Peter Mueller verbally committed to play hockey at Minnesota when he was 15. Since then, he's done much thinking, and at 17, he's decided that maybe the Gophers aren't the best fit for his future after...

On the 14th floor of Moos Tower, the laboratory appears ordinary. Researchers wear jeans, put plates under microscopes and record their observations. Also under their eyes is a controversy - cells that...

Assistant coach John Hill helped recruit the talent that won Minnesota's men's hockey team its national championships in 2002 and 2003, but he didn't get to be a part of the titles after he left for the...

Minnesota men's hockey assistant coach Bob Motzko is leaving the Gophers to become an assistant at St. Cloud State, Huskies Athletics Director Morris Kurtz announced Tuesday. Motzko, a St. Cloud State...

Fourteen senators worked together to avoid a major change of course in the U.S. Senate on Monday, reaching a compromise that effectively killed a Republican effort to eliminate filibusters against judicial...

Anybody who knows me is aware of how much I despise the degeneration of ESPN into the catchphrase-laced "Crossfire" of sports with the occasional tidbit of actual news. But, like the hypocrite I am, I...

When the NCAA Division I Management Council backed legislation that would add a 12th game to college football teams' schedules starting in 2006, the reaction in the Twin Cities was nearly universal: "Holy...

David Wheaton doesn't believe in coincidences. But even he admits the sequence of events during the last six weeks has been "pretty incredible." Less than one month after returning to college as Minnesota's...

Maine and Cornell weren't the only victims of heroic overtime goals by Minnesota's men's hockey team this weekend. Gophers goaltender Kellen Briggs was robbed as well - of his propers. Despite the grit-and-guts...

Minnesota Athletics Director Joel Maturi stood by women's hockey coach Laura Halldorson on Thursday amid reports her future with the program is uncertain. Former player Jerilyn Glenn, who graduated last...

On Monday, Indiana coach Mike Davis all but said his team should be chosen ahead of Minnesota for the NCAA Tournament, citing the fact that it won the tie-breaker for the fourth seed during the weekend...

Minnesota men's tennis senior Avery Ticer wore the stars-and-stripes headband just like his hero David Wheaton did in the early 1990s. On Wednesday, Wheaton again exercised some influence over what Ticer...

Anyone who spends more than 15 minutes in the world of sports journalism learns that cynicism is like fiber for the sports journalist. Without cynicism, we wouldn't be able to digest the egotism and self-importance...

Something was very wrong at Mariucci Arena this weekend: Minnesota men's hockey fans were cheering and making signs for the wrong team. The Phil Kessel circus - cleverly disguised as the U.S. National...

Minnesota men's hockey coach Don Lucia said something very interesting after his team gave away a win with seven seconds to go Saturday against Alaska-Anchorage: "Training camp starts Monday, as far as...

After his team fell 60-50 to Minnesota on Saturday at Williams Arena, Badgers coach Bo Ryan was asked what he thought was working so well for Dan Monson's Gophers. So he gave his take, and then, he made...

Minnesota football coach Glen Mason has a reputation as an Ohio high school football aficionado, and his recruiting classes have reflected that consistently during his tenure with the Gophers. This year,...

Minnesota women's hockey coach Laura Halldorson recently attached an interesting adjective to her defense, which is composed of four juniors, two sophomores and a freshman. Veteran. It's almost tempting...

In 1964, Brown University started the first collegiate women's hockey team. Forty-one years later, Minnesota's women's hockey team made Brown look like a club team. The top-ranked Gophers (19-1-2, 14-0-2...

Minnesota volleyball coach Mike Hebert might have shushed senior Erin Martin on Saturday when she began to fume about the lack of respect for Midwest teams on the West Coast. "I'm guessing they're favoring...

East Carolina football coach Skip Holtz contacted Minnesota coach Glen Mason on Monday asking to speak with defensive coordinator Greg Hudson about an assistant position on his staff, East Carolina Director...

With most of the attention focused on the progress of a heralded redshirt freshman class, Minnesota's wrestling team's more experienced grapplers made the most of the team's final predual-season tournament...

Minnesota football safety John Pawielski had surgery for a broken fibula Tuesday but should be back in time for spring practice, Gophers coach Glen Mason said. The junior was injured during the second...

Minnesota's wrestling team is coming off its worst NCAA Championships finish since 1996. But upperclassman leadership isn't the ticket out of this valley. No, coach J Robinson is counting on a group of...

Despite having two players in the semifinals Monday at the Big Ten Singles Championships in Madison, Wis., Minnesota's men's tennis team will not bring home its second-consecutive conference singles champion. Senior...

