Despite going undrafted June 28, former Gophers big man Ralph Sampson III was selected to join the Charlotte Bobcats' roster for the 2012 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.
Sampson, 22, will join 2011...
Gophers track and field senior Jack Szmanda won the decathlon at the North American, Central American and Caribbean under-23 championships in Guanajuato, Mexico, on July 6-8.
Szmanda scored 7,061 points...
John Williams, a former Gophers star tackle who played in three Super Bowls in the NFL, died on Sunday while out for a walk, the Star Tribune reported. He was 64.
Williams played for the Gophers in the...
Minnesota Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson was arrested on a charge of resisting arrest early Friday morning in Houston, ESPN reported.
Peterson was released from jail Saturday on a $1,000 bond...
Gophers senior Haley Spencer missed out on the Olympic team at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, Neb., on Saturday.
Spencer placed seventh in the final of the 200-meter breaststroke with...
