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U athletes set school record for spring grades
All of Minnesota's 23 programs carried a cumulative team GPA of 3.0 or better.
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Baseball is back in Minnesota as amateur league creates own path to play
Facing growing unrest from teams, the Minnesota Baseball Association board agreed not to punish teams under MBA rules if they were to start playing this weekend under specific conditions.
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U women's hoops: How does the incoming recruiting class stack up?
Lindsay Whalen's third season as head coach is an important one, and she'll have several new players who should get significant playing time right away.
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U receiver Bateman on second team preseason All-America list
The junior amassed 1,219 yards and 11 touchdowns last season and was the Big Ten Receiver of the Year.
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Dream realized: Marlins take Gophers pitcher Meyer No. 3 in MLB Draft
Max Meyer, a former high school standout at Woodbury, jumped up the draft board Wednesday. He was the No. 9 overall prospect according to mlb.com.
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Illinois athlete Jackson decommits from Gophers football for a second time
The four-star recruit announced he will instead commit to Purdue.
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Gophers hoops mailbag: Will Utah transfer Both Gach return home?
Answers to questions about Utah transfer and former Austin star Both Gach's decision, Marcus Carr's status and Minnehaha star Chet Holmgren's new ranking as the No. 1 player in the Class of 2021.
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First-round stuff: U pitcher Meyer should be among top picks in MLB draft
Max Meyer of Woodbury is ranked No. 9 among prospects by mlb.com, and has talked or interviewed with about half of baseball's 30 teams.
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Title-winning coaches: One says he failed, another sees 'blessing' in sports shutdown
A Hall of Fame soccer coach from Concordia College called himself out in a 1,000-word essay about racism while the men's basketball coach at St. Thomas found a blessing in the near complete shutdown of sports.
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Prep star from Cottage Grove: 'We have to use the platform that we have'
Kendall Brown, who now plays for Sunrise Christian Academy in Kansas, was frustrated that the rioting after George Floyd's death took away from protests and donation drives that people were involved with locally.
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Spielman enters transfer portal. Are Gophers good fit for his final season?
Wide receiver and kick returner JD Spielman of Eden Prairie, whose father is the Vikings' general manager, has entered the NCAA transfer portal.
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Gophers sports take step closer to return with U recommending in-person classes
Students could return to the University of Minnesota campus for fall semester, keeping hope alive for a Gophers sports comeback as well.
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Minnesota athletes, coaches turn out to fill void in ravaged neighborhood
Hundreds were served food and essential goods from diapers to dish soap Friday afternoon next to a heavily damaged Target and Cub Foods, where prominent Twin Cities sports figures volunteered.
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5-time cancer survivor and Gophers holder O'Brien eager to return to field
After beating cancer five times, Casey O'Brien is ready to reconnect with his fellow Gophers.
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Reusse: MSU Mankato was biggest loser when college hockey shut down
The Mavericks had veterans dedicated to putting past NCAA woes behind them, a 31-5-2 record, another WCHA regular-season title, and a grip on a No. 1 regional seed.
TV & Media
How WCCO sports anchor Mike Max became a frontline reporter at the George Floyd protests
During the crisis, WCCO sports director Mike Max has shown he can cover civil unrest as well as any hard-news reporter. Maybe even better.
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Talking about race: Ex-Gophers player wants to connect urban, rural kids
New Benilde-St. Margaret's coach Damian Johnson wants to bring inner city and rural Minnesota kids together to talk about race and build future relationships.
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Protest led by ex-Hopkins star El-Amin draws more than 2,000 at Ball State
Afterward, Ishmael El-Amin said that having a contingent of Ball State coaches take part in the protest meant a lot to him.
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After accepting racism too often, Gophers football players send message: Enough
In the aftermath of George Floyd's death, University of Minnesota football players don't want the discussions they're having and the actions they're taking to end with empty promises that aren't fulfilled.
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Souhan: U assistant Thibault-DuDonis leans on family of coaches
"Family" isn't a coaching cliché for Gophers women's basketball assistant Carly Thibault-DuDonis. Her father is in the WNBA and her husband is the head coach at Wisconsin-River Falls.
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Around the Region
- G Javian McCollum transferring to Georgia Tech after leading Oklahoma hoops in scoring
- QB Jaden Rashada transfers to Georgia after leaving Arizona State
- Reggie Bush plans to continue his fight against the NCAA after the return of his Heisman Trophy
- 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
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