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...
Gophers athletics director Norwood Teague announced his $190 million plan for new athletics facilities last July, but according to a Star Tribune report released Thursday, there could be more renovations...
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...
Minnesota sophomore Wally Ellenson made news in late Februrary when he announced his decision to leave the Gophers basketbball program to pursue a full-time collegiate career in track.
Now, it appears...
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 is amid one of its best seasons in recent memory. It continued that trend this weekend at the Hawkeye-Great River Entertainment Invitational in Iowa City, Iowa.
The Gophers...
The Gophers women's golf team was back at it over the weekend and tied for sixth at the Web.com Intercollegiate in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Minnesota shot an aggregate 20-over par over the course...
Julia Courter can be heard from across the Baseline Tennis Center during competitions. Her voice echoes throughout the facility — either celebrating after a won point or cheering on her teammates.
“She...
Minnesota athletics director Norwood Teague denied the Star Tribune report that the University will break ground on a new $70 million football practice facility.
Teague spoke to members of the media after...
Northwestern football players took a big step toward potential compensation for college athletes Wednesday when the National Labor Relations Board ruled that the group can officially unionize as it sees...
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 women’s tennis team has made the doubles point an area of emphasis all season, but the depth of the roster might be its best-kept secret.
Minnesota is a combined 30-6 at No. 4, No. 5...
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 junior Jessika Mozia said she was hard on herself after the loss against Oklahoma State last weekend.
The Gophers were blanked 7-0 at the Baseline Tennis Center and dropped their first doubles...
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...
Minnesota opened its spring season over the weekend with a fifth-place finish at the Big Ten Match Play Championship in Bradenton, Fla.
The Gophers defeated No. 1-seeded Illinois on Saturday and followed...
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...
The Minnesota Vikings signed former Gophers linebacker Simoni Lawrence, he confirmed in an interview with the Minnesota Daily on Tuesday afternoon.
“It’s a blessing because at the end of the...
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 trip home is all the Gophers needed after losing two of their first three matches.
Minnesota won all three of its matches in the friendly confines of the Baseline Tennis Center last weekend.
Still, head...
There really haven't been any surprises on National Signing Day for the Gophers. Still, that doesn't mean there hasn't been a shortage of excitement on the recruiting front.
Minnesota locked...
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...
Frank Ragnow will strap on the shoulder pads for Arkansas, not the Gophers, next season.
Ragnow, a three-star offensive lineman recruit, announced his decision Friday afternoon at Chanhassen High School.
Ragnow...
Former Gophers starting quarterback Philip Nelson will enroll at Rutgers to continue his college football career.
Nelson left the Minnesota football program earlier this month, saying he wanted to play...
Former Gophers quarterback Philip Nelson will enroll at Rutgers and will continue his collegiate career with the Scarlett Knights, according to multiple reports Wednesday.
Nelson left the Minnesota...
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...
Lou Nanne will lead the Athletic Facilities Fundraising Campaign with hopes of raising the $190 million necessary to fund a multi-sport campus athletics complex, the University of Minnesota announced Monday.
It’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...
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...
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...
University of Minnesota officials and student athletes took the stand Thursday in former associate women’s head golf coach Katie Brenny’s lawsuit against the University Board of Regents.
Brenny...
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...
Minnesota leads Penn State 24-10 at halftime in part to a strong first-half performance from sophomore quarterback Philip Nelson.
The Gophers have gone to the air a little more than usual in the...
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...
Minnesota’s women’s golf team wrapped up its fall season Monday with a fifth-place finish at the Las Vegas Invitational, the team’s last competition until February.
Minnesota shot an...
Minnesota coaches have remained rather coy about the quarterback competition between sophomore Philip Nelson and redshirt freshman Mitch Leidner this season.
They also have yet to name a concrete starting...
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...
The Gophers men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams saw different opponents and different results at the University Aquatic Center this weekend.
Minnesota’s women continued their...
J.P. Macura, of Lakeville North High School, committed to Xavier earlier this afternoon. Macura, a four-star recruit, according to Rivals.com, announced the news via his Twitter account.
He is a...
