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Hartman: U football doesn't sacrifice values while recruiting top talent
The Gophers have five four-star football recruits, and they definitely stand out. But coach P.J. Fleck also looks for high character.
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Ex-Hopkins star El-Amin leading protest tonight at Ball State
The son of former Minneapolis North and UConn star Khalid El-Amin has become a leading activist on the Indiana school's campus.
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Pitino: Coaches must be 'upfront and honest' about race with players
More than anything, Gophers men's basketball coach Richard Pitino understands from talking to his players since George Floyd's death that they want to do something of substance and value to make change.
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Reusse: Longtime Gophers strength coach weighs in on way to retirement
Bob Rohde will retire Friday a couple of months short of 41 years with the Gophers. He was hired for football, although all athletes could use the weightlifting room at the Bierman Building. And they did.
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Our favorite games: Two overtime thrillers for Gophers hockey
The Gophers hockey team ended 23 years of near-miss frustration in 2002 by beating Maine in the Frozen Four. In 2008, Alex Kangas out-dueled Mike Zacharias in a tense WCHA playoff take-all game.
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Former U basketball player named coach at Benilde-St. Margaret's
Damian Johnson -- who played for the Gophers from 2006-10 -- coached at North St. Paul for three seasons, going 57-25, including 18-9 this season.
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Utah transfer, former Austin star Gach lists Gophers in his final five
Utah transfer Both Gach, a former Austin standout, announced his top five schools Monday, which included the Gophers. The 6-7 Gach could pursue an NCAA waiver to play immediately in 2020-21.
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Our favorite games: Gophers take out Clemson in Jackson's greatest game
This is Part 1 of a series in which members of the Star Tribune sports staff write about the favorite games they've covered. We're starting with college basketball.
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U football adds defensive end as 18th member of 2021 recruiting class
Austin Booker is a three-star recruit from Indiana.
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Stuck in holding pattern, ex-UMD hockey star and family persevere
Border closure is keeping former Bulldogs star from introducing son to Minnesota relatives.
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Playbook goes south: Macalester QB riding out pandemic in Florida
As international teammates scattered, Grady Munro, a Canadian, relocated to Ponte Vedra, Fla., living at his uncle's house. "At least I'm with family," he said, "rather than in the dorm alone."
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Alabama Huntsville reverses course, will keep hockey
A grassroots fundraising campaign raised $750,000, enabling the Chargers to continue playing for the 2020-21 season. More work needs to be done for the program to have a longer-term future.
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Pitino on a return to campus: 'Most important thing is safety'
Gophers men's basketball coach Richard Pitino talked Thursday during a Strib Live virtual town hall about player safety returning to campus and how the pandemic could change his sport.
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Town Hall: Reeve, Pitino, Falvey discuss Floyd's death, ensuing unrest
The death of George Floyd was discussed during a Strib Live virtual town hall featuring Lynx GM/coach Cheryl Reeve, Twins chief baseball officer Derek Falvey and Gophers basketball coach Richard Pitino.
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For former U star Pat Micheletti, a very happy anniversary
Five years ago this week, the former Gophers great underwent a kidney transplant, receiving a new organ from his brother, Jerry.
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Pandemic football audible: What if Gophers played North Dakota State?
If the college football schedule is thrown into disarray by COVID-19 based travel restrictions, could Minnesota and North Dakota State put on a hastily planned game (or two)?
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MIAC overhaul: Mac back in football; St. Scholastica joining league
A year after forcing out one of the league's founding members, the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is bringing back an old friend to play football and adding a newcomer to join for all sports
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Reusse: Remembering a good Marine and a beloved sports photojournalist
Rich Nuessle was once a staple in the Twin Cities sports media. If you were in that circle and failed to have a wacky adventure with Rich, you had to be in quarantine. Behind the fun, though, was a hero with a tortured soul.
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Mailbag: Star Tribune sports editors answer your questions this week
Have a question about how and why we do the things we do? The Star Tribune's sports editors will be answering your questions in this week's mailbag.
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Scoggins: Hope for college football, but there's still much to navigate
College athletes will start returning to campus for workouts in two weeks and universities increasingly have pledged to resume in-person classes this fall.
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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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- Home runs by Perry, Berkland power Gophers over Nebraska
- WWE releases Gable Steveson, closing a chapter for former Gophers sensation
- Gophers football: Seven transfers with big impact potential
- U gets Macalester star, N. Mexico St. wing who has been at 3 other schools
- U's Christie enters transfer portal after previously declaring for draft
