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Hartman: The sports world has stopped before, but it always returns
Sports have many times taken a back seat to much larger concerns in the country, but they have also been a key part of holding Minnesota and the country together during difficult times.
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Big Ten suspends all organized team activities through April 6
With no competitions, practices or on-campus and off-campus recruiting right now, this is a completely dead period Big Ten athletics.
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Gophers hockey cancellation: 'What are we even supposed to do?'
The coronavirus pandemic forced the Big Ten to cancel all remaining sporting events and the NCAA to cancel the rest of its championships. So the Gophers hockey season abruptly ended at 16-14-7.
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Hope snuffed out: Pitino's Gophers wanted one last shot at strong finish
Before the Gophers could board the bus to the arena on Thursday, Big Ten officials were shooing Michigan and Rutgers players off the court. End of tournament. End of hope.
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Game off: NCAA cancels Final Four, wrestling and other winter, spring championships
A day after announcing that its championship events would be played in front of no spectators because of the coronavirus pandemic, the NCAA on Thursday pulled the plug entirely.
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College hockey contenders are left disappointed
When the NCAA announced Thursday that it was canceling the remainder of winter sports championships and all spring sports because of the coronavirus pandemic, it hit Minnesota and neighboring North Dakota hard.
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NCAA bars fans from March Madness events, wrestling championships
The wrestling event is still scheduled for March 19-21 at U.S. Bank Stadium. Organizers had hoped to shatter its attendance records, but the big stadium will be mostly empty.
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Gophers overcome halftime deficit, crush Northwestern
Sophomore center Daniel Oturu led the rally from a two-point halftime deficit with 24 points.
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U softball's final non-conference tune-up weekend: Five things to know
The Gophers have taken their losses while playing a tough schedule and aren't that far off from last season's pace.
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St. Thomas-St. John's basketball game will be played without fans
The NCAA ruling Wednesday will limit the tournament game to parents and immediate family members.
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Gophers, Penn State to play Big Ten hockey semifinal before no fans
Penn State announced Wednesday amid the global coronavirus crisis that it will not allow fans, only "essential" personnel, at Saturday's hockey game at Pegula Ice Arena. Penn State is offering refunds.
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Gophers heavyweight Steveson seeded No. 1 for NCAA wrestling meet
He is 15-0 with victories over three of the other top five seeds this season.
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Gophers sports teams will compete, travel as planned 'at this time'
Gophers sports teams are competing this week in Indiana, Hawaii, Louisiana, Tennessee, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas and Pennsylvania.
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Empty arena coming up for Gophers, but they'll take same approach
Junior Payton Willis said it would be like playing in a closed scrimmage before the season, but with "more on the line."
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Gophers-Iowa Big Ten basketball quarterfinals preview
The Gophers (15-16), needing a victory to get back to .500, get their third crack at the Hawkeyes (20-11) and Big Ten Player of the Year Luka Garza, having lost 72-52 at Iowa on Dec. 9 to open conference play and then again 58-55 on Feb. 16 at Williams Arena.
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Gophers-Northwestern game recap
Sophomore center Daniel Oturu had 15 of his 24 points in the first half, while finishing the game shooting 6-for-10 from the field and 10-for-12 from the foul line.
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Gophers sports limit fan attendance at upcoming home events
This includes regular season as well as any potential Big Ten or NCAA postseason competitions, as well as previously open spring football practices on March 17 and 31.
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Big Ten men's basketball tournament not allowing fans starting Thursday
The Big Ten announced it will no longer allow fans at the men's basketball tournament starting Thursday due to coronavirus. Fans also not permitted to attend further winter and spring sports competitions.
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Gophers hope to 'Let it fly' again with threes in Big Ten tournament
The Gophers men's basketball team set a school-record with 18 three-pointers in Sunday's win against Nebraska. Can they keep up that shooting Wednesday in the Big Ten tournament opener vs. Northwestern?
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Oturu gets third team All-America spot; first Gophers selection since 1999
Daniel Oturu, who averaged 20 points while leading the Big Ten in rebounding, blocks and field goal percentage, is the first Gophers player to be named an All-America since Quincy Lewis.
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- After Barstool Sports sponsorship fizzles, Snoop Dogg brand is attached to Arizona Bowl, fo shizzle
- 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
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