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NHL draft prospect McLaughlin demonstrates power of family
Blake McLaughlin's story is part pro hockey dream, part real-life "Brady Bunch" and fully ready to play out later this week in the NHL draft.
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Apple Valley's Trent Jr. ready to head full speed into NBA
The 6-foot-6 guard, son of former Timberwolves forward Gary Trent, was raised around the NBA and is now headed there himself.
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Rating the conferences: Is Big Ten football really that good?
Let's just admit that the powerful SEC is the No. 1 college football conference in the nation. But how do the Big Ten and others stack up.
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Macalester athletic director abruptly leaves post
No explanation given for Kim Chandler's departure.
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Felde returns for another stint as Gophers basketball strength coach
Felde was Gophers men's basketball strength coach in 2012-13, but he returns after spending five seasons at Miami (Fla.). Felde replaces Shaun Brown.
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Week by week: A look at the best college football matchups of 2018
From Michigan vs. Notre Dame on opening weekend to Army vs. Navy to end the season, here are the highlights, along with some sleepers.
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Former Gophers goalie Leveille to sign with Minnesota Whitecaps
Landing the league's premier goalie marks an auspicious beginning to the free-agent signing period for Whitecaps, who are joining the National Women's Hockey League.
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Scoggins: NCAA got it right when it relaxed rules on redshirts, transfers
These are significant changes that are long overdue and will provide more freedom and benefits to athletes.
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Minnesota Scene: Three Gophers make Rawlings All-America baseball team
All-Big Ten Gophers shortstop Terrin Vavra was chosen first-team All-America, and starting pitchers Patrick Fredrickson and reliever Max Meyer made the second and third team.
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'Big-time kicking prospect' commits to Gophers
Camden Lewis of Hough High School in Cornelius, N.C., is rated fifth nationally in the Class of 2019 by one service and sixth by another.
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Grad transfer Crandall planning visits, has Gophers in top five
Former North Dakota and DeLaSalle guard Geno Crandall plans to visit a few other schools after meeting with the Gophers last week.
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Former Gophers football star Keith Fahnhorst dies at 66
The St. Cloud native played for St. Cloud Tech and then joined the Gophers, where he was an All-Big Ten tight end in 1973. He won two Super Bowls with the 49ers.
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More than hockey: Suggs says Minnesota state of basketball, too
Five-star Minnehaha Academy junior Jalen Suggs and Hopkins senior forward Zeke Nnaji start competing Friday in Colorado for the Team USA's U17 World Cup team.
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Big Ten QBs: Undisputed starters to battles in Minnesota, elsewhere
From Trace McSorley to Cam Thomas, how the conference's signal-callers stack up. There are some big shoes to be filled and some schools with unsettled situations.
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NCAA hockey committee adopts standard overtime rule
If the rule change gets final approval, shootouts and three-on-three OT for an extra point in the conference standings would not be allowed starting this season.
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Who's feeling the heat, and who's not, among Big Ten football coaches?
From Urban Meyer to Lovie Smith, here's a glance at where the conference's coaches stand.
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Stockman leaving U basketball before playing a game with the team
7-foot center Matz Stockman, who came to the U from Louisville, will transfer before playing a game with the Gophers.
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Newcomers, injury updates highlight Gophers first summer practice
The Gophers men's basketball team opened summer practice Tuesday with five newcomers joining the team and three returning players back from injuries
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The best and worst nonconference matchups in the Big Ten East
The return of Michigan vs. Notre Dame and a Penn State vs. Pitt showdown are among the highlights. And then there's Rutgers vs. Texas State, too.
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UND women's hockey players file lawsuit alleging discrimination
The Cooler: The 11 players who filed the suit aren't seeking financial damages. They just want North Dakota to reinstate its women's hockey program.
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Around the Region
- Settlement could cost NCAA nearly $3 billion; plan to pay athletes would need federal protection
- Georgia's Kirby Smart becomes the nation's highest-paid college football coach at $13m annually
- Paying college football players could reverse trend of bowl game opt-outs, boost non-CFP postseason
- Wisconsin tries to regain supremacy in the trenches under its 4th O-line coach in as many years
- Organizers of Eurovision Song Contest ready to remove Palestinian flags or symbols
- Say hello (again) to EA Sports College Football. The beloved video-game behemoth is back
- New Big 12 out to prove bigger bank accounts don't always mean better football teams in 12-team CFP
- UConn, Kentucky among those with big changes through transfers in college basketball's portal window
- National 3-point shooting leader Koby Brea becomes the 5th transfer this week to land at Kentucky
- UNC's RJ Davis is returning to school for a 5th season. He was an AP 1st-team All-American last year
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