It's only been a few months since Jeff Taffe chose to forego his senior season with the Gophers for a shot at the NHL, but the Coyotes prospect can drop names like he's been a pro for years. Taffe can...

Minnesota men's tennis coach David Geatz doesn't know why Switzerland native Thomas Haug chose to play for the Gophers four years ago. As the junior captain prepares to lead Minnesota into its ninth-straight...

Minnesota's men's tennis team won't head into its ninth-consecutive NCAA tournament appearance with many positive memories about its surroundings. On Thursday, the Gophers leave for Malibu, Calif., where...

Until about two weeks ago, Minnesota's rowing team was not expected to be a force in next weekend's Big Ten championships. Despite a solid start to its second year of varsity competition, it took wins...

When Minnesota's men's tennis team had its first shot at third-ranked Illinois two weeks ago, the Gophers came as close to the Illini as any other conference team this season with a 4-3 loss. But after...

Playing in its first-round Big Ten tournament match with Michigan (13-9, 6-5 Big Ten) on Thursday, Minnesota's women's tennis team couldn't overcome windy conditions and a deep Wolverines squad in a 4-1...

For five seasons in the early 1990s, Minnesota's men's tennis team dominated the Big Ten. From 1991 to 1995, the Gophers lost just four conference matches and finished atop the Big Ten standings four times,...

Early in the second set of her No. 1 singles match against Purdue's Melissa Iqbal three weeks ago, Valerie Vladea fell to the court with an injured ankle. But minutes later, the top player on Minnesota's...

Trailing Iowa's women's tennis team 3-1 with three matches left to be decided on Friday, Minnesota couldn't afford to lose another match. Late in the four hour-long match, all of the Gophers hopes for...

Thirteen miles away from the dozen tennis courts enclosed in a pair of inflated white domes at Bloomington's Northwest Athletic Center, a brand-new 22-court, indoor-outdoor, on-campus tennis facility is...

Facing one of the top men's tennis teams in the nation last week, Minnesota's No. 1 singles player Harsh Mankad found himself on the edge. Mankad, back with the Gophers after playing for India's Davis...

Already looking to improve on this season's sixth-place Big Ten finish with a solid class of recruits and redshirted players coming in, the University of Minnesota men's basketball team addressed one of...

Minnesota's match with Illinois's second-ranked men's tennis team had technically been over for quite some time when Gophers junior Manuel Lievano and Mike Kosta found themselves battling for a third-set...

After coming out of its last series with a disappointing 1-1 split, Minnesota's men's tennis team is playing for position and ranking instead of a regular season Big Ten title this weekend. If it were...

With hopes for its first Big Ten win in seven tries resting on Brandi Watts' and Kandis Batiste's shoulders Sunday, Minnesota's women's tennis team gathered at the sidelines of the No. 5 and No. 6 singles...

Minnesota's men's basketball coach Dan Monson broke two weeks of silence Tuesday, announcing he would not leave the Gophers to accept an offer with the University of Washington. Monson, who said he normally...

With a winless Big Ten record and three of its final five games coming against nationally ranked opponents, Minnesota's women's tennis team is focusing more on improvement than on the standings. Struggling...

Heading into the final month of the regular season, Minnesota's men's tennis team finds itself ranked No. 17 in the nation with six wins in its last seven matches. But with all of their preseason goals...

Minnesota's men's basketball season came to a fitting end as the Gophers fell to Richmond in the second round of the NIT on March 18. Just as the Gophers looked to be in range of the Spiders with a three-point...

Fourteen minutes into Minnesota's 96-62 thrashing of New Mexico in the first round of the National Invitational Tournament on Wednesday, Gophers point guard Kevin Burleson snatched a half-court steal and...

As he silently shot baskets on a deserted Williams Arena floor on Sunday evening, Minnesota forward Rick Rickert expressed his disappointment in his team's postseason fate without saying a word. Most of...

INDIANAPOLIS - The conditions at Minnesota's men's basketball team's first round Big Ten tournament match-up with Penn State didn't seem ideal for an offensive explosion. The Gophers, still stinging from...

Illinois' men's basketball team entered Sunday's game at Minnesota ranked 15th in the nation, but when the buzzer sounded to signal their seventh-straight win over the Gophers (16-11, 9-7 Big Ten), the...

For Minnesota's men's basketball team, nearly everything wrong with its Big Ten season started two weeks ago in Evanston, Ill. When the Gophers (15-10, 8-6 Big Ten) headed to Northwestern to face a struggling,...

Midway through Saturday's 67-62 loss to Wisconsin's men's basketball team, Minnesota was on fire. During their 19-5 run to end the first half and a 9-2 spurt to start the second, the Gophers put points...

