MADISON, Wis. -- Ron Dayne is no ordinary freshman. He's special: very special. In a few short months, the Wisconsin tailback has become the nation's most dominant and punishing rookie rusher. Dayne's...

A year before becoming officially sanctioned by the NCAA, the University women's club hockey team found out how difficult the jump to varsity hockey will be. A 3-1 loss to St. Cloud State on Sunday morning...

This past summer, Apple Valley resident Phyllis Nickels watched as her two daughters walked down the aisle at their double wedding. One of them married a man. The other tied the knot with another woman. Nickels...

The shy, quiet native of Warroad, Minn., emerged Saturday night from the Gophers hockey team's locker room with a wide grin on his face after his team had completed a sweep of previously undefeated North...

Officials in the University's men's athletics department were slow to act on information pertaining to Gophers hockey coach Doug Woog's 1994 payment of $500 to former player Chris McAlpine, according to...

Ted the talking tennis ball lip-synched the Beatles' "Revolution," his spongy mouth and puppet eyes moving like a cross between Ringo Starr and Pac Man. Ted's purpose was to teach an environmental lesson,...

Voters in California last week passed a controversial initiative prohibiting race or gender consideration in college admissions, government hiring and business contracting. The success of the measure,...

MADISON, Wis. -- With only 36 seconds remaining Saturday, the Gophers' defeat was almost complete. Wisconsin led by 17 points, and the Badgers had just recovered a Minnesota fumble. But the raucous fans...

Fittingly, Katrien DeDecker chose Katrien DeDecker Night at the Sports Pavilion to break the school and Big Ten record for career kills. But what was more important for DeDecker and the rest of the Gophers...

To members of the University's Board of Regents: You hold one of the most esteemed positions of leadership in this great state, and I truly believe you do not know enough about higher education and this...