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    July 20, 2017
    A view of the the four-story Dave & Janice Larson Football Performance Center at left, and the yet-unnamed indoor football practice facility at right, at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Thursday, July 20. Scott Takushi / Pioneer Press
    Mammoth Athletes Village levels playing field for Gophers
    MINNEAPOLIS — If P.J. Fleck leads Minnesota football to its first Big Ten title since 1967, there are a couple of predecessors he'd better...
    sportsJuly 20, 2017 - 8:12pm
    Minnesota head coach P.J. Fleck runs with his team during a practice drill in Gibson-Nagurski Football Complex in Minneapolis on March 23. Jean Pieri / Pioneer Press
    Gophers football: TV miniseries 'Being P.J. Fleck' to air on ESPNU in August
    MINNEAPOLIS — On an upcoming episode of his new miniseries TV show, P.J. Fleck will treat fatherhood much like how he tackles his day job...
    sportsJuly 20, 2017 - 7:56pm
    July 10, 2017
    This courtesy rendering released on Monday, July 10, shows how the exterior of 3M Arena at Mariucci might look.(Courtesy of University of Minnesota Athletics)
    University of Minnesota gets $11.2M for naming rights to Mariucci Arena
    MINNEAPOLIS — The University of Minnesota has sold the naming rights to Mariucci Arena. Is Williams Arena next? The U on Monday announced...
    sportsJuly 10, 2017 - 9:26pm
    June 9, 2017
    Small school college 'Pro Day' in Minnesota going to change
    MINNEAPOLIS—About 25 NFL teams traveled to southern Minnesota last year to watch Winona State quarterback Jack Nelson practice. They were intrigued by the 6-foot-4 product from Byron, Minn., who racked up Division II Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference passing records of...
    sportsJune 9, 2017 - 10:32pm
    Richard Pitino USA Today Sports file photo
    Gopher coaches Fleck, Pitino becoming friends, neighbors
    MINNEAPOLIS—P.J. Fleck and Richard Pitino sat in adjoining seats on a coach bus for hours at a time during the Gophers Road Trip across...
    sportsJune 9, 2017 - 9:44pm
    June 6, 2017
    The Gopher Road Trip stops at Zorbaz in Spicer as coaches and members of the athletic department tour Green Lake Monday. Jake Schultz / Tribune
    Gophers: Spicer Road Trip stop a favorite
    People in Spicer had the chance to see a national champion on Monday. It just happened to be that national champion was a larger-than-life gopher....
    sports/collegeJune 6, 2017 - 8:58am
    June 5, 2017
    Cretin-Derham Hall’s Casey O’Brien, left, with Gophers football coach P.J. Fleck. O'Brien has overcome two bouts with cancer to earn a walk-on spot as a holder for the Gophers football team. Courtesy photo
    Gophers football: Casey O'Brien overcame cancer twice to walk on at U
    Casey O'Brien's chemo port protruded from the right side of his chest as he slipped on shoulder pads and a purple Cretin-Derham Hall jersey...
    sportsJune 5, 2017 - 9:28pm
    May 26, 2017
    Randy Handel, Associate Athletic Director For Development at the University of Minnesota. Courtesy of the University of Minnesota via St. Paul Pioneer Press
    Minn. athletics fundraiser suspended over harassment accusation
    ST. PAUL — The University of Minnesota has suspended and demoted its top athletics fundraiser accused of sexually harassing a subordinate...
    NewsMay 26, 2017 - 10:15am
    May 22, 2017
    Minnesota Gopher basketball coach Richard Pitino USA Today Sports file photo
    Richard Pitino's message to Minnesota: 'We can really take the next step'
    MINNEAPOLIS—Gophers play-by-play man Mike Grimm was touting the men's basketball team's improvement while introducing coach Richard Pitino...
    sportsMay 22, 2017 - 11:08pm
    May 17, 2017
    Randy Handel
    Gophers associate AD accused of 'unwanted touching,' report says
    MINNEAPOLIS — University of Minnesota associate athletics director Randy Handel has been accused of unwanted touching, hugging and inappropriate...
    sportsMay 17, 2017 - 5:51pm
    Gophers softball coach: 'We're going to prove them wrong'
    TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The suddenly No. 1-ranked Gophers softball team was so certain it would be among the 16 schools to host an NCAA regional...
    sportsMay 17, 2017 - 5:42pm
    May 16, 2017
    UofM Athletics via Pioneer Press
    Michigan coach calls Gophers softball snub an 'incompetent committee move'
    ST. PAUL — Michigan softball coach Carol Hutchins had her own team's NCAA tournament fate to worry about during Sunday's selection show, but...
    sportsMay 16, 2017 - 7:19pm
    May 15, 2017
    NCAA selection committee: Gophers softball didn't have enough Top 25 wins
    MINNEAPOLIS — A little more than 24 hours removed from winning the Big Ten tournament, the Gophers softball team sat in the Stadium Village...
    sportsMay 15, 2017 - 8:15pm
    May 10, 2017
    University of Minnesota running back Marion Barber Jr. (41) carries the ball in an undated photograph. (Courtesy of University of Minnesota Athletics)
    Gopher star Marion Barber Jr. to graduate 36 years after leaving Minnesota
    MINNEAPOLIS—It's a Tuesday morning on the University of Minnesota's St. Paul campus, and Marion Barber Jr.'s phone has been going off nonstop....
    sportsMay 10, 2017 - 10:39pm
    Minnesota Gophers head coach Richard Pitino cheers on his team in the second half against the Michigan Wolverines at Williams Arena last Sunday. Brad Rempel-USA TODAY Sports
    Pitino could earn $1.7M in bonuses
    MINNEAPOLIS — Richard Pitino's contract extension is only for a year, and doesn't include a salary bump. But if the University of Minnesota...
    sportsMay 10, 2017 - 10:36pm
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