In the past year, TCF Bank Stadium has been the site of football, hockey and soccer games, as well as the University of Minnesota homecoming and MLB All-Star Game concerts. This weekend, the venue will...

Growing up, Sara Groenewegen watched the Canadian senior women’s national softball team primarily from the dugout as the team’s batgirl. Now, the Gophers pitcher serves a much more active...

After a first-round exit from the 2013 NCAA tournament, five of Minnesota’s key players left the team after three years of eligibility and signed professional contracts. Minnesota was the NCAA runner-up...

For many athletes, summer brings a few months of development and the absence of competition. But timelines vary, and for some it’s the time of year to be at the peak of their game. That includes...

Krystle Seidel has aspirations of coaching her own college soccer program in the future. But until then, the Gophers assistant coach is taking the necessary steps to reach that level. Seidel was named...

Growing up, Lance Thonvold often played catch in his backyard with his father. The ball would zip back and forth, and so too would the chatter and offhanded conjectures of what it would be like to play...

Sophomore forward Wally Ellenson left the Gophers basketball team in February to focus on high jumping. On July 2, just months after Ellenson left Minnesota’s basketball team, he announced on Twitter...

He holds a master’s degree in kinesiology, his teachings have become a top-selling book and he’s overseen multiple NCAA titles and more than 400 All-Americans. Despite all his accomplishments,...

  I'm excited to join Marquette University and be part of the basketball family. #wearemarquette — TheKangarooKid (@wallyellenson) July 2, 2014   Sophomore Wally Ellenson, one of the...

Hassan Mead finished his college career as one of the most decorated runners in University of Minnesota history. Mead has continued his success on the national stage, most recently finishing third in the...

Pat Micheletti began watching Gophers hockey in 1974 when his older brother Joe first played for the team. From that year on, Pat Micheletti and his family would often hop in their car and journey over...

Kristina Rude discovered handball as a freshman in a University of Minnesota physical education class. Now, three years later, she’s earning first-place titles and playing in national competitions. Rude,...

For many fans, there’s a belief that the National Football League is a group full of “chosen ones.” To the contrary, nearly one-third of players on NFL rosters in 2013 weren’t chosen...

Prior to last weekend’s NCAA outdoor track and field championships, head coach Steve Plasencia described the group of athletes competing as “not large but very capable with experience.” Quality...

Wally Ellenson’s goal for this year’s NCAA outdoor championships would’ve placed him in the top three at last year’s event. Last week, Ellenson qualified for the 2014 NCAA outdoor...

Thousands of seniors graduated from the University of Minnesota in spring 2013, and many of them had aspirations of joining the workforce in the near future. For Jared Anderson, a former Gophers swimmer...

A year ago, the Gophers claimed both the Big Ten’s second-best team ERA and the No. 4 seed in the conference tournament. Minnesota lost its two top starting pitchers to the Major League Baseball...

When Minnesota defeated Auburn 8-6 in the win-or-stay-home game of the NCAA regional tournament, it clinched a berth in the super regional for the first time in the program’s history. Since head...