MINNEAPOLIS — The Twin Cities has undergone a stadium and arena renaissance since 2000. The Xcel Energy Center was built for the Wild and remains a marvelous hockey building. TCF Bank Stadium opened in 2009,…
With a disappointing Gopher football season in the books, attention will now shift to recruiting and player development. Since head coach P.J. Fleck was hired last January, he has touted the importance of recruiting and…
Demry Croft went to social media on Tuesday to explain his decision to leave the University of Minnesota. The now-former Gophers QB cited an incident that led to a suspension early in his sophomore season,…
Gophers head men’s basketball coach Richard Pitino sits down to chat with KSTP’s Joe Schmidt. The conversation ranges from teaching players what it takes to play in the NBA, one reason why he thinks he’s…
When I set out to write this column, I was all ready to dive into the accolades of Gopher men’s basketball senior Nate Mason and his leadership as an All-Big Ten point guard. Then Saturday’s…
It’s been awhile since the Gophers have had stability at quarterback. And it’s going to be a while longer. Starting QB Demry Croft has asked for and been granted his release from the Gophers football…
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — On a November night in 2004, I lay lazily on my couch as a Pistons-Pacers game played in the background. Ron Artest and the Pacers were finishing up a road blowout of…
MINNEAPOLIS – P.J. Fleck declared it “unacceptable” after the Gophers closed the regular season on Saturday with an embarrassing 31-0 loss to fifth-ranked Wisconsin at TCF Bank Stadium. Fleck could have used the same word…
Minnesota’s game plan was clear: stack the box and force quarterback Alex Hornibrook to beat them. Well, he did just that. The Wisconsin quarterback carved up the Gophers, completing 15 of his 19 passes for…
MINNEAPOLIS – There were 6 minutes, 3 seconds left in the second quarter of the Gophers’ game against Wisconsin on Saturday afternoon at TCF Bank Stadium, when Badgers running back Jonathan Taylor was stripped of…
Ice time, the common thinking has always gone, is a key to hockey success. In the 1950s, when year-round ice was a rarity, the northern Minnesota teams dominated high school hockey in the state in…
After crushing Western Carolina and Alabama A&M at home, the Gophers are off to a dominant 5-0 start, winning every game this season by double digits. The talented Gophers have scored seemingly at will, dominated…
P.J. Fleck hasn’t completed his first season as Gophers football coach, but he already has a contract extension. The Gophers announced early Wednesday that Fleck has agreed to a one-year extension through the 2022 season…
Just about everything went wrong for the Gophers in a 39-0 blowout loss to Northwestern last week — dropped passes, penalties, poor quarterback play and porous run defense. At the moment, the Gophers are reeling…
Jamal Abu-Shamala joins Nadine Babu to discuss the potential of this year’s Gophers basketball team, which took care of business in a tough Providence environment last week. Nadine and Jamal also discuss #GiveToTheMax Day.
