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Champ Howard

Champ Howard, Sports Desk Editor

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This win marks head coach Ben Johnson’s first ranked win. Courtesy of Kelly Hagenson, Gopher Athletics.

Gophers men’s basketball still fighting, earn first Big Ten win of the season.

by Champ Howard
Published January 17, 2025
Junior Isabella McCauley has two top-five finishes so far this season. Courtesy of Brad Rempel.

Gophers women’s golfer Isabella McCauley makes Gopher history

by Champ Howard
Published January 16, 2025
Quarterback Max Brosmer finished the game with 211 passing yards and a touchdown.

Winner, winner Hokie dinner: Gophers win sixth straight bowl game.

by Champ Howard
Published January 4, 2025
Tenley Senden, one of the new recruits, is a left-footed forward and scored 26 goals for Wayzata this season.

Gophers soccer back to the drawing board

by Champ Howard
Published December 15, 2024
Freshman Isaac Asuma is averaging over five points per game on 40 percent from the 3-point line.

Gophers men’s basketball fighting uphill battles

by Champ Howard
Published December 11, 2024
The Gophers donned their black alternate uniforms for the first time this season.

Defensive disaster leads to blowout loss in men’s basketball Big Ten opener

by Champ Howard
Published December 7, 2024
The Gophers were seventh in scoring in the last Big Ten season.

Despite lackluster offense, Gophers men’s basketball moves to 5-1

by Champ Howard
Published November 27, 2024
Khyah Harper’s 17 goals were 11 more than her past three seasons.

Historic season concludes for Gophers soccer

by Champ Howard
Published November 27, 2024
Volleyball dominates, basketball rebuilds and soccer advances in Gophers nation

Volleyball dominates, basketball rebuilds and soccer advances in Gophers nation

by Champ Howard and Andrew Cornelius
Published November 20, 2024
Steveson returns to the mat on a 52-match win streak.

Gable Steveson to make Gophers wrestling return, continue dominance

by Champ Howard
Published November 20, 2024
Midfielder Sophia Boman scored the sixth game-winning goal of her career on Friday.

Gophers soccer scores first NCAA tournament win since 2018

by Champ Howard
Published November 20, 2024
Steveson competed for the Gophers from 2018-2022.

Gable Steveson announces return to Gopher wrestling

by Champ Howard
Published November 12, 2024
Senior Dawson Garcia was ranked the 45th best player in men’s college basketball, according to CBS Sports.

Golden Gophers men’s basketball starts season with blowout win

by Champ Howard
Published November 8, 2024
Former Gophers swimmers and divers collectively won 10 Olympic medals.

Gophers swim and dive celebrates program while honoring its trailblazers

by Champ Howard
Published November 3, 2024
Gophers midfielder Sophia Boman won Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 29. Courtesy of Brad Rempel.

Gophers soccer start postseason with Penn State rematch

by Champ Howard
Published October 30, 2024
Senior captain Elizabeth Overberg started all games in Minnesota’s backline. Courtesy of Brad Rempel.

Gophers soccer seals B1G postseason plans

by Champ Howard
Published October 25, 2024
The Gophers finished 10th in the Big Ten last season.

Men’s basketball finds footing in second half of exhibition game

by Champ Howard
Published October 20, 2024
During the team's Wednesday night practice, freshman Paige Schmit worked on the routine with her team.

Stunts and bonds built on UMN artistic swimming team

by Champ Howard
Published October 20, 2024
The Gopher's win against Ohio State is their first top-10 win since 2015.

Gophers soccer maintains NCAA tournament hopes after upsetting Ohio State

by Champ Howard
Published October 13, 2024
The Gophers won 26 out of 32 total events on Oct. 4. Image courtesy of Gopher Athletics.

Gophers swim and dive teams start seasons victorious

by Champ Howard
Published October 6, 2024
The Gophers fell to No. 46 in the NCAA rankings.

Gophers women’s soccer winless on recent Big Ten road trip

by Champ Howard
Published October 3, 2024
Gopher ups and downs: soccer stumbles, volleyball triumphs and the Timberwolves trade

Gopher ups and downs: soccer stumbles, volleyball triumphs and the Timberwolves trade

by Alex Karwowski and Champ Howard
Published October 3, 2024
Head coach Ben Johnson is entering his fourth season with the Gophers.

Ben Johnson is relying on old guys this season

by Champ Howard
Published September 30, 2024
Birdsell wears the number 22, her father’s favorite number. Courtesy of Brad Rempel

Caroline Birdsell breaks out as tenacious talent for Gophers soccer

by Champ Howard
Published September 27, 2024
The Gophers are nationally ranked as one of eight Big Ten teams in the Top 30.

Gopher’s soccer begins Big Ten play undefeated

by Champ Howard
Published September 20, 2024
Big wins and rising stars for the Golden Gophers

Big wins and rising stars for the Golden Gophers

by Champ Howard and Emmett Laurent
Published September 19, 2024
Harper is tied for second in the Big Ten in goals.

Khyah Harper kicks away injuries, shoots for sensational season

by Champ Howard
Published September 14, 2024
The Gophers defeated Brown 2-0 in their last matchup in 2008.

Gophers women’s soccer completes historic season start

by Champ Howard
Published September 8, 2024
The Gophers scoring attack was carried by Khyah Harper who put up five shots on Thursday.

