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Dick Siebert was hired as Gophers baseball coach in 1948 and became a Minnesota legend. He died in December 1978 at age 66. He had taken the Gophers to five College World Series, and with presidential election year championships in 1956, 1960 and 1964. George Thomas, a former big leaguer, had been Siebert's assistant for six years and replaced him. Thomas stayed three seasons, then departed, ...

Esko's Koi Perich, a four-star football recruit committed to the Gophers, denied Monday that he has decided to switch his commitment to Ohio State. Perich, a safety, made an official visit to Ohio State over the weekend. He also said Monday that he has canceled a planned visit to Florida State the coming weekend. The top-ranked recruit in Minnesota in the 2024 class and the top-ranked player ...

The University of Minnesota's Golden Gophers football team doesn't really belong in the postseason. But they studied so hard...

As the floor shook inside Maturi Pavilion on Saturday night, the Gophers had No. 1 Nebraska rattled. The Cornhuskers were on match point and couldn't get a ball down against a furious Gophers defense. Melani Shaffmaster and Arica Davis steadied for a block. Julia Hanson dove to keep a ball alive. Zeynep Palabiyik controlled a soaring attack attempt from Nebraska's Harper Murray. Finally, ...

Kaliakmanis had 14 touchdowns and nine interceptions in 12 games during a disappointing year for the Gophers.

GOPHERS WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAMEDAY7 p.m. vs. Norfolk State at Williams Arena TV; radio: Streamed on BTN+; 96.7-FM . . .Kent Youngblood's preview:Opening bell: The Gophers (5-1) have won two straight since their only loss of the season, to Connecticut. That includes a 53-point win over Cal State-Northridge and a 13-point victory Sunday against Stony Brook that included an 18-0 run after the ...

GOPHERS WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAMEDAY7 p.m. vs. Norfolk State at Williams Arena TV; radio: Streamed on BTN+; 96.7-FM . . .Kent Youngblood's preview:Opening bell: The Gophers (5-1) have won two straight since their only loss of the season, to Connecticut. That includes a 53-point win over Cal State-Northridge and a 13-point victory Sunday against Stony Brook that included an 18-0 run after the ...

Jimmy Clark saved the Gophers men's hockey team from a winless weekend at home. Clark scored with 62 seconds left in overtime after his team blew a two-goal lead in the third period, and the No. 8 Gophers pulled out a 6-5 victory over No. 7 Michigan State on Sunday before an announced crowd of 8,494 at 3M Arena at Mariucci. "Kind of a microcosm of our season," Gophers coach Bob Motzko said. ...

The Gophers finished their regular season with a 5-7 record after a 28-14 loss to Wisconsin on Sunday, and a passing attack that struggled all season is one of the reasons Minnesota will have a losing record in 2023. Coach P.J. Fleck is trying to change that, and he's looking at transfers to do so. Max Brosmer, who was a junior at New Hampshire this season and will be a graduate transfer, ...

Braelon Allen rushed for 165 yards and two touchdowns to carry Wisconsin past rival Minnesota 28-14 on Saturday, giving the Badgers possession of Paul Bunyan's Axe after a two-year absence. Tanner Mordecai threw for scores to Will Pauling and Riley Nowakowski and had a career-high 69 yards rushing on nine scrambles to help Wisconsin (7-5, 5-4 Big Ten) finish on an upswing in a trying first season under coach Luke Fickell.