One reason the Gophers men's basketball team didn't make the NCAA tournament last season was because it lacked wins against quality nonconference opponents. It beat teams like Bethune, Cookman and Mercer,...

America's cities once teemed with street corner shops and immigrants from every corner of the globe. But the melting-pot cities of old have lost some of their spirit to the sprawling suburbs that now...

When Gophers wrestler Jason Davids eyes his competition Friday in Madison, Wisc., at the Northern Open, he hopes to see a face from his past. Indiana's No.1-ranked Roger Chandler may compete, and if he...

A 14-year-old girl from Circle Pines, Minn., broke a bone in her back Saturday night when she was caught in the middle of a fight during the Gophers football game. Witnesses say an angry Minnesota fan...

University of Texas at Austin Provost and Executive Vice President Mark Yudof did not have many fans among faculty when he took his current position two years ago. Many viewed the Philadelphia-native-turned-Texan...

Beginning the 1st of January, 1,500 low-income Minneapolis residents, including some University employees, will lose their current pre-paid health care plan because a University-run clinic is not in compliance...

The conference opener is a month away, but Big Ten women's basketball is already in full swing. Most teams enter their second week of nonconference play this weekend. The following is a team-by-team preview...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- After a decade of progress, the drive to curb alcohol-related traffic deaths has taken a detour, safety advocates say. "That work is not nearly finished," North Dakota Sen. Byron Dorgan...

am a victim. Sure, I know what you're thinking: How can a white male with a middle-class upbringing in 20th-century America possibly be maligned, defamed, cheated or otherwise shortchanged by society?...

IOWA CITY (College Press Exchange) -- When former University of Iowa basketball player Jeff Walker was charged with eight felony counts of forgery for using a stolen ATM card on Oct. 11, he became another...