Gophers freshman outfielder Ben Birk, who had just one pitching appearance all year and a 99.00 earned run average, turned in one of the team's most effective pitching performances in a Wednesday doubleheader...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Nebraska middle linebacker Jay Foreman is the son of former Minnesota Vikings great Chuck Foreman. Most Husker fans already know that. But, as the younger Foreman says, no newspaper...

When I was a girl, attending a Portland, Oregon high school, I wept when our then-President John F. Kennedy was shot. I stood among stunned students in the central hall of my school and sang, "Blowing...

Although building the Minnesota Twins a new baseball park may be a bad investment, buying the team may be something to consider, says University-area Rep. Phyllis Kahn. Kahn, DFL-Minneapolis, introduced...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Think the Red River is flooded now? An environmental group says the problem will only get worse under the Clinton administration's plan to divert water from North Dakota's Devils Lake...

Gregg Aamot Gophers men's basketball coach Clem Haskins said Wednesday that he knew of previous allegations of abuse against Courtney James months before the forward was arrested Saturday for assaulting...

Two weeks ago, the Gophers women's gymnastics team qualified for the NCAA championships for the first time in the history of the program. Minnesota will get its chance to perform this weekend in Gainesville,...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) -- Lin Dunn, who filed a grievance with Purdue after she was fired as women's basketball coach last year, has resolved all disagreements with the university. Terms of Tuesday's...

University researchers at the Minnesota Cancer Center have found a genetic link to the second strongest predictor of whether a woman will develop breast cancer. The study, which will be published in today's...

Disasters bring out in us what it really means to be human. Nothing reveals the essence of humanity better than a raw, destructive incident. Take for example, the great flood of 1997. The stories of communities...