The two teams meeting at Williams Arena on Saturday have been heading in opposite directions. While Minnesota's men's basketball team is looking to rebound from Wednesday's stunning loss at Northwestern,...

Wednesday's opponent for Minnesota's men's basketball team has gone 33 years without a .500 record in the Big Ten and are near the conference floor again this season. But Minnesota co-captain Dusty Rychart...

IOWA CITY, Iowa - When Iowa forward Reggie Evans converted a half-court steal into a one-handed breakaway slam dunk against Minnesota's men's basketball team on Saturday, more than half the game was left...

Midway through his team's pounding of Penn State's men's basketball team last Wednesday, Minnesota's freshman standout Rick Rickert had nearly half of the Gophers' points. But as he has done quite often...

Following the dismal first half Minnesota's men's basketball team posted in Saturday's game against 25th-ranked Indiana, one would only expect members of the Williams Arena crowd to mob the court after...

Entering Williams Arena with the worst record in the Big Ten and a four-game losing streak, Penn State's men's basketball team lived up to its numbers and its reputation in a 94-70 rout by Minnesota (12-7,...

Minnesota guard Travarus Bennett is a quiet player off the basketball court, but in the Gophers' upset victory over Ohio State last Saturday, his jump shot said everything his team had been waiting to...

With his Minnesota basketball team looking to avoid a three-game skid against Ohio State Saturday, point guard Kevin Burleson was asked when the Gophers last knocked off the Buckeyes. "I don't know," the...

With Minnesota's men's basketball team on a two-game losing streak following a promising start to its Big Ten season, the Gophers have a timely midweek-bye before they host No. 20 Ohio State on Saturday. Minnesota...

In the Minnesota men's basketball team's game room located underneath the Williams Arena floor, there was a Nintendo 64 hooked up to the room's big-screen television Thursday. Waiting for Gophers players...

Michael Bauer has struggled on the basketball court recently, but the Minnesota forward has seen worse. Despite shooting just 22 percent from the field after leading Minnesota in scoring through its first...

Last Friday, Minnesota's men's basketball team traveled to Athens, Ga., looking to regroup after being upset at home by North Carolina-Wilmington. But following the Gophers' 77-55 loss to Georgia, Minnesota...

Although Minnesota's men's basketball team has gone 1-2 over its last three games - including a 58-50 loss to North Carolina-Wilmington on Tuesday - the Gophers aren't panicking. Still, after surrendering...

Even after seeing his team pull out a 17-point victory over Texas-Pan American last Saturday, Minnesota men's basketball coach Dan Monson said the team is looking unprepared for Tuesday's game with North...

Late in the first half of Minnesota's game against Texas-Pan American's men's basketball team, the Williams Arena crowd cheered as a Broncs 10-second violation gave the Gophers possession of the ball. With...

Following what might have been his team's longest game film session of the season, Minnesota men's basketball coach Dan Monson approached the stands and apologized to a group of Gophers alumni who were...

Midway through the first half of Tuesday night's Big Ten-ACC Challenge game at Wake Forest, Minnesota's men's basketball team snatched the lead and began building a significant margin. The Gophers, who...

Through its first three games, Minnesota's men's basketball team won by an average of 22 points, out-rebounded opponents by 28 and shot 49 percent. But the Gophers played Mercer, North Carolina-Asheville...

Minnesota's men's basketball team entered the season with its leading scorer and rebounder returning along with a highly touted recruiting class, including an All-American junior college transfer and a...

Minnesota's men's basketball team dominated its season opener over Mercer on Saturday, but the Gophers see plenty of room for improvement as they host North Carolina-Asheville on Wednesday night. Minnesota...

While there was little doubt Minnesota's men's basketball team would win its season opener with the Gophers leading Mercer by 16 late in the first half, junior center Jerry Holman did his part to make...

With its season opener just three days away, Minnesota's men's basketball team looked even further into the future Wednesday as the Gophers received signed letters of intent from two recruits. Forward...

After Minnesota's men's basketball team got off to a promising start in its first exhibition game of the season, the Harlem Globetrotters showed their hosts why they only lose about once every 300 games. The...

While their name evokes images of off-court antics and on-court showboating, the Harlem Globetrotters, whom Minnesota men's basketball team kicks off its exhibition season against, are a serious team. The...

Before starting the season, Minnesota's women's soccer team was filled with confidence after using a new system to score five times in its first scrimmage of the year. But the Gophers (5-12, 3-7 Big Ten)...

Midway through the second overtime of Minnesota's soccer game with Iowa State on Wednesday, neither team had scored a goal. With just over eight minutes left in the Gophers' last home game this season,...

CHICAGO - When Michigan State men's basketball coach Tom Izzo learned two of the Spartans underclassmen were defecting to the NBA after losing to Arizona in the 2001 Final Four, he started looking for...

