, will be honored Saturday at the high school he helped save.
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Gameday preview: Gophers women's basketball at Nebraska
The Gophers and Cornhuskers have had similar starts in Big Ten Conference play. Each won its conference opener before losing Tuesday.
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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
- Gophers men's basketball lands big-man transfer Mitchell from Canisius
- Mitchell, a 6-8 rebounding machine, likes the fit with U men's basketball