Minnesota football coach Glen Mason got a little jealous Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium, and he'll be the first to admit it. Mason said during his weekly press conference Tuesday that the newly renovated...

MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin chopped off Minnesota's football team's legs Saturday - and that was before it took back Paul Bunyan's Axe. After the Gophers deferred to the second half on the opening coin toss,...

Minnesota football coach Glen Mason stuck by quarterback Bryan Cupito during his Tuesday press conference, saying the sophomore will remain the starter despite recent struggles. Cupito has not completed...

The first words out of Minnesota men's hockey coach Don Lucia's mouth following Friday's 9-2 win over Minnesota State-Mankato didn't seem appropriate after a blowout win. "It started with Kellen," Lucia...

Minnesota men's hockey freshman Kris Chucko lamented after this weekend's series versus Minnesota State-Mankato that he still hadn't shot the puck in the net after seven games this year. But this weekend,...

Minnesota's women's basketball team will be without Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year Janel McCarville for up to four weeks after the senior broke the third metacarpal bone in her left hand in practice...

Even after she managed to add a right shoulder injury to her laundry list of ailments, Minnesota volleyball senior Paula Gentil was so encouraged by the nearly 11,000 people in attendance Saturday evening...

Eleven a.m. to 9:30 p.m. All Minnesota sports, all the time. Saturday had such potential for Twin Citians - Minnesota's football team playing for a ticket to the Rose Bowl at 11 a.m., Johan Cy-tana on...

Mike Nugent's larger-than-average leg has saved Ohio State from disaster two weeks in a row. Michigan saved Notre Dame coach Tyrone Willingham's job for another year with a 28-20 loss to the Irish last...

Minnesota baseball center fielder Sam Steidl describes the Big Ten this year as a "rat race." But, in fact, it's more like a Gophers-Buckeyes-Lions-and-Wolverines race - oh, my. There are more teams in...

Early and often has been the theme for Minnesota's baseball team's offense in its last few games, and Tuesday's game against Hamline was no different. For the third straight week, the Gophers offense shone...

Minnesota baseball coach John Anderson said he chose to start pitcher Matt Loberg on Sunday against Purdue because of the success Loberg has had against the Boilermakers - namely, a 10-0 complete-game...

Each facing a bases-loaded jam in the first inning of their starts, Minnesota baseball pitchers Jay Gagner and Matt Loberg chose different paths this weekend. On Saturday, Gagner settled himself down and...

Minnesota's baseball team went into this season expecting big things from its pitching staff, and the phrase "best in the Big Ten" came up several times. Appropriately, the Gophers' rise to a conference...

Wednesday night's Minnesota baseball game versus St. Thomas at Siebert Field had just about everything - walks, hit batsmen, errors and runs. And almost every one went in the Gophers' favor. About the...

Minnesota's baseball team's Pro-Alumni game in early February every year is usually reserved for some good times and a few reunions with former players. But for current Gophers junior Josh Krogman, the...

Former Minnesota football fullback Thomas Tapeh was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fifth round of the NFL Draft on Sunday. The 6-foot-1-inch, 230-pound native of Liberia was the 30th pick of...

Minnesota baseball coach John Anderson stated the obvious before this weekend's series at Northwestern: His players were going to have to start winning some series if they wanted move up in the standings. They...

At this point last season, Minnesota's baseball team was 10-0 and cruising toward its second-straight Big Ten regular season title. This season, the Gophers are 7-5 and lodged in a four-way tie for second...

Minnesota's baseball team had made a habit out of barnburners against lesser midweek opponents, going 1-2 in three one-run Wednesday games during the first half of the season. But Wednesday, against North...

Minnesota men's hockey forward Thomas Vanek will represent his native Austria in the 2004 International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships in the Czech Republic beginning Saturday. The sophomore...

The last time a true freshman started consistently for Minnesota's baseball team was five years ago, when Cottage Grove, Minn., native Luke Appert stepped in as designated hitter and showed the upperclassmen...

The winds were blowing out at Siebert Field on Friday and Saturday, and the first three games of the Minnesota-Penn State baseball series were accordingly decided by home runs. But on Sunday, it was the...

After Wednesday's 3-2, 10-inning win over South Dakota State, Minnesota baseball coach John Anderson noted that, at this point in the Big Ten season, most of the teams look pretty even. Accordingly, his...

A combination of South Dakota State baseball pitchers surprisingly shut down Minnesota hitters for seven straight innings Wednesday, but the end of the game belonged to the Gophers, thanks to some clutch...