Gophers

The transfer portal in college basketball causes lots of roster changes each year. The Gopher basketball team recently filled one of their openings with 6'6 guard/forward Femi Odukale from New Mexico State.

St. Cloud Tech graduate and Sauk Rapids native, Brevyn Spann-Ford has been invited to participate in the NFL scouting combine. The 6'7 268 pound tight end played college football for P.J. Fleck at the University of Minnesota.

Sunday at U.S. Bank Stadium there was a mascot vs. youth football players game as part of the Vikings vs. Buccaneers halftime festivities. While that sounds like a cute event for the young football players, Goldy The Gopher was in it to win it.

Turns out whoever takes home the North Star Challenge Cup this weekend will also be the last winner of the tournament.

How tough are the people in Minnesota? Pretty tough.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska's home game against Minnesota this weekend will be televised on ESPN.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota coach Jerry Kill has returned to work, and his boss says he still has full confidence in Kill's ability to do the job despite another public seizure.

Joel Maturi announced today that he would retire from being the athletic director at the University of Minnesota, his last day will be June 30. Maturi will remain at the university though as an assistant to President Eric Kaler. Maturi made the announcement in an e-mail addressed to student-athletes, coaches, staff and supporters...

Minnesota Gophers head coach Jerry Kill checked himself into the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN on Sunday for testing and treatment of multiple seizures he has experienced in recent weeks. Kill suffered a seizure and collapsed late in the Gophers’ loss to New Mexico State earlier this season. He returned to the sideline the following week, but recently admitted that he has suffered 20 subsequent sei

Besides being the state of Hockey, and a few Hall of Fame baseball players who played a few decades ago, Minnesota is not really know for having star athletes born in the land of 10,000 lakes. I have compiled a list of the 10 best athletes born in SOTA...