Brock Vereen hasn’t watched much ESPN over the last few months. He’s caught a few games of the NBA playoffs and an MLB game here and there, but he has spent most of his time fixated on Netflix...

Rodrick Williams hasn’t taken a meaningful carry in a game in more than six months. He started last year as part of a two-headed monster in the backfield, but a foot injury in the middle of the season...

The Minnesota men’s track and field squad split up over the weekend, with some traveling to Tempe, Ariz., for the Sun Angel Track Classic, and others staying home to compete in the Holst Invitational...

Minnesota’s men’s golf team finished up Tuesday with a team score of 18-over par, good for a second-place finish at the Duck Invitational in Eugene, Ore. The Gophers sat all alone in fourth...

The Gophers men’s golf team sits alone in fourth place after the first and second rounds of play at the Duck Invitational in Eugene, Ore. The Gophers finished the two rounds of action Monday with...

The Gophers men’s tennis team hadn’t played a home match in nearly a month. It was a clear Sunday afternoon, and the team was happy to be home. Minnesota, back at the Baseline Tennis Center...

Penn State star guard Tim Frazier had his season spoiled last year after he tore his Achilles tendon in the fourth game. Now, a year later, he has a chance to play spoiler against the Gophers in the final...

The Gophers men’s golf team won its second tournament of the 2013-14 season Tuesday with a win at the Del Walker Classic in Long Beach, Calif. Minnesota seniors Jon Trasamar and Alex Gaugert paced...

A 4-3 loss to rival Wisconsin was on the minds of players on the Gophers men’s tennis team this weekend. They were not about to let the Badgers best them again. “It was probably the toughest...

Gophers head football coach Jerry Kill said his brother called him after he and the University of Minnesota agreed to a new contract. “You ain’t worth that,” his brother said. Still,...

Gophers head football coach Jerry Kill and the University of Minnesota have agreed to restructure the coach’s contract, athletics director Norwood Teague announced Saturday afternoon. That new contract...

Minnesota head coach Chuck Merzbacher has raved about his team’s ability to bounce back in the face of adversity this year. That skill was on full display at Baseline Tennis Center over the weekend. The...

The Gophers escaped the Minnesota cold in favor of some Florida sunshine over the last few days. But more importantly, they started their season on a high note. Minnesota finished the three-day tournament...

While his team just dropped its final two matches before its first Big Ten match of the season next weekend, Minnesota head coach Geoff Young said he isn’t too concerned. “You never want to...

A tennis racket, a tennis ball and a wall — that’s all it took for Leandro Toledo. He was hooked. As a 7-year-old growing up in Hamburg, Germany, his mother used to take him along to his older...

Minnesota really couldn’t have hoped for a better start to its season. The Gophers won their fourth straight match to open the year when they dismantled North Dakota 7-0 and followed it up with an...

Minnesota’s men’s tennis team might have lost its most talented player from last year’s squad, but it managed to hold on to a veteran-filled roster. Given that, a 4-1 season-opening loss...

It seems Mitch Leidner received an early birthday present this year from Philip Nelson in the form of the keys to the Gophers football program. Nelson announced Jan. 16 his decision to transfer from the...

DeAndre Mathieu's driving layup with seconds remaining tied the game at 71-71 and sent the game into overtime, but the Gophers ultimately fell to No. 5 Michigan State 87-75 at the Breslin Center in East...

Minnesota was without one of its leading goal scorer, one of its top defensive, and most importantly its head coach Friday night against Colgate. It definitely showed in the team's performance as the top-ranked...

Connor Cosgrove has the most important day of his life stenciled on a sticker in his room. It’s lost some of its adhesive over time, but the meaning has never faded. And now it’s only two days...

Gophers junior forward Seth Ambroz is the greatest player the new Big Ten hockey conference has ever seen — at least through the conference’s first weekend of existence. Ambroz, who’s...

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Ra’Shede Hageman was visibly disappointed after the Gophers’ 14-3 loss to Michigan State on Saturday. Hageman hung his head and tightly grasped the straps of his...

University of Minnesota head football coach Jerry Kill turns around football programs. In the last 15 years, he’s toured the Midwest, taking over four struggling teams and redirecting them. He’s...

The University of Minnesota football team hadn’t held the Governor’s Victory Bell trophy in so long that when players finally got their hands on the hardware Saturday, they didn’t know...

After a rough series with Bemidji State last weekend, Minnesota head coach Brad Frost said he wanted his team to play with more passion. His squad responded with a dominant series sweep against Minnesota...

Minnesota’s women’s basketball team finished up its exhibition slate Saturday with a 69-54 win over Minnesota State-Moorhead at Williams Arena. After a hotly contested first half, the Gophers...

The Minnesota men’s swimming and diving squad bounced back from last weekend’s loss to then-No. 5 Florida with a dominant win over rival Wisconsin. The Gophers women’s squad followed...

University of Minnesota athletics director Norwood Teague announced Thursday that head football coach Jerry Kill will take a leave of absence to focus on his epilepsy treatment. Teague did not give a timetable...