No matter what the sport, the phrase, "you never know who's going to show up" has been applied to virtually every team on some occasion. Usually it's said by a coach lamenting that he has no clue who's...

MORRIS -- In west central Minnesota, an island of academic pursuit floats amid a sea of agriculture. The University of Minnesota --Morris exists in a rural, Midwestern town, a setting that is much different...

Elmo had worked in Las Vegas for nearly 44 years and was the best odds-maker in the business. Anyone who wanted a sure-fire winner would call his 1-900 number. And with the Super Bowl between Green Bay...

Following an 89-85 overtime loss to Illinois Friday, Gophers center Angie Iverson was asked what team would be their first Big Ten victim. "Michigan State," she said, their Sunday opponent. "We'll get...

Carolyn Beckham left her home and most of her possessions behind to move into the People Serving People shelter in downtown Minneapolis a couple weeks ago. Her husband, who is now in the Lino Lakes correctional...

One team was playing for a chance to take possession of first place in the WCHA. The other was playing with the knowledge that no matter how well it played that night, it could climb no higher than into...

Hennepin County District Judge H. Peter Albrecht ruled Friday that University student Kami Talley's dying words are admissible in the murder trial of Louis Cardona "Butch" Buggs, the man accused of killing...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Hurling eggs at a government building and shouting slogans outside a cathedral during Mass, thousands of striking workers persisted in protests Sunday against a new labor law. The...

After only its second meet, the women's gymnastics team is proving to everyone just how much potential it has this season. The No. 23-ranked Gophers hosted the Best of Minnesota meet Saturday night at...

The Nazi terror against German Jews didn't begin with Kristallnacht, the 1938 "night of shattered glass" that inaugurated an era of unprecedented public violence against the Jews. Rather, the terror started...