After being suspended indefinitely from Minnesota's basketball team on Saturday for violating team rules, starting shooting guard Shane Schilling will transfer from the University. He has not yet announced...

Whenever she is slammed into the ground by an opposing defender standing half a foot taller than her, Rachael Roth is reminded there is more to being Minnesota's go-to soccer player than goals and glory. But...

Early in Saturday's game, Michigan State's football team looked as if it could move downfield at will. After forcing Minnesota to punt, the Spartans marched 63 yards for a touchdown on their first drive....

Big Ten tournament hopes ended over the weekend as Minnesota's soccer team lost its last conference games. Minnesota (4-10, 3-7 Big Ten), which was beaten 2-0 at Michigan on Friday and lost 1-0 at Michigan...

Last Sunday, playing at Wisconsin with its season on the line, Minnesota's soccer team battled back from a second-half deficit, waited a half an hour when lightning hit Madison during overtime, and found...

The many new faces on Minnesota's men's basketball team have provided the Gophers with optimism about the upcoming season. In the month before the Nov. 17 opener against Mercer, however, Minnesota's newcomers...

Minnesota scored three goals in Friday's loss to Northwestern and Sunday's win at Wisconsin - the most of any weekend series - but the same three players continued to contribute all of the Gophers' points. Forward...

Early in the second half of Sunday's game at Wisconsin, Minnesota's soccer team found itself dangerously close to virtual elimination from the Big Ten tournament. After dropping a lead to Northwestern...

At Midnight Madness Friday, Minnesota's men's basketball team kicked off its season at midnight for the first time since 1999. And this year, the Gophers' first season without NCAA sanctions, Minnesota's...

Mired in a three-game losing streak and coming off one of its worst showings of the season, this weekend's games against Northwestern and Wisconsin could be Minnesota's most important series of the year. Winning...

Minnesota men's basketball coach Don Monson is looking forward to Midnight Madness, but not just to see the Gophers' new lineup and his top 10 recruiting class. "The best thing about Midnight Madness is...

Minnesota's rowing team didn't find much competition in Saturday's Twin Cities All Comers Regatta, but the Gophers felt that it was a good way to kick off the fall rowing season. In the regatta, Minnesota...

Early in its weekend series against Indiana and Purdue, Minnesota's soccer team looked to be in good shape. The Gophers took a 1-0 lead over the Hoosiers in the 12th minute of Friday's game and held the...

After playing its most successful soccer of the season last week, Minnesota hopes to improve in games against Indiana and Purdue this weekend. "We're pretty confident," midfielder Tierney Palmer-Klein...

After Minnesota's soccer team tallied just two shots in two games a week ago, the Gophers found their offense in games against Illinois and Iowa over the weekend. Using a new system of four defenders,...

Nearly a month into its season, Minnesota's soccer team will finally play at home this weekend. After going 2-4 with four shutout losses since starting the year Aug. 31, the Gophers are glad to be off...

The effect of midfielder Alison Rackley's return to Minnesota soccer's lineup was almost immediate. In her first game since the Gophers' opener in August, Rackley, who missed three weeks with a high ankle...

Minnesota's soccer team suffered from the same problem in both games over the weekend at Ohio State and Penn State. In their first two Big Ten games, the Gophers had trouble creating any offense. In each...

In the first four games of the season, Minnesota's soccer team failed to produce offense, allowed opponents to capitalize on scoring chances and struggled to find consistency. This weekend, the Gophers...

The postponing and cancellation of last weekend's games against Iowa State and Detroit-Mercy pushed the Minnesota soccer team's home opener back two weeks. The Gophers were unable to play their final non-conference...

Passengers who had waited two long days to fly home were finally preparing to leave the Twin Cities early Tuesday evening, until another alleged terrorism scare stranded them in their temporary homes for...

Heading into the final two games of its second-straight road trip, Minnesota's soccer team was hoping to string together a pair of good performances before Friday's home debut against Iowa State. But after...

Despite the score of Minnesota's 3-0 loss to Brigham Young's soccer team Friday, the Gophers (1-2) saw improvements in their play. But to end a two-game losing streak in this afternoon's game against St....

After a disappointing defeat to end its opening weekend and losing co-captain Alison Rackley to injury last Friday, Minnesota's soccer team could struggle against No. 13 Brigham Young on Saturday. While...

Minnesota's soccer team received welcome news earlier this week when senior midfielder Alison Rackley's leg injury was found to be less severe than originally believed. Rackley, one of Minnesota's captains,...

This year xxx, Minnesota soccer coach Barbara Wickstrand had expected the team to rely heavily on center midfielder Alison Rackley, the only senior in a midfield which will be put under increased pressure...