For 20 years the Neighborhood Revitalization Program has funded Minneapolis neighborhood initiatives, like home improvement loans and community engagement, with limited interference from the City Council. Now...

Construction on the Central Corridor light-rail project will include a lot of lighting work, and on two stretches near campus, property owners will be footing the bill. Areas along Washington Avenue between...

Streetcars disappeared from the Minneapolis transit landscape in favor of buses in the 1950s, but a federal grant marks the first significant step in bringing them back. Minneapolis received a $900,000...

With severe winter weather shutting down the entire Twin Cities campus 1 p.m. Saturday, both the men's and women's hockey games have been postponed until Sunday. The men will play No. 2 Minnesota-Duluth...

The NCAA denied former Gophers menâÄôs basketball Royce White a waiver to compete for Iowa State in the upcoming basketball season. White, a highly-touted recruit, left the University in February...

Leah Cotton scored 16 points off the bench, including 10 free throws, leading the Gophers to a 90-58 exhibition win over Minnesota-Crookston on Sunday. Though she didnâÄôt start, Cotton played...

Dave Mona, a longtime face in Gophers athletics, was hired as a âÄúspecial assistantâÄù to athletic director Joel Maturi, the athletic department announced Tuesday. Despite the timing,...

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A Gophers defense already short on experience will start the season without senior safety Kyle Theret. Theret and offensive lineman Dom Alford are suspended from Thursday's game against Middle Tennessee...

After nearly three months and several turned-down offers, the Gophers softball program named Jessica Allister its new head coach Tuesday afternoon. Allister most recently served as an assistant coach at...

John Harris, the man who helped win MinnesotaâÄôs first NCAA hockey championship and two months later took down a Big Ten golf championship of his own, is MinnesotaâÄôs new director of...

Daily Sports reporters John Hageman and Derek Wetmore are reporting live from Big Ten football media days in Chicago, primarily at the Daily Sports' Twitter, twitter.com/mndailysports. This year's media...

Gophers women's distance runner Gabe Anderson, coming off of a second place finish at the NCAA championships two weeks ago, advanced to the finals of the USA Championships in the 1,500-meter run....

The Gophers women's basketball team named former University of Akron associate head coach Curtis Loyd as its new assistant coach Thursday. He will coach post players and be the team's defensive coordinator...

After almost two decades, the Gophers softball program is searching for a new coaching staff. Athletics director Joel Maturi announced Wednesday that he will not renew the contracts of co-head coaches...

Gophers point guard Justin Cobbs will transfer to a school closer to his home in Los Angeles, the team announced today.  As a freshman this season, Cobbs played in 34 of the team's 35 games, averaging...

Funny moment at yesterday's Selection Sunday press conference: As head coach Tubby Smith addressed the media, shortly after the announcement that the Gophers were in the NCAA tournament, a voice on a phone...

Gophersports.com has posted a video of the Gophers' reaction to their NCAA tournament bid on Sunday (click on the "Exclusive Video" link at the top). Based on the reactions showed on the CBS...

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Tubby Smith's decision to call a timeout as Lawrence Westbrook raced past halfcourt in the final seconds of Minnesota's loss to Michigan on Saturday has been a big talking point, after Westbrook made a...

Colton Iverson was dressed and warmed up, but didn't play in the Gophers' loss to Michigan. Coach Tubby Smith said after the game that he hurt his shoulder in practice on Thursday going after a loose ball...

The Gophers lead 35-32 in a game it really doesn't feel like they should be winning. They have 10 turnovers and their half-court offense has been stagnant, but they've done a good job on defense shutting...

The Gopher's final home game, against Michigan, has been set for Saturday, Mar. 7 at 11 a.m. The time wasn't announced until this morning due to an arrangement with some TV Networks, and the Gophers announced...

- Coach Tubby Smith announced that the team has suspended junior guard Kevin Payton indefinitely for academic reasons. Payton has played in eight of the team's 18 games and hasn't scored. Smith, a stickler...

Shortly after the morning announcement of offensive coordinator Mike Dunbar resigning, the Gophers are now saying that defensive coordinator Ted Roof has left the program to take a "similar position" at...

