Coaches from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Michigan State -- the teams in the College Hockey Showcase -- have always maintained that the tournament, is a good opportunity for four Big Ten schools...

The NCAA basketball tournament regularly offers- up champions of obscure conferences as sacrifices to teams from big-name ones. The volleyball tournament works in much the same way, and at first glance,...

Gophers center Angie Iverson's 16-point, 25-rebound performance Tuesday night at Colorado State wasn't enough to prevent her team from losing its second straight game, 78-60. The Gophers took a season-high...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Paul Wellstone came to the Senate saying he despised arch-conservative Sen. Jesse Helms because of his "racist politics." Now Wellstone has something new to say of Helms: "Mr. Chairman." Wellstone,...

The Minnesota Court of Appeals decided Tuesday that a former University assistant professor was not discriminated against when in 1995 she was denied tenure for a second time. Aparna Ganguli was a math...

NEW YORK (AP) -- British Open champion Tom Lehman was selected the Golf Writers Association of America's player of the year. Lehman, who won the season-ending Tour Championship to take the PGA Tour money...

After stepping down from her position as chairwoman of the House University Finance Division on Monday, Rep. Becky Kelso, DFL-Shakopee, said that frustrations with decreasing state funding for higher...

Generally, a sequel is less compelling than the original. But in the case of O.J. Simpson's legal saga, part two has proven more revealing than part one of the "Trial of the Century." While the civil trial,...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin point guard Ty Calderwood says the instructions he gives his teammates during practice have nothing to do with one-upmanship. "I'm not trying to be above them, I'm trying...

Former Gophers football coach Jim Wacker said his final goodbyes Tuesday afternoon at the Bierman Athletic Building and headed south to Texas. "We're all packed up and ready to go," Wacker said. "The kids...