Minnesota Golden Gophers Rumors & News
Gophers get some R-E-S-P-E-C-T with win over Penn State
St. Paul Pioneer Press — INDIANAPOLIS — The Gophers were a sixth seed playing No. 11 seed Penn State, but experts still picked an upset.
18 hours agoMinnesota Gophers have talent but lack consistency for Big Ten win, experts say slim and none
St. Paul Pioneer Press — Jim Jackson says the Gophers have enough talent to win the Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament, likely their only chance to make the NCAA tournament.
March 10, 2010Gophers men's basketball coach Tubby Smith quells Oregon rumor
St. Paul Pioneer Press — University of Minnesota basketball coach Tubby Smith said Monday he has not been contacted by Oregon and is happy with the Gophers, despite reports linking him to the Oregon job.
March 8, 2010Gophers women's hockey team gets berth into NCAA tournament after losing WHCA final
St. Paul Pioneer Press — The University of Minnesota women's hockey team fell 3-2 to Minnesota-Duluth on Sunday at Ridder Arena in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association championship game but received an at-large bid into the NCAA tournament.
March 8, 2010Gophers pound Wisconsin in tuneup for WCHA playoffs
St. Paul Pioneer Press — Senior Day at Mariucci Arena started with a pre-game ceremony Sunday for five Gophers playing their final home game and ended as a celebratory romp for the outgoing class of 2010.
March 8, 2010Gophers play fast and furious in regular-season-ending rout of Iowa
St. Paul Pioneer Press — Instead of having a blowout loss hanging over it, the Gophers men's basketball team will head into the Big Ten Conference tournament this week coming off a blowout win — and that could make a difference.
March 7, 2010Gophers steamroll No. 3 Wisconsin 6-1
St. Paul Pioneer Press — Senior day at Mariucci Arena Sunday started with a pre-game ceremony for five Gophers playing their final home game and ended as a celebratory romp for the outgoing class of 2010.
March 7, 2010Minnesota Gophers open WCHA playoffs at North Dakota
St. Paul Pioneer Press — For the first time since 1987, Minnesota will play a postseason hockey game at North Dakota. The teams will meet in a first-round Western Collegiate Hockey Association playoff series that starts Friday.
March 6, 2010Gophers vow to have their game faces on, bring maximum effort for today's final Big Ten home game against Iowa
St. Paul Pioneer Press — Tubby Smith was searching for the right way to describe his team's lackadaisical effort Tuesday after an embarrassing 28-point loss at Michigan.
March 6, 2010Minnesota Gophers find no hockey luck at Target Center
St. Paul Pioneer Press — Lady Luck was nowhere to be found Friday night during the Minnesota Gophers' one-night stand at Target Center.
March 6, 2010
- Ohio State's Evan Turner on his game-winning shot to beat Michigan: Video Plain Dealer Ohio State's Evan Turner, the hero, and Michigan's Manny Harris, who would have been the hero, talk about Turner's game-winning 3-pointer.
- Forbes ranks Ann Arbor No. 1 sports town Plain Dealer Marvin Fong, The PDOhio State football fans help make Columbus a great college sports town. It must have been a slow news day in the magazine world, or the reporter wears the maize and blue, but somehow and some way,...
- Evan Turner crushes Michigan's heart, hits a last-second 3-pointer to beat the Wolverines Grand Rapids Press INDIANAPOLIS - Stu Douglass stood almost at half court, his arm extended, his mouth open. He couldn’t believe what happened. No one on the Michigan basketball team could believe what happened. Ohio State’s Evan Turner did it again, breaking the......
- Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez: 'Better times are coming' Grand Rapids Press Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez said Friday, "We're ready to start getting going with more wins." (File photo)Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez said he's "obsessed" with turning his football program around, but promised "better times are coming" in a radio......
- Donovan Warren borrows shoes, takes part in Michigan's pro day Grand Rapids Press Donovan Warren had no intention of running for NFL scouts at Michigan’s pro day, but his competitive nature got the best of him. Still bothered by a right ankle injury that caused him to pull out of the NFL combine......
- UW-Illinois live blog Badgers Blog | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Hello and welcome to our live blog of the Big Ten quarterfinal between Wisconsin and Illinois. No, I am not in Indianapolis, but am blogging off TV. I'll do my best to provide updates, commentary and, of course, the score.
- Vikings' Childress: I didn't leak suspensions of Kevin and Pat Williams St. Paul Pioneer Press Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress testified today that Kevin Williams told him in late August 2008 about testing positive for a banned substance because the defensive tackle wanted the coach to know about his predicament.
- Vikings' Childress hooks up Tomlinson and Peterson for phone conversation St. Paul Pioneer Press LaDainian Tomlinson talked on the phone with Adrian Peterson during his free-agent visit Thursday with the Minnesota Vikings.
- Closers who might interest Minnesota Twins St. Paul Pioneer Press The Twins have in-house options to take over for Joe Nathan, if need be, manager Ron Gardenhire said. The leading candidates in that pool are likely Matt Guerrier and Jon Rauch, but surely general manager Bill Smith's due diligence will include exploring trade possibilities as well.
- Minnesota Twins game canceled St. Paul Pioneer Press The Minnesota Twins have canceled today's spring training game against the New York Mets at Fort Myers, Fla., because of rain, the Twins announced.
- Single-game Twins tickets go on sale Saturday Minneapolis Star-Tribune
- Eagles eyeing Ray Edwards, report says St. Paul Pioneer Press The Delaware County (Pa.) Times reported that the Philadelphia Eagles are expected to try to sign Vikings free-agent defensive end Ray Edwards. The report made no mention of a possible timetable.