The "pseudo-spring" of the last week of February brought about many happenings in nature. After the first three weeks of the month that averaged a temperature of only about 4 degrees above zero, the ...

I wrote that pocket gophers use their cheek pockets to help move dirt in their underground tunnels. Wrong! A common creed of a fishing writer, such as myself, is to always tell the truth – the whole ...

Tyler Cochran's Gophers career is officially over, and he's entering the transfer portal after playing zero games in a Minnesota uniform. The 2023-24 Mid American Conference (MAC) Defensive Player of ...

They call me “the gopher.” I live in the tunnels. I have always taken harsh weather as a personal affront to my character – the deliberate handiwork of some sinister god, hell-bent on making me suffer ...

Gophers men's hockey was surprisingly eliminated from the first round of the Big Ten Tournament last weekend. No. 7 seed Notre Dame came into the 3M Arena at Mariucci and knocked off the No. 2 ...

Ben Johnson set a precedent last season and followed it Monday. If the Gophers men’s basketball team is given the option to continue playing beyond the Big Ten Conference tournament in ...

Layups by Asuma and Mitchell put the Gophers up 17-14, but a 4-0 RU run gave it a one-point lead. Rigsby and Asuma added layups as the Gophers reclaimed a 21-18 edge, but the Scarlet Knights went on a ...

Ben Johnson set a precedent last season and followed it Monday. If the Gophers men’s basketball team is given the option to continue playing beyond the Big Ten Conference tournament in ...

After looking at the five suspects, Compton said it is not unusual to conclude the rodent bearing the least resemblance to the mascot is the pocket gopher – the only gopher in the lineup. The general ...

Luc’Eye Patterson made a 3-pointer with 18 seconds left but it was entirely too late to make much difference as the Gophers finished the season under .500, 15-16 overall, and 7-13 in the Big Ten.

Gophers heavyweight Gable Steveson became a four-time Big Ten wrestling champion Sunday, beating Penn State’s Greg Kerkvliet 10-3 in Evanston, Ill. Steveson won his 66th consecutive match ...