The Gophers' men's hockey team will suspend incoming freshman Gabe Guertler indefinitely for a violation of team rules, the team announced Sunday.
This suspension will be re-evaluated in November,...
Three months after going undrafted, MarQueis Gray said he’s been moving between different positions at the San Francisco 49ers’ training camp with hopes of making the final squad.
The former...
A warm summer afternoon felt a lot like the middle of winter as fans piled into Ridder Arena last week.
The stands were packed as 31 current and former NHL players, hockey prospects and U.S. military members...
CHICAGO — Brock Vereen sat stoically at a round table in a swanky Chicago hotel last week as a cluster of reporters surrounded him.
Vereen, dressed in an Armani suit and tie, was one of three players...
Gophers wide receiver Devin Crawford-Tufts has decided to leave the football team and pursue a collegiate track career.
Crawford-Tufts was a member of both the football team and the track and field team...
Blake Wheeler has starred for the Winnipeg Jets organization throughout his NHL career, and the former Gophers offensive-minded forward was rewarded over the weekend.
Wheeler signed a six-year, $33 million...
Senior tight end Moses Alipate and senior wide receiver Victor Keise have made a minimal impact on the field in their Gophers careers.
Last week they made a huge splash off of it.
Alipate and Keise were...
Herb Brooks was one of the most influential men the sport of hockey has ever seen.
He coached Team USA to an unlikely gold medal at the 1980 Olympics, coached the University of Minnesota to three national...
Ashley Steenvoorden tried to exchange gifts with a Chinese athlete at the World University Games in Kazan, Russia, a little more than a week ago.
She said executing the trade was a challenge.
“I...
A matchup between the names Boeheim and Pitino will catch eyes of college basketball fans at the start of the next season.
However, it'll be Richard Pitino, the son of legendary head coach Rick...
A sweltering summer’s afternoon looked eerily similar to a winter’s night Friday as fans packed the main lobby and lined the sidewalks of the University of Minnesota’s Mariucci Arena.
They...
Erik Haula has never been the biggest player on the ice, but that has never stopped him.
A three-year forward with the Gophers from 2010-13, Haula has starred at every level of his career despite the occasional...
Over the last two weeks, Gophers senior Tori Dixon got a taste of what it’s like to be at the bottom of the totem pole again.
And this summer, there’s no place she’d rather be.
The stud...
Former Gophers defenseman Keith Ballard performed his best Zach Parise and Ryan Suter impressions July 4 when he signed a two-year, $3 million contract with the Minnesota Wild.
It wasn’t anywhere...
Rashad Vaughn has decided to attend Findlay Prep in Las Vegas, Nev., for his senior season of high school, his mentor Pete Kaffey confirmed July 9.
Vaughn, a coveted Gophers recruit and the No. 7 recruit...
Gophers swimmer Kyler Van Swol has used Google Translate a bit in the last few weeks.
Van Swol is trying to learn as much Russian as he can before he and four other former or current Gophers athletes leave...
Gophers incoming freshman Tommy Vannelli sat patiently with his family as name after name was called onstage at the 2013 NHL Draft.
Vannelli said his immediate frustration turned to worry, but he tried...
Gophers incoming freshmen Tommy Vannelli, Taylor Cammarata, Hudson Fasching, and Michael Brodzinski were all selected in the 2013 NHL Draft at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ.
Vannelli was taken...
Gophers linebacker Lamonte Edwards was kicked off the team for a violation of team rules, a University of Minnesota spokesperson confirmed Wednesday afternoon.
Edwards was arrested after an iPhone...
Lauren Gibbemeyer stands at 6 feet 2 inches and certainly looks the part as an intimidating force on the volleyball court.
Then she opens her mouth.
“I was terrified of her at first,”...
Troy Vaughn compares his son, local five-star recruit Rashad Vaughn, to an orange.
He wants to squeeze as much juice, or talent, out of him as possible, and at the moment, Vaughn doesn’t feel his...
Gophers head football coach Jerry Kill was not shy about his program’s state of academics when he first arrived on campus.
A change in culture was imperative for the program, Kill said, and with...
