Jordan Howden intercepted a Penn State pass in the end zone with a minute to play and Minnesota's magical run continues as the 13th-ranked Gophers upset fifth-ranked Penn State 31-26 on Saturday before a raucous crowd at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
The stakes are enormous for the Gophers not just in the conference standings or national rankings but for the credibility of a once-downtrodden program and its coach, P.J. Fleck.
It was a moment Casey O'Brien dreamed about, but thought might never occur. The Minnesota walk-on, a four-time cancer survivor, made his first collegiate appearance Saturday in the Golden Gophers' victory over Rutgers.
The University of Minnesota Women's Hockey team will go for its 58th straight win tonight against Minnesota State-Mankato at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis. Howard Sinker, digital sports editor for the Star Tribune explains why they've been so dominant -- but also why they're more vulnerable now than usual.
The University of Minnesota announced Thursday that it will install new scoreboards and sound systems in Williams Arena and Mariucci Arena this summer.
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Gov. Mark Dayton has declared Tuesday, March 20, "Gopher Women's Hockey National Champions Day" after the team won the NC-double-AA Division 1 Championship.
A big job awaits the successor of Joel Maturi, retiring athletic director of the University of Minnesota. He - or she - faces a department running an annual deficit of up to $3 million, elusive championships, and numerous competing demands.
Undaunted by the nation's top-ranked
pass defense, MarQueis Gray and Da'Jon McKnight nearly pulled off
another upset against a team with Big Ten title aspirations.
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