Gophers men's basketball coach Tubby Smith released a statement today saying that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer last year. The statement is copied below.
“Amid speculation I want to make it aware...
Coach Wendy Davis compared the Gophers rowing team to the Minnesota Twins.
Right now, thatâÄôs not a good thing.
Minnesota competed against Wisconsin, and due partly to illnesses and injuries,...
Gophers center Ralph Sampson III was among 89 players on the 2011 NBA draft early-entry list released by the league today.
Sampson has until May 8 to withdraw from the draft pool and can return to Minnesota...
When the Gophers rowing team saw Wisconsin three weeks ago, the Badgers were the much faster team.
But Minnesota has finally had consecutive days âÄî even weeks âÄî of practicing on open...
Head coach Jerry Kill wasnâÄôt hesitant to call SaturdayâÄôs spring football game the GophersâÄô 15th practice. The team scrimmaged for 80 minutes, didnâÄôt have punts or...
MarQueis Gray didnâÄôt take many hits during spring football practice, but when the 2011 season comes around, he said he wonâÄôt avoid contact. âÄúIf itâÄôs me and that...
The Gophers football team held its "Field Frenzy" for students at Thursday's spring practice, and coach Jerry Kill addressed the students who braved the cold to watch the team.
Kill told students he needed...
Jake Filkins loves MinnesotaâÄôs football season because he can eat whatever he wants.
The two-sport athlete doesnâÄôt have the same luxury during the GophersâÄô wrestling season.
Filkins,...
The GophersâÄô defense just needed to slow down a little bit before it could speed things up in spring ball.
With about two-thirds of the new playbook installed, defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys...
Gophers offensive coordinator Matt Limegrover knows how to coach offensive linemen because itâÄôs all heâÄôs ever done.
Since playing on the line at the University of Chicago in the late...
MinnesotaâÄôs second varsity eight rowing boat had an impressive weekend, fighting off tough weather and strong competition to win both its heats at the Charles River Challenge in Boston.
The GophersâÄô...
The Minnesota rowing team wonâÄôt even be in Boston until Thursday night, but the Gophers already feel somewhat disrespected by their opponents in this weekendâÄôs Charles River...
The Gophers menâÄôs basketball team announced the signing of two players for the 2011-12 season during the late signing period Wednesday.
Guard Julian Welch and forward Andre Ingram will...
Minnesota wide receiver DaâÄôJon McKnight limped around the field with a bag of ice around his left knee after injuring it midway through practice Tuesday.
Although head coach Jerry Kill didnâÄôt...
A weekend trip to East Lansing, Mich. for the Minnesota rowing team was filled with ups and downs.
Unfortunately for the Gophers, though, most of the ups came Friday when the team practiced fully on water...
The Gophers rowing team hasnâÄôt competed in three weeks, but as the women look ahead to this weekendâÄôs meet against Michigan and Michigan State, theyâÄôre excited just to practice.
Lakes...
Before the Gophers played Wisconsin last season, senior safety Kim Royston said he felt 99.8 percent healthy and would be a âÄúgame-time decisionâÄù to play against his former team.
That...
Freshman gymnast Kayla Slechta set a pretty high bar this weekend.
And it wasnâÄôt one on which she had to perform during this weekendâÄôs NCAA regional meet.
After four strong performances,...
Though the Gophers menâÄôs gymnastics team finished fifth at the Big Ten championships, the team left with a bit of a pick-me-up thanks to Zack Chase.
The freshman hit two vault routines good enough...
Six practices into spring football, MarQueis Gray has done nothing short of blow other players away in what is supposedly a quarterback competition.
He completes more passes than others vying for the position,...
The three competing seniors on the Gophers womenâÄôs gymnastics team know the stakes at this weekendâÄôs NCAA regional.
ItâÄôs essentially win, finish second or go home.
âÄúI...
For whatever reason, I put my name on the sign-in sheet on the first day of Gophers spring football practice. Coach Jerry Kill said he would be sending a signed letter to everyone on the list, and I received...
Keanon Cooper weighs about 170 pounds less than Johnathan Ragoo, so when the two lined up across from each other to see who could push the other one further off the line, some people at Gophers spring...
