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Souhan: Darrell Thompson expects Gophers to have even greater success
But the former standout running back is worried about his mentoring program for at-risk kids and troubled by the NFL's apathy toward former players with needs.
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'Marvelous Mia' is all grown up, and back at Gophers games
As a 10-year-old with brain cancer, Mia Gerold formed a bond with the Gophers football team and former coach Jerry Kill. At 19, she has a new relationship with the U.
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Four-star, 6-foot-8 offensive lineman from Chicago commits to U
Four-star Simeon High School (Ill.) junior offensive tackle Cameron James committed Sunday to Gophers football coach P.J. Fleck. James is 6-foot-8 and 280 pounds.
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Gophers land talented Turkish guard Mutaf for 2020-21 season
The 6-foot-6 guard from Istanbul was a member of Turkey's junior national team. He picked Minnesota over Arkansas, but was also being recruited by SEC, Big East and Pac-12 schools.
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Hartman: Fleck will have Gophers ready whenever practice starts
He doesn't see the pandemic as unfair to his program because it is affecting other football teams the same way.
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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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Gophers softball gang getting back together for another run
The five seniors returning to the Gophers for 2021 season,
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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."
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With five key seniors returning, Gophers softball hoping for another long NCAA run
Five seniors — the team's ace and four regulars — will return next season.
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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.
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Publish sports section from home? 'We never imagined we'd try this.'
Battling his neighbors for Wi-Fi speed at night, Kevin Bertels and a band of editors normally lashed together within easy shouting distance have redefined putting the newspaper, and themselves, to bed.
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Beating cancer again, U's O'Brien vows to compete for starting spot
Casey O'Brien has been throiugh 20 surgeries and five rounds of treatment in about seven years. Now he's vowing to compete for a starting spot on special teams.
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Hartman: Look for Gophers baseball to quickly rebound next year
The Gophers lost out on a final season with expected MLB top pick Max Meyer, but more prospects will join them next year.
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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."
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Robbins eyeing big role for U basketball but needs transfer waiver
The NCAA Division I Council maintained its earlier stance not to pass a one-time transfer rule. Liam Robbins and other non-graduate transfers have to sit out the 2020-21 season, unless they have waivers
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Softball star Partain commits to returning to Gophers for extra season
MaKenna Partain is a two-time All-Big Ten selection and the fifth senior on this year's team to commit to returning next season.
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19 Gophers sports programs post perfect APR scores, a school record
Minnesota's previous record was 18 programs in the NCAA's annual look at each team's Academic Progress Rate.
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Hopkins graduate Mailhot returns as U men's basketball assistant
Former Iona assistant and Minneapolis native Jeff Mailhot was officially announced as the third member of Gophers basketball coach Richard Pitino's staff Monday. Mailhot will try to help Pitino keep the best players in Minnesota from leaving the state.
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Second round of Gophers salary cuts will save school about $445,000
The Gophers are also planning for a double-digit reduction in each sport's budget, which includes recruiting and travel savings measures such as regional travel for nonconference games.
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Around the Region
- Reggie Bush is reinstated as 2005 Heisman Trophy winner, with organizers citing NIL rule changes
- Former Green Bay player Kayla Karius leaves South Dakota to return to her alma mater as coach
- Longtime Hawkeyes football broadcaster Ed Podolak steps down from his radio analyst role
- Hailey Van Lith trying to make US Olympic 3x3 team; next college choice to come soon
- 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
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- U football continues strong activity in transfer portal with QB addition
- Gophers hoops lands Oregon guard transfer after Hawkins' departure
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