Sports

Spring break is no break at all for Minnesota

Published March 14, 2008

The Gophers open up a stretch of 14 games in 18 days this weekend against Pacific.

‘Twin towers’ at the helm of hot playing Gophers

by Mark Heise
Published March 13, 2008

Junior pitchers Briana Hassett and Katie Dalen are combining for a 2.01 season ERA.

Buried on bench this season, Madsen hopes to get playing time and tries to be positive

Published March 12, 2008

Madsen has appeared in just 15 of Minnesota's first 62 games.

Twins lose 7-1 to Rays; likely to start veteran Hernandez on opening day

Published March 12, 2008

Hernandez already has seven opening-day starts under his belt.

Twins get to Florida’s right-hander Rick VandenHurk in 3rd and beat Marlins 4-2

Published March 11, 2008

Three runs in the third inning boosted Minnesota to 8-4 in Grapefruit League play.

North Carolina holds No. 1 in next-to-last AP poll of the year

Published March 11, 2008

>(AP) - North Carolina's weekend win over Duke kept the Tar Heels on top of The Associated Press' college basketball poll Monday. The top five teams held their spots from last week in the next-to-last...

Gophers make early exit in Indianapolis

Published March 10, 2008

;INDIANAPOLIS - When coach Pam Borton said the women's basketball Big Ten Tournament was wide open, she might have been more accurate than even she could have imagined. With five upsets in the first nine...