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Reports: Community college football to be moved from fall to spring
If adopted by the organization's governing board, it means that the season would begin after what has traditionally been the NCAA's National Signing Day in February.
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Lynx jersey feels right for new guard and Minnesotan Banham
When the WNBA kicks off its 22-game season later this month, former Lakeville North and Gophers star Rachel Banham will have a big opportunity at a crucial point in her career.
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Hartman: Meyer likely to go straight from Gophers to majors
The Woodbury native has a chance to do something that very few players in the history of baseball have accomplished: Skip the minor leagues
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Gophers golfer Flanagan wins Minn. State Open, gets invite to 3M Open
Two Eagles — one early, one late — enabled the golfer from England to rally for the championship with a record round. Afterward, he got a surprise.
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Big Ten cancels nonconference fall sports, warns of more moves ahead
"We may not have a college football season in the Big Ten," conference Commissioner Kevin Warren said, adding that Thursday's move was intended to create a better chance to play some games.
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Big Ten athletes choosing not to compete this year won't lose scholarships
"We're honoring their scholarship 100 percent," Commissioner Kevin Warren said on Big Ten Network.
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How Gophers fall sports teams will be affected by canceled nonconference games
Here's a look at the effects of Thursday's Big Ten announcement on the Gophers.
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For Minnesotan on Harvard's football team, future is suddenly murky
With Ivy League sports postponed, Wilson said: "To definitively hear it … confirmed what we were all worried about and made things pretty sketchy for the future."
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Minnesota's Class of 2022 loaded and attracting Pitino's attention
Five of the boys' basketball players who are ranked among Minnesota's 10 best high school juniors already have offers from the Gophers.
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U president tries calming foreign athletes: 'We stand with our international students'
University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel e-mailed her faculty, students and staff Tuesday to address any fears, reminding them of the university's plan for a hybrid model of online and in-person classes this fall.
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AAU basketball stars weigh risk/reward of recruiting exposure in COVID-19 era
D1 Minnesota and others are filled with college prospects once again, as games finally resume. But it looks markedly different with restrictions surrounding the coronavirus.
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A look inside AAU basketball in Minnesota
Here are some of the top players with Minnesota connections.
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College, prep football in spring is unpopular option, but may be heading that way
Pandemic may drive the switch, even while tradition -- and school coffers -- absorb a big hit.
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Gophers men's basketball team slowly assembles
During the pandemic, only a handful of players are present on campus. They're working out on their own, waiting for the rest of the roster to arrive.
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Reusse: U baseball standouts plan on sticking around
Jack Wassel and Patrick Fredrickson went unselected in an abbreviated MLB draft and are aiming to win a Big Ten title in 2021 instead.
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Seven Gophers athletes have tested positive for COVID-19
The university tested 170 athletes returning to campus for voluntary workouts and Minnesota's results were in line with data reported by other Big Ten schools.
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Sports cancellations starting to pile up among small colleges
Eleven Division III schools have announced they won't field teams during fall semester. More decisions will be made in the next few weeks.
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Ohio cornerback Tamarion Crumpley decommits from the Gophers
The Gophers 2021 class now has 15 members, still ranking 15th in the nation and fifth in the Big Ten, per 247Sports.com.
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Former Gophers coach Jerry Kill has now conquered the coronavirus, too
The former Gophers football coach, who is now a special assistant at TCU and has battled an assortment of health issues, contracted the virus while going out to dinner.
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Five notable players in the Gophers' 2021 class
A look at the high-profile names in the Gophers' 2021 football recruiting class.
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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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