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...

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,...

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'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...

Despite all the talk about the crumbling walls and the need for a new facility for his team, Minnesota baseball coach John Anderson said there is no place he would rather be this afternoon. "Considering...

Minnesota's baseball team once again lost a five-plus-run lead this weekend, but the other three games in the series and the fact that a 19-game road trip is finally done, overshadowed the blown lead. Minnesota...

As Minnesota's baseball team hits the tail end of a 19-game, monthlong road trip, the emphasis is appropriately on finishing. The arduous period of travel will soon be over, and Gophers coach John Anderson...

For the second time in four days, Minnesota's baseball team blew a sizeable lead and suffered a disappointing loss. The Gophers lost to Northern Iowa 7-6 in 10 innings Wednesday evening at Riverfront Stadium...

Former Minnesota men's hockey captain Grant Potulny has signed a one-year contract with the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League. The forward, who in his freshman year became the first non-Minnesotan...

It's almost as if Mike Mee was destined to play baseball at Minnesota. His father, Tom Mee Jr., played alongside current coach John Anderson in the mid-70s for the Gophers and roomed with Hall of Famer-elect...

Minnesota's baseball team got the Big Ten season off to the wrong start with a 4-3, 12-inning loss Friday against Michigan and came up just short of rebounding to win the four-game series. The Gophers...

Minnesota's football team saw its first live, game-like environment Saturday, and continued the learning experience for its potential quarterbacks. The windy first scrimmage of the spring at Gibson-Nagurski...

It's now April, and any more mention of the word "Cinderella" is likely to induce vomiting. Grab a bucket - she's sticking around past midnight, dancing the night away. "Cinderella" is, in fact, the most...

Minnesota's baseball team ended last year's Big Ten season on a sour note, dropping two games and the conference tournament title to Ohio State on the final day of competition. But the closing moments...

Rain might have delayed the game between Minnesota's baseball team and Iowa over the weekend, but it couldn't dampen the momentum the Gophers had accumulated offensively. Minnesota won the Iowa Cubs/Hawkeye...

Minnesota baseball coach John Anderson had grown accustomed to the same core of players inhabiting the early-middle part of his lineup for the last few years. When much of that core - including Ben Pattee,...

Minnesota baseball coach John Anderson calls the road his team has traveled thus far one of the tougher first 15 games of his coaching career - and he's been coaching for 23 years. In the eight games played...

ST. LOUIS - Just four seconds after the whistle blew to begin sudden-victory overtime in the 165-pound semifinals on Friday night at the NCAA wrestling tournament, Oklahoma State's Tyrone Lewis had Minnesota's...

ST. LOUIS - Minnesota's 197-pound wrestler Damion Hahn angrily stormed off the mat and into the underbelly of the Savvis Center after his semifinal match with Arizona State's Ryan Bader on Friday night...

It's more of the same as this year's NCAA wrestling championships approach. Since 1975, Oklahoma State, Iowa and Minnesota have combined to take all but three national titles. And the way things have shaped...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Only two seniors have graced the bout sheet for Minnesota's wrestling team this season, and both of them have done about everything they could. Defending national champion 197-pounder...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - When Minnesota's 184-pound wrestler Josh McLay shocked first-seeded Brian Glynn of Illinois in the quarterfinals at the Big Ten Championships on Saturday, the Gophers had a surprise semifinal...

Minnesota's wrestling team heads to the Big Ten Championships this weekend in a much different position than in the past years. The Gophers have tasted mediocrity this year. But wrestlers and coaches have...

Minnesota men's tennis senior Chris Wettengel was cast into a hostile environment when he rolled through the first five rounds of the Big Ten Singles Tournament in November. And the hometown fans at Varsity...

A former Minnesota women's tennis player told The Minnesota Daily that University athletics officials offered her a scholarship in exchange for a complaint against the team's coach. University Athletics...

Last April, Minnesota's women's tennis team won a Big Ten title with its depth. On Saturday, they got a reality check on just how much things have changed in their first conference match. The Gophers (2-5,...

Minnesota's softball team went 4-1 in the Islander Invitational in Corpus Christi, Texas, this weekend. The Gophers (9-7) played Texas A&M-Corpus Christi once each on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and...

Minnesota wrestling coach J Robinson is grappling with the University. To ensure nonrevenue men's sports receive the financial backing they deserve, he recently filed a complaint with the Department of...

All 184-pound Minnesota wrestler Josh McLay had to do to win his biggest match of the season on Feb. 15 was stand up - kind of. McLay's effortless escape at the beginning of the third period and a second...

