The blink of an eye. The snap of a finger. Six thousandths of a second. That was the difference between being a national champion and being second best in the men's 400-meter dash at the NCAA track and...

For Keri Hehn, every lap in the pool, every rep in the weight room and every ounce of energy she's ever devoted to the sport of swimming paid off in one special moment earlier this summer. It was the day...

It's something that has been as common at Mariucci Arena as the pungent odor of the Minnesota men's hockey locker room the past three seasons: Paul Martin's Elk River "Elks" stocking cap. Whether in a...

Though the football season opener is still three weeks away, the Gophers already might be in jeopardy of losing home-field advantage in two games. For the second consecutive year, the Gophers' home schedule...

Minnesota's volleyball team, the defending Big Ten champions, was unanimously selected to repeat as conference champions in the 2003 Big Ten volleyball preseason coaches poll, announced Aug. 1 by Big Ten...

LBy Thomas Whisenand ocated in a renovated commercial garage 20 minutes west of Minneapolis is Midwest Pro Wrestling, where grown men live out their childhood fantasies of being professional wrestlers. Making...

Minnesota women's diver Rebecca Cornthwaite has been selected to participate in the 2003 World University Games. Cornthwaite, who is training in Australia, will travel to South Korea to represent Australia...

More than 100 bodies lay strewn about on mats inside the Bierman athletic complex Tuesday evening, most of them motionless. A few kids sit up and joke quietly. Some listen to music. Most are too exhausted...

For a guy who had never heard of Minnesota and never intended to become an athletics trainer, Jim Marshall had quite a career. After 42 years as a trainer and administrative services coordinator in the...