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Gophers
May 18, 2016

Former U hockey star Travis Boyd emerges as OT hero in AHL playoffs

Boyd's Game 7 overtime goal propelled the Hershey Bears into the AHL Eastern Conference finals.
Gophers
May 18, 2016
Jerry Kill in the first quarter of Minnesota's game at Colorado State last season.

'My new university': Kill takes associate AD job at Kansas State

"I know my coaching career's over, and I understand that," Jerry Kill said. "But I just can't sit around and look at a lake and roll my fingers. That'd be the worst health [decision] I could ever make."
Gophers
May 17, 2016
South Dakota St. baseball edges Gophers in 10th inning

South Dakota St. baseball edges Gophers in 10th inning

Phil Velez of the Jackrabbits singled, moved to third on two wild pitches and scored on Zach Holt's one-out bunt single.
May 17, 2016
Twins, UND alum St. Peter, to honor NCAA champion North Dakota hockey at Target Field

Twins, UND alum St. Peter, to honor NCAA champion North Dakota hockey at Target Field

Will the ire of some Gophers fans will be raised with news that the Twins are slated to honor the NCAA champion North Dakota men's hockey team before Sunday's game?
Gophers
May 17, 2016
Bye-bye Final Five: WCHA moving to on-campus playoff format

Bye-bye Final Five: WCHA moving to on-campus playoff format

The WCHA men's league will host its conference tournament on the campuses of the highest seeds beginning next season.
Local
May 17, 2016
Former Gophers running back Jeff Jones

Former Gophers recruit Jones makes first court appearance

When police searched Jones, they found 1.78 grams of cocaine and a loaded .38-caliber handgun, the arrest record said.
Gophers
May 17, 2016
Nine Gophers women athletes in seven sports rank among the best nationally in their respective sports. Rachel Banham set the Big Ten career scoring re

Scoggins: Gophers women's teams have no shortage of star power

Four women's teams won either regular-season or tournament Big Ten championships. Women's hockey won the national title for the second consecutive year and fourth time in five years. The volleyball team advanced to the Final Four.
Gophers
May 17, 2016

Minnesota Scene: Johnnies to open NCAA baseball vs. St. Scholastica

MIAC baseball champion St. John's, seeded fifth, and No. 4 seed and Upper Midwest champion St. Scholastica will meet Wednesday in Game 1 of the opening round of the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional at Wisconsin-La Crosse.
Gophers
May 16, 2016
Ryan Santoso will replace Peter Mortell as the Gophers punter this fall, giving up most of the team's placekicking duties, coach Tracy Claeys said Mon

Gophers move kicker Santoso to punter

Ryan Santoso will replace Peter Mortell as the Gophers punter this fall, giving up most of the team's placekicking duties, coach Tracy Claeys said Monday.
Gophers
May 16, 2016
The Gophers softball team won the Big Ten tournament and is hoping to advance to the NCAA Super Regionals.

Gophers to Washington, will meet NDSU in NCAA softball opener

Passed up as a regional host, the Gophers will open in Seattle on Friday against Summit League champion North Dakota State (38-13). Both teams have won 14 games in a row
Gophers
May 16, 2016
A fourth place in the 1,600-meter relay gave the Gophers a share of the Big Ten women's track and field championship with Michigan on Sunday in Lincol

Minnesota Scene: Gophers are co-champions in Big Ten women's track

Led by event titles from Jess Lehman (heptathlon) and Nicolle Murphy (javelin), Minnesota secured the second outdoor Big Ten title in program history, tying Michigan with 106 points.
Gophers
May 16, 2016
Stillwater native and former Gopher, Ben Blankenship, crossed the finish line first in the men's elite division of the USATF 1 Mile Road Championship

Ben Blankenship: fast runner, straight shooter

The former Gophers runner not only won the TC 1 Mile on Thursday, he set a course record -- and projected a healthy amount of honesty and confidence.
Gophers
May 15, 2016

Info on Gophers in the Seattle NCAA softball regional

The Gophers will face North Dakota State on Friday.
Gophers
May 15, 2016
New Gophers athletic director Mark Coyle.

Another fine mess: Coyle takes on tough job at the U

New Gophers athletic director Mark Coyle said that he hasn't purposely gone seeking difficult jobs. "That's just how it's played out," he said.
Gophers
May 15, 2016
Gophers pitcher Sara Groenewegen

Groenewegen legend grows a bit as Gophers take Big Ten title

Sara Groenewegen put the Gophers softball team on her shoulders this weekend and carried her teammates to the Big Ten tournament title.
Gophers
May 15, 2016
Sara Groenewegen, shown in 2015, got the victory for the Gophers in the Big Ten title game on Saturday night in State College, Pa.

Gophers edge Michigan in 10 innings for Big Ten softball title

Two Wolverines errors in the decisive inning helped the U win its second tournament title in three years.
Gophers
May 14, 2016

Minnesota Scene: U baseball team wins on nine-run inning

First-place Minnesota had eight hits in the nine-run eighth, all but one of them singles.
Gophers
May 14, 2016
In this 2014 file photo, Washburn High School running back Jeff Jones announces his intention to play football at the University of Minnesota.

Jeff Jones, ex-top Gophers football recruit, jailed on felony drug charge

Jeff Jones left the Gophers in December and was planning to play at Iowa Western junior college. He was arrested for drug possession Thursday, and he had an assault charge in March in Iowa.
Gophers
May 13, 2016
Gophers basketball coach Richard Pitino

Reusse: Pitino's program 'profoundly' disappointing? Maybe one day

All of a sudden, the Gophers men's basketball coach has plenty to say.