Minnesota's wrestling team's most important matches this season have found ways to hinge on the performance of 174-pounder Jon Duncombe. This time, he just had to keep it close. Duncombe, ranked 12th,...

Don't expect Minnesota wrestling coach J Robinson to get misty when he returns to his alma mater, Oklahoma State, on Sunday. The Gophers coach, who graduated from Oklahoma State in 1969, has much more...

Jon Duncombe graduated from Country Lane High School in St. Michael, Minn., burned out from wrestling and unsure what he was going to do with himself. So he decided he might as well go to school. Then...

With 54 seconds remaining in the third period of the final match Sunday at Williams Arena, Minnesota wrestling coach J Robinson decided it was about time to break it down for his heavyweight, redshirt...

It's been a while since the top five teams in college wrestling didn't include both Minnesota and Iowa - much less either team. But much like the 12th-ranked Gophers, the eighth-ranked Hawkeyes haven't...

Minnesota wrestling coach J Robinson has filed a gender discrimination complaint against the University. Robinson, in his 18th year at Minnesota, said the University was unwilling to take action when he...

Postseason awards were the furthest thing from Minnesota volleyball coach Mike Hebert's thoughts early in his team's 2003 campaign. In fact, it didn't even dawn on him until a remarkable turnaround and...

Minnesota wrestling got one of its old leaders back and a little help from a new guy this weekend, as the Gophers recalibrated themselves with a huge upset of No. 3 Illinois and a blowout of Indiana. Senior...

All year long, the talk from Minnesota's wrestlers and coaches has been about progress and trading wins now for success later. But there comes a time when a team needs some kind of evidence of that progress. That...

Six quarterbacks and seven Minnesotans were included in a group of 24 players who signed national letters of intent Wednesday to play football for Minnesota. Headlining the list are Hopkins quarterback...

About 14 and a half hours after Minnesota's wrestling team lost to Purdue on Sunday, the Gophers were back at it, figuring things out during a rare early-morning practice. And following the short and intense...

When Wisconsin came to town Friday, Minnesota wrestling's 165-pound starter Casey Flaherty knew he would probably battle his brother, Kelly Flaherty. But besides thickening the plot a little bit, the Flaherty...

National champion 197-pounder Damion Hahn and 141-pound starter Tommy Owen are both set to return to the lineup this weekend for Minnesota's wrest-ling team. Now all the 12th-ranked Gophers need to reacquire,...

Bobbe Lowe is a slow starter, and he knows it. Minnesota wrestling's 125-pound mainstay loses in the first round at tournaments, makes mistakes early in matches and isn't thrilled with the way he's started...

For the third and fourth straight duals, Minnesota wrestling was without its top two grapplers, 197-pound national champion Damion Hahn and 165-pound All-American Jacob Volkmann. Subtract 141-pounder Tommy...

Minnesota's men's tennis team split a pair of matches over the weekend at Baseline Tennis Center but came out with an important Big Ten win in their first action of the spring season. The 15th-ranked Gophers...

Wrestling without both senior national champion 197-pounder Damion Hahn and 165-pound senior All-American Jacob Volkmann at last weekend's National Duals in Cleveland, Ohio, was indicative of just how...

Just over a week ago, Minnesota wrestling true freshman Jeremy Anderson was looking forward to taking a redshirt year and gaining some experience before he would battle for a spot as a starter in a few...

Minnesota's ninth-ranked wrestling team finished in seventh place at last weekend's National Duals in Cleveland, finishing the tournament without its top two wrestlers. Senior 165-pound All-American Jacob...

EL PASO, Texas - The wind, the pressure and Oregon defensive lineman Junior Siavii's forearm did all they could to prevent it, but Rhys Lloyd's 42-yard field goal in the final minute of play in the Sun...

Keith Ballard did his part to bring Minnesota's men's hockey team back from a 4-2 deficit Saturday night at Mariucci Arena. But losing a 5-4 lead in the last half of the third period for the second straight...

>EL PASO, Texas - Minnesota overcame the loss of three and almost four starters in Wednesday's 31-30 Sun Bowl victory over Oregon. Freshman cornerback Trumaine Banks took a 37-hour bus ride home to...

;EL PASO, Texas - Minnesota placekicker Rhys Lloyd didn't need to listen to what his coach said with 23 seconds left in the game and a 42-yard field goal awaiting in Wednesday's Sun Bowl. He had been there. "He...

After last weekend's seventh-place finish at the Las Vegas Invitational, Minnesota's wrestling coaches want to light a fire under their squad as it enters its dual meet season. And it better not require...

Minnesota's wrestling team finished a disappointing seventh in the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational over the weekend, its final tune-up before its first dual meet of the season. No. 10 Nebraska took home...