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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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."
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
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.