Drew Ghelfi was playing catch in the front yard with his father June 8 as he’d done many times before.
As the seconds crawled by with each exchange, the mindless activity gave Ghelfi clarity amid...
Stephanie Price knows she could complete a marathon with relative ease. But she also knows completing and competing at a high level are two different things.
Price, a former All-American distance runner...
Jerry Kill has a lot on his plate as head coach of the Gophers football squad, and he rarely takes a vacation.
But that hasn’t stopped him from adding more to his schedule in the offseason.
Kill...
Amid a hectic offseason, head football coach Jerry Kill met with reporters last Friday at TCF Bank Stadium to talk about the Gophers' progress in the offseason.
- Kill said he had about 85 to 90 percent...
Florida International University transfer guard Malik Smith has moved a step closer to gaining immediate eligibility this upcoming season for the Gophers after the NCAA released its annual APR report.
Transfer...
Tom Windle and DJ Snelten’s friendship is about to tread into unmarked waters.
The two former Gophers pitchers have become best friends in their last three years in college. Now — after the...
Joel Bauman made national headlines earlier this year as the college wrestler who chose music and the chance to inspire others over a career on the mat.
Nearly four months later, Bauman has not lost his...
Gophers junior pitcher DJ Snelten was selected in the ninth round of the 2013 MLB draft Friday by the San Francisco Giants. He heard the news with a group of six or seven of his immediate family members...
DJ Snelten admits he has flown under the radar for most of his baseball career.
This season was no different. The junior lefty enjoyed a successful spring as the Gophers’ No. 2 starter, while ace...
Tyus Jones, Rashad Vaughn and Reid Travis have dominated recent headlines as the “Big Three” basketball recruits from Minnesota. But on the diamond, colleges and scouts have flocked to a less...
Jessica Allister arrived on the University of Minnesota campus three years ago with a vision: turn around the Gophers softball program.
She may have already done it.
The Gophers ended one of their most...
Rok Bonin ended his Gophers tennis career Wednesday with a three-set loss in the first round of the NCAA singles tournament in Urbana, Ill.
This tournament pits the top-64 singles players in the nation...
Minnesota head coach Geoff Young couldn’t even distinguish his current No. 1 singles player, Rok Bonin, at first sight.
Bonin, the stud senior on the Gophers roster, has an identical twin brother,...
Tim Dalluge once issued a challenge to his son in the form of a yellow Post-it note stuck to the refrigerator.
“If Jordan can bench 135 pounds for five reps he’ll earn $100,” the note...
The Gophers can’t seem to escape connections to athletics director Norwood Teague.
Minnesota’s men’s tennis team will face Virginia Commonwealth, Teague’s former school, in the...
The Gophers can't seem to escape connections to athletics director Norwood Teague.
Minnesota's men's tennis team will face Virginia Commonwealth, Teague's former school, in the first round...
The Gophers men’s tennis team lost in the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament, but head coach Geoff Young said he’s satisfied with the way his team performed during the weekend.
Minnesota...
Minnesota’s women’s head tennis coach Chuck Merzbacher has acknowledged all season that his roster is littered with youth.
That youth that has led the team at times.
Though a junior and a sophomore...
Whitney Taney is arguably the most dominant women’s tennis player to ever walk the halls at Edina High School. She ended her high school career six years ago with a 166-0 record, one that might never...
The No. 32 Gophers men’s tennis team ended its successful regular season with decisive wins over Nebraska and Iowa.
Minnesota beat Nebraska 5-2 on the road Friday and Iowa 7-0 at home Sunday. The...
Both of Minnesota’s tennis teams will host Senior Day during the weekend, but only one has a postseason goal in sight.
The Gophers men are a virtual lock to make the NCAA tournament, but a strong...
The Gophers men’s tennis team bounced back from one of its worst losses of the season during the weekend, and it might have earned a spot in the NCAA tournament in the process.
The Gophers beat Indiana...
Ruben Weber has found a steady spot in the Gophers men’s tennis lineup more than 4,000 miles from home.
Weber, a true freshman from Alzey, Germany, has helped drive the bottom half of the lineup...