Gophers women’s soccer off to best start since 2018

by Champ Howard
Published September 7, 2024
Both of the Betts’s brothers wear the number four in honor of their father.

Kadyn Betts plans to never quit fulfilling basketball dreams with the Gophers

by Champ Howard
Published August 3, 2024
Boston College is the only other university to have at least one player drafted in all four major sports leagues in 2024.

Meet the Gophers drafted in 2024

by Champ Howard
Published July 28, 2024
Higgins was hired to join the Gophers as an assistant coach in 2021.

Matt Higgins inspired by daughters to bring leadership to the Gophers

by Champ Howard
Published July 21, 2024
Student Seats, UMN men's gymnastics, WNBA highlights and more

Student Seats, UMN men’s gymnastics, WNBA highlights and more

by Champ Howard
Published July 18, 2024
Wilkinson was awarded Division III All-American status eight times before joining Team USA.

Former Gopher Matt Wilkinson to join Team USA in Paris for Olympics

by Champ Howard
Published July 14, 2024
Gymnastics chalk spelled out a message on a bulletin board in Cooke Hall on June 5.

Regent Turner compares men’s gymnastics advocacy to Gaza protesters

by Champ Howard
Published July 8, 2024
Minnesota is one of 13 Big Ten schools associated with Student Seats.

Scam-free ticketing app coming to Minnesota in the fall

by Champ Howard
Published July 7, 2024
Simone Biles, 27, became the oldest U.S. female gymnast on Sunday.

US women’s gymnastics begins “redemption tour” in Minneapolis.

by Champ Howard
Published July 1, 2024
Nine Gopher teams had at least one athlete recognized with academic honors.

151 Gophers earn a spot on spring Academic All-Big Ten team

by Champ Howard
Published June 27, 2024
Players wore black shirts with E^2 across the front meaning “Everything Everyday.”

Gophers men’s basketball out with old and in with new players

by Champ Howard
Published June 17, 2024
PWHL advisory board member Billie Jean King announced the first three picks of the draft.

Three Gophers drafted in 2024 Professional Women’s Hockey League Draft

by Champ Howard
Published June 12, 2024
Minnesota Men's Gymnastics Head Coach Mike Burns starts to clean up the team's practice gym, which has been their home for over 30 years. Uncertainty looms about where they'll go next.

Men’s gymnastics club forced out of home gym

by Champ Howard
Published June 9, 2024
The Gophers will have representation in seven events.

Gophers Track & Field sending 11 athletes to NCAA Outdoor Championships.

by Champ Howard, Sports Reporter
Published May 29, 2024
Higgins was born in Minnesota and attended the University of Northwestern-St. Paul.

Matt Higgins named next Gophers women’s golf head coach

by Champ Howard
Published May 28, 2024
Brinsmead spent 21 years as a coach before stepping down.

Rhyll Brinsmead retires from coaching women’s golf

by Champ Howard
Published May 9, 2024
The Gophers men’s basketball team finished the season 19-15 while the women’s program went on a postseason run to finish 20-16.

Minnesota Gophers basketball player tracker

by Alex Karwowski and Champ Howard
Published April 21, 2024
Senior Mya Hooten is the first Gopher since Lexy Ramler to qualify individually for the NCAA Championships.

Gophers women’s 2024 gymnastics season ends in the NCAA regional finals

by Champ Howard
Published April 14, 2024
This was the second consecutive year Minnesota has sent three divers to the NCAA Championships.

Vivi Del Angel wins national championship, Soloveychik gets All-American honors

by Champ Howard
Published April 12, 2024
The Gophers are set to compete in the Arkansas Regionals after their Big Ten Championships performance.

Gophers gymnastics gets awards, titles after conference championship

by Champ Howard
Published March 29, 2024
Megan Van Berkom placed third in the 400-yard individual medley preliminaries with a time of 4:02.53 on Friday.

Gophers sending 16 student-athletes to men’s, women’s swimming and diving NCAA championships

by Champ Howard and Gabrielle Erenstein
Published March 24, 2024
“My favorite moment was winning the Asheville Championship my first year as a manager,” Dillion said.

Gophers basketball managers best in nation, eyeing Manager Games glory

by Champ Howard
Published March 17, 2024
Mike Mitchell and Parker Fox on the Gopher men's basketball team talking through the game during a free throw on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023 at Williams Arena.

Gophers men’s basketball out of Big Ten tournament, Michigan State advances

by Champ Howard
Published March 15, 2024
Throwers Shelby Frank and Annie Nabwe will participate in the Indoor Track & Field Championships, starting March 7.

Three Gophers women’s track and field athletes breaking school, conference records

by Champ Howard
Published March 7, 2024
Guard Elijah Hawkins scores a career-high 24 points in a win over the Buckeyes at home.

Minnesota men’s basketball faces off against Ohio State

by Champ Howard
Published February 23, 2024
Charves Head, a chef at Athlete’s Village Nutrition Center, serves a student athlete dinner on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024.

What does an athlete’s nutrition look like?

by Champ Howard
Published February 12, 2024
The Gophers MBB team fell to the Wisconsin Badgers by two points on Tuesday, Jan. 23.

Looking into Minnesota men’s basketball’s first-half struggles

by Champ Howard
Published February 4, 2024
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