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Ex-Hopkins star El-Amin leading protest tonight at Ball State
The son of former Minneapolis North and UConn star Khalid El-Amin has become a leading activist on the Indiana school's campus.
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Reusse: Longtime Gophers strength coach weighs in on way to retirement
Bob Rohde will retire Friday a couple of months short of 41 years with the Gophers. He was hired for football, although all athletes could use the weightlifting room at the Bierman Building. And they did.
Vikings
Our favorite games: New Orleans noise too much for Favre, Vikings
Two games against New Orleans highlight this list: The Minneapolis Miracle, of course, and the playoff in New Orleans when there were just too much for the Vikings to handle.
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Our favorite games: Gophers take out Clemson in Jackson's greatest game
This is Part 1 of a series in which members of the Star Tribune sports staff write about the favorite games they've covered. We're starting with college basketball.
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Stuck in holding pattern, ex-UMD hockey star and family persevere
Border closure is keeping former Bulldogs star from introducing son to Minnesota relatives.
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Playbook goes south: Macalester QB riding out pandemic in Florida
As international teammates scattered, Grady Munro, a Canadian, relocated to Ponte Vedra, Fla., living at his uncle's house. "At least I'm with family," he said, "rather than in the dorm alone."
Gophers
Alabama Huntsville reverses course, will keep hockey
A grassroots fundraising campaign raised $750,000, enabling the Chargers to continue playing for the 2020-21 season. More work needs to be done for the program to have a longer-term future.
Duluth
MIAC overhaul: Mac back in football; St. Scholastica joining league
A year after forcing out one of the league's founding members, the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is bringing back an old friend to play football and adding a newcomer to join for all sports
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Scoggins: Hope for college football, but there's still much to navigate
College athletes will start returning to campus for workouts in two weeks and universities increasingly have pledged to resume in-person classes this fall.
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Reusse: Faith, not Minnesota ties, brought Denard Span, Anne Schleper together
The former Twins outfielder was hoping to play in majors this season; instead he has been spending quality family time with his wife, a former Gophers hockey standout.
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'Uncharted territory.' Minnesota football forecast cloudy for more than Gophers
The pandemic has this state's Division II and III programs scrambling for answers, just like the Gophers.
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St. Thomas still viewing move to Division I as best strategy
The pandemic has not yet created any barriers to St. Thomas's ambitions, but the school's athletic director said said the plan "is not without our challenges from a financial standpoint."
Gophers
Alabama Huntsville eliminating its men's hockey program immediately
Financial issues brought on by the coronavirus pandemic prompted the school to drop the Division I sport, plus two others. That leaves the WCHA with nine teams for the 2020-21 season.
Gophers
NCAA approves voluntary return to campus for activities but U may lag
A university PR director said in a statement any plan to return to campus "would consider the latest guidance and data available to mitigate risks and provide a safe and healthy environment."
Local
They were Minnesota athletes. Now they're on teams fighting COVID-19
These former college athletes sometimes look back to lessons they learned through sports. The one most often mentioned is teamwork.
Gophers
Williamson asked if parents received gifts for him to attend Duke
When Zion Williamson backed out of the agreement with Prime Sports in May to signing with Creative Artists Agency (CAA), agent Gina Ford claimed he owed her $100 million for breaking the contract. Williamson was drafted No. 1 overall by the New Orleans Pelicans in 2019.
Gophers
Reusse: New coach Lamker says Augsburg football is 'going to change'
Derrin Lamker, the former high school coach at Edina and Osseo, led Augsburg to a MIAC title in 1997. But the Auggies of 2018 and 2019 were 4-16 overall and 1-15 in the MIAC. Now he's head coach at his alma mater.
Gophers
Scoggins: Mental health cornerstone of Big Ten leader Warren's agenda
Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren took an important step in accomplishing that objective leaguewide by unveiling a new initiative in conjunction with Mental Health Awareness Month.
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Home run cycle: St. Olaf star's feat has never be done in the majors
Brian Sprout, now the baseball coach at East Ridge High School, hit his four home runs -- solo, two-run and three-run shots, plus a grand slam -- in an MIAC game 18 years ago.
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Scoggins: College athletes should get paid for use of their name, image or likeness
Allowing athletes to benefit from their names and images in a way that can be monitored by compliance offices will not ruin college sports.
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