Oct. 10, 2011 CLICK HERE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT 3 PM TO WATCH/PARTICIPATE Not a media member? Not a problem. Gophersports.com is scheduled to stream live a portion of Minnesota Basketball’s media day on Thursday, Oct. 13 beginning at 3:00 p.m. The video will also stream live on Minnesota Basketball’s Facebook page (facebook.com/GoldenGopherBasketball) as well as [...]
Coming off his first victory as the head football coach at Minnesota, Jerry Kill was asked what he thought of where the Gopher program is during Tuesday’s weekly press conference. If people haven’t yet learned that Coach Kill isn’t prone to hiding his thoughts or feelings, his answer was yet another not-so-subtle reminder that this [...]
The first home game of the Jerry Kill era promises to be