Through the first two years of Jerry Kill’s tenure as the University of Minnesota’s football coach, the NFL Draft didn’t mean much in Dinkytown.    After a 3-9 campaign in 2011,...

Minnesota’s first varsity eight was neck and neck with Wisconsin on Saturday afternoon until the end of the race. That’s when the No. 9 Badgers powered past the Gophers during the...

When Nate Mason played his first game at Minnesota last year, those who watched saw a freshman ready to contribute right away.   The Decatur, Ga., native stood out as one of the team’s only...

Sophomore McKenzie Lukacs had to improvise during Minnesota’s second varsity eight on Sunday morning, as a heavy rain shower caught the rowers by surprise in the middle of the race.   The...

Growing up, Kylie Andersen ran cross country, track and was an avid skier. When she came to the University of Minnesota in 2012, the lifelong athlete rowed competitively for the first time.    Since...

After two consecutive Rodrick Williams runs to open up Saturday’s spring game at TCF Bank Stadium, the Gophers faced third-and-three.    That’s when Minnesota showed that...

One theme has consistently stood out during MinnesotaâÄôs spring season: improvement. After a long winter stunted their development last year, the Gophers continue to best their marks from a 2014...

Whenever the Gophers defense needed a lift last year, there was a pretty good chance Briean Boddy-Calhoun would make a game-altering play. As the cornerback prepares for his senior season, heâÄôs...

On their way back to Minnesota from a February race in San Diego, the Gophers had a layover in Colorado, where an underclassman looked out the airport windows, staring at the mountainous scenery.   Then,...

Last Tuesday afternoon, Taylor Gainey hunched down in the back of a boat floating on the Mississippi River.  With 36-degree water splashing onto her face, the Gophers’ first varsity eight coxswain...

Minnesota finished last year’s spring season sixth out of seven teams at the Big Ten championships. But this year, the Gophers started their spring slate quite a bit better, placing near the top...

CHICAGO — One of them laid next to a heap of athletic tape on the locker room floor. The other was still laced up to DeAndre Mathieu’s left foot. After Minnesota’s 79-73 loss to Ohio...

Wisconsin has been stellar this season behind player-of-the-year candidate Frank Kaminsky and the team’s experienced supporting cast. Heading into the postseason, the Badgers appear poised to take...

About seven weeks ago, the Gophers were 0-5 in conference play, and Andre Hollins was taking most of the blame for the team’s slow start. The senior guard slumped in a big way, shooting 12-for-58...

After the Gophers trailed by as many as 13 points in the second half against Penn State on Sunday, Mo Walker and Joey King led a comeback that knotted the score at 76 with 14 seconds remaining. Head coach...

After Minnesota lost at Wisconsin on Feb. 21, Badgers star Frank Kaminsky had a simple postgame message for Gophers center Mo Walker: “See you soon.” When Minnesota hosts No. 6 Wisconsin on...

When Mitch Leidner began spring practice for the Gophers last year, he had only passed for 619 yards in limited reps. But now — after a completed redshirt sophomore season in which he was Minnesota’s...

Cedric Thompson sensed that NFL scouts saw his perceived lack of athleticism as a weakness. But at Minnesota’s pro day on Monday, he showed them exactly why it might be a strength. The former Gophers...

Barring an incredible run that culminates in a Big Ten tournament championship, the Gophers’ season won’t conclude in the NCAA tournament. Minnesota could go back to the National Invitational...

Keys started to jingle outside the door of a Marcy-Holmes neighborhood apartment. Elijah Mathieu knew what came next. “Da da! Da da!” the 7-month-old shouted as he crawled toward the door. When...

MADISON, Wis. – As the second half of Minnesota’s game at No. 5 Wisconsin began Saturday, fans in the Badgers student section started chanting. “N-I-T. N-I-T. N-I-T,” they said. But...

After the Gophers won 64-59 at Iowa on Thursday night, Andre Hollins answered different questions with the same response. What was the key to Minnesota winning its first Big Ten road game of the year? “Defense,...

In the first half of Minnesota’s game against Purdue on Saturday, Richard Pitino felt a little too hot, so he took off his suit jacket. When the Gophers head coach emerged from the locker room at...

Minnesota is 10 games into its conference season, and hardly anything has been constant. Andre Hollins went from a slumping shooter to a do-it-all leader whom Richard Pitino calls “the heart and...

Mo Walker couldn’t stop thinking about his stat line at Nebraska on Jan. 20: Four points, four fouls and three turnovers. In practice last week, coach Richard Pitino kept reminding him. “Coach...

When Andre Hollins was slumping early on in Big Ten play as the Gophers started 0-5, he had to cope with a sobering fact. “I wasn’t helping them win,” he said Saturday. Now, he’s...