After SaturdayâÄôs spring football practice, head coach Jerry Kill delayed talking to the media for about a half hour.
It wasnâÄôt intentional. He was too busy talking to some of the 200...
Junior center Colton Iverson has been granted a release from the Gophers menâÄôs basketball team, according to several reports.
The team has yet to announce the news, but Iverson confirmed he is...
Junior Colton Iverson has been granted a release from the Minnesota men's basketball team, according to a report from James Cimburek of the Yankton Press & Dakotan in South Dakota.
Cimburek cited an...
Due to weather restrictions, the Gophers rowing team has cancelled its upcoming dual against Iowa.
Minnesota was set to travel to Iowa City to compete against the Hawkeyes, but cold and wind has forced...
The Gophers football team started spring practice Thursday, and first-year coach Jerry Kill didn't hold any punches.
He sped up the tempo, demanding that the players worked through every whistle, and he...
Jerry Kill has learned quite a bit about the Gophers football team he inherited in December.
And although the new head coach will learn even more when spring practice begins, some players might not have...
While families and businesses around the Twin Cities brace for the upcoming spring floods, the University of Minnesota campus is expected to avoid any significant damage âÄî apart from having a...
He had a sense of humor that matched his infectious smile.
He loved quail hunting and fishing.
But Murray Warmath, who died at the age of 98 at his Bloomington, Minn., residence Wednesday night, will forever...
The rumors have started again.
Will Tubby Smith stay or go?
If the coachâÄôs words following MinnesotaâÄôs first-round exit from the Big Ten tournament hold any merit, heâÄôs not...
The Gophers rowing team spent the duration of spring break in Tennessee, starting with two scrimmages, before opening the spring season.
Despite being relegated to rowing machines because the Mississippi...
Murray Warmath, the last coach to lead the Gophers football team to a Rose Bowl, died of natural causes at his Bloomington home Wednesday night. He was 98.
Warmath coached in two Rose Bowls at Minnesota...
Looking ahead to the 2011-12 season, Tubby Smith wasn't content with the point guard position, so he went out and found another one.
According to multiple reports, junior college point guard Julian Welch...
INDIANAPOLIS -- Down by 17 to No. 1 Ohio State with less than 4 minutes to play, Michigan assistant coach Bacari Alexander told the players to keep fighting.
The Wolverines listened, and a 3-pointer from...
INDIANAPOLIS âÄì Keep pulling the trigger.
ThatâÄôs the message Ohio State freshman Jared Sullinger said his father gives him to handle the pressure.
Sullinger and the Buckeyes have only...
After the Gophers men’s basketball team lost to Northwestern, 75-65, in the first round of the Big Ten tournament Thursday, one reporter asked coach Tubby Smith about the direction of the program.
In...
INDIANAPOLIS âÄì A few weeks ago, the Gophers menâÄôs basketball team thought a first-round exit in the NCAA tournament would be a disappointment.
After losing 10 of 11 games, Minnesota...
Despite entering on a five-game losing streak, the Gophers menâÄôs basketball team has recent history on its side heading into the Big Ten tournament.
Minnesota hasnâÄôt lost a first round...
HeâÄôs not fast enough. HeâÄôs not strong enough. HeâÄôs nothing but a shooter. He wonâÄôt make it at a big-time Division I basketball program.
The critics have yet to stop...
After leading the league in rebounding in his first season with the Gophers, junior forward Trevor Mbakwe earned a spot on the All-Big Ten second team from both coaches and the media, the conference announced...
Newly hired Gophers volleyball head coach Hugh McCutcheon visited the Twin Cities this weekend to meet with the team face-to-face for the first time.
The future coach also learned what he can and cannot...
Ralph SampsonâÄôs shot defined the end of the regular season.
With 31.3 seconds left in the game and 21 ticks left on the shot clock, the junior forwardâÄôs 3-point attempt fell short and...
EVANSTON, Ill. âÄî Grab a lead in the second half, lose focus and watch the season slip away.
ItâÄôs becoming the common trend of the Minnesota menâÄôs basketball team.
In another...
With the Gophers menâÄôs basketball teamâÄôs season stumbling toward a disappointing finish, head coach Tubby Smith is considering making a change to the starting lineup.
Freshman Maverick...
They missed passes. They missed defensive assignments. And numerous times during the final minutes of SaturdayâÄôs game, the Gophers menâÄôs basketball team missed the rim.
Now, after a...
Once February rolls around, many menâÄôs college basketball teams turn up the intensity in practice hoping it can translate into crucial games down the stretch.
The Gophers, with just eight healthy...
Thomas Hammock, the last remaining coach from the Tim Brewster era, is leaving the Gophers football program, Jerry Kill announced Wednesday.
Hammock, 29, has served as the running backs coach for Minnesota...
It was right there.
With 4 minutes, 31 seconds to play, the Gophers had a 47-39 lead and a chance to beat Michigan State in a regular season game for the first time since 2006.
Instead, they scored just...
Listen up, Williams Arena student section. Gophers men's basketball coach Tubby Smith has a message for you.
"The spirit you bring to the Barnyard pumps up our student-athletes and gives our team a
competitive...
Tubby Smith hasnâÄôt looked at the bubble predictions or bracketology.
He doesnâÄôt need to read the cockamamie analyses of the Gophers menâÄôs basketball team to know where it...
The heat is officially on for the Minnesota menâÄôs basketball team.
After an impressive all-around thumping of Iowa last week appeared to put the Gophers back on track, Minnesota went to Penn...
And for the Gophers, at guard, from Duluth, Ga., standing 6-foot-11, Ralph Sampson III.
Wait a minute âĦ a 6-11 guard?
When point guard Al Nolen went down with a foot injury, Blake Hoffarber...
The Gophers women's golf team had a record-setting day as it claimed the lowest round of any team on Tuesday (286) to finish third in the UCF Challenge at RedTail Golf Club in Sorrento, Fla.
Coastal Carolina...
IOWA CITY, Iowa âÄì Oh, how quickly boys grow up.
Just days after Minnesota menâÄôs basketball coach Tubby Smith referred to some of his players as âÄúboysâÄù instead of...
All the talk surrounding the Gophers menâÄôs basketball teamâÄôs loss of Al Nolen has become repetitive.
How do you replace a starting point guard? How do you account for his defense? Is...
Tubby Smith was not happy on Thursday night.
Following the Gophers' 71-62 loss to Illinois at Williams Arena, the coach acknowledged that he can't âÄújust wave a magic wand" to fix their problems.
This...
DonâÄôt tell the NCAA, but three former Minnesota football players might have been guilty of gambling. The wager? Whoever among the GophersâÄô three senior linebackers in 2009 âÄî...
Before the Minnesota menâÄôs basketball game Sunday, the 18th-ranked Gophers looked focused, concentrating on a difficult matinee at Williams Arena against a cool, calm and collected Ohio State...
The Minnesota football teamâÄôs 2011 signing day roster might not look glorious, but on paper, the Gophers arenâÄôt exactly far behind the rest of the Big Ten.
With another national signing...
Blake Hoffarber made a name for himself in the college ranks when, as a freshman, he hit an unbelievable last-second shot to beat Indiana in the Big Ten tournament in 2008.
The GophersâÄô senior...
The next Gophers menâÄôs basketball game could be an icy test âÄî both literally and figuratively.
The 18th-ranked Gophers made it safely to Indiana on Tuesday afternoon, fighting off a...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Entering SaturdayâÄôs game against the Gophers menâÄôs basketball team, Purdue guard Lewis Jackson said he wanted to âÄúbullyâÄù Blake Hoffarber.
After...
As it has done all season, the Minnesota menâÄôs basketball team was unfazed by its latest wave of adversity.
The 16th-ranked Gophers overcame the loss of starting point guard Al Nolen to beat...
When Al Nolen landed on someoneâÄôs foot âÄî heâÄôs not sure whose âÄî during MinnesotaâÄôs win at Michigan on Saturday, he knew immediately something was wrong.
âÄúI...
This isn't how Al Nolen's envisioned his senior season.
The guard and captain for the 16th-ranked Gophers will undergo surgery on Wednesday to repair a broken right foot, coach Tubby Smith said Monday...
This isn't how Al Nolen's envisioned his senior season.
The guard and captain for the 16th-ranked Gophers will undergo surgery on Wednesday to put a pin in his broken right foot, coach Tubby Smith announced...
Al Nolen has been playing through a right foot injury for much of the season, so when he sat out Saturday after landing awkwardly on his right ankle in the first half, it wasnâÄôt much of a surprise.
How...
Gophers junior defensive tackle Jewhan Edwards is no longer in school, according to a report from 1500 ESPN claiming that head coach Jerry Kill announced the news on WCCO this morning.
Edwards started...
Gophers men's basketball player Trevor Mbakwe pleaded not guilty to a charge of violating a harassment restraining order on Thursday.
The Big Ten's leading rebounder was arrested on Jan. 12 after sending...
A quick look at the Penn State menâÄôs basketball teamâÄôs latest results should strike fear into the Gophers.
Minnesota doesnâÄôt play the boys from University Park, Pa. this weekend,...
Kevin Love and Michael Beasley sit side-by-side in a Minneapolis gym. Suddenly, Love does the unthinkable. He stands up and hits Beasley in the face, at a speed somewhere between a slap and a smack. âÄúHe...
In a game of runs, the Gophers menâÄôs basketball team simply had too much fire power as it beat rival Iowa, 69-59, before a sellout crowd at Williams Arena on Sunday.
With the win, the Gophers...
Last week the Minnesota menâÄôs basketball team was in a state of turmoil.
Minnesota had lost three of four games after falling to No. 2 Ohio State on Sunday, Jan. 9. The next day, Trevor Mbakwe...
Before the Gophers menâÄôs basketball game Thursday, there were two questions on many peopleâÄôs mind.
The first was how long Trevor Mbakwe would be on the bench at the beginning...
Gophers forward Trevor Mbakwe will begin ThursdayâÄôs game against No. 8 Purdue on the bench as part of his punishment for being arrested Monday after violating a restraining order.
Mbakwe sent...
The University has announced that Trevor Mbakwe, the Gophers forward arrested Monday for violating a restraining order filed in 2009, will be allowed to play in Thursday's game against No. 8 Purdue. The...
Junior forward Trevor Mbakwe was arrested Monday for violating a restraining order filed in by his former girlfriend in 2009.
Mbakwe was released on bail Monday evening, but the case is being investigated...
ThatâÄôs not what Tubby Smith drew up.
The Gophers menâÄôs basketball team had a chance to bring a game against No. 2 Ohio State to overtime, but trailing 67-64 with 15.1 seconds left,...
The distraction was clearly on the Gophers menâÄôs basketball teamâÄôs mind.
The Gophers were playing just hours after reports surfaced that Devoe Joseph, their sixth man, would be leaving...
If the Minnesota menâÄôs basketball teamâÄôs 71-62 loss to No. 20 Michigan State Friday proved one thing, itâÄôs that the Gophers are lost without Trevor Mbakwe.
The junior scored...
The Gophers menâÄôs basketball team controlled the boards all game, but WisconsinâÄôs Jon Leuer grabbed the most crucial rebound of TuesdayâÄôs Big Ten opener.
With the Badgers...
Before the Minnesota menâÄôs basketball game against South Dakota State Thursday, coach Tubby Smith said he didnâÄôt think the Gophers needed a blowout victory heading into Big Ten play.
He...
One of few similarities between TCF Bank Stadium and the Metrodome is that when the Minnesota Vikings look up in either stadium, all they see is white.
Their indoor home since 1982 features a white Teflon...
Jerry Kill wasted no time settling most of coaching staff after Northern Illinois played its bowl game on Saturday.
The Minnesota athletics department announced the hiring of five new assistants to the...
Tubby Smith loves to play golf, so he knows there are no pictures on the scorecard.
His No. 21 Minnesota menâÄôs basketball team is lucky the same idea holds true on the hardwood.
After shooting...
Free throws are fairly simple. Stand behind the line painted 15 feet from the basket, bend your knees and try to push the ball straight toward the hoop. Add a little arc, and youâÄôve got...
Jerry Kill is beginning to feel comfortable in Minnesota, and if SaturdayâÄôs menâÄôs basketball game was any indication, Gophers fans are starting to take a liking to the new football...