Well, the Gophers proved that their undefeated record was no fluke. In their biggest nonconference game in several years, the unranked Gophers upset No. 9 Louisville 70-64 Saturday. Not only did they...

Two nuggets of news coming out of the Gophers' first bowl-preparation practice Wedensday: 1) Junior wide receiver Eric Decker will undergo surgery on his left knee before the bowl game, and will be back...

The game wasn’t as much of a runaway as it looked at times in the first -- like the 11-0 Minnesota lead to start the game or the 39-24 lead at half -- but the Gophers got baskets when they needed him....

The Gophers announced today that the time for the men's basketball Big Ten opener, against Michigan State has been moved from 5 p.m. to 11 a.m., in order to avoid conflict with the Insight Bowl. The game...

Some wondered if Eastern Washington could be the nonmajor team to upset Minnesota in their early nonconference schedule. Not even close. The Gophers held a comfortable lead most of the game Wednesday...

Paul Carter was screaming in pain for a few minutes on the Williams Arena floor after tumbling down with Ralph Sampson III. Carter could put no weight on his right leg as he was carried off the floor with...

There was a lot of grumbling about whether or not Eastern Washington could be a nonmajor team that upsets the Gophers. Minnesota has had a tough time with several of its nonmajor opponents (Bowling Green...

Since their shocking loss to Northwestern on Saturday, two players have committed to the Gophers football team. Four-star junior college receiver Hayo Carpenter and three-star cornerback Kerry Lewis both...

The Minnesota Daily ran a story Wednesday, October 29 which erroneously said that if Penn State makes the national championship game and both Ohio State and Minnesota won all of their remaining games,...

Gophers quarterback Adam Weber may have broken his nose late in Minnesota's win over Purdue Saturday. Coach Brewster said, "He may have a broken nose right now. I think late in the game he may have broken...

The Gophers have given an offer to 2009 three-star cornerback Kerry Lewis, according to GopherIllustrated.com. Rivals.com ranked Lewis, from Lancaster, Texas, as the 86th best player in the 2009 class....

PREGAME - UPDATE: Sherels is not in the game, Ryan Collado is. Original Post: Marcus Sherels is suited up and listed as the starter on the depth chart. The junior cornerback, perhaps the team's best, appeared...

For halftime thoughts, check Austin's blog thread 3RD Quarter: Minnesota x, Indiana x - The Hoosiers have found a way to move the ball a little better against the Gophers, which is based around picking...

After signing four-star recruit Rodney Williams out of Robbinsdale Cooper, the Hoopmaster's top-20 rankings has the Gophers at No. 10, according to The Daily Gopher. Rivals.com, typically the go-to service...

; Gray, a quarterback from Indianapolis, was generally regarded as Minnesota's top recruit of 2008, being named the top player to come out of Indiana by Rivals.com and garnering offers from seven other...

For his home crowd, Brock Lesnar's victory was never in question. The former Gophers wrestler beat Heath Herring by a unanimous decision in just his third career mixed martial arts bout at UFC 87: "Seek...

2008 Olympian and freshman-to-be Jake Deitchler will not be joining the Gophers wrestling team this season, Deitchler told head coach J Robinson Tuesday. The decision came after Deitchler placed 12th...

After he finished third in the Big Ten in receiving yards per game and sixth in receptions per game last season, junior wide receiver Eric Decker is one player Gophers coach Tim Brewster has high hopes...

For an Olympic athlete, Shani Marks spends a lot of time on her computer. Her coach, Michael Eskind , lives in Boston and has to e-mail training schedules. Her husband, former Gophers football player Ron...

Ask anyone in the media, and they'll tell you Brock Lesnar is a nice guy. It's a good thing, because at 6-foot-3, 277 pounds of seemingly all muscle, not many would have the guts to interview him if he...

Last season the Gophers defense ranked dead last nationally in yards allowed per game among major college football programs. After just one year, defensive coordinator Everett Withers left the program,...

Recent Twins draft pick and Gophers third baseman Nate Hanson is living a ball player's dream: Long nights, no pay and sometimes no bed. Sounds more like a nightmare. For the past three summers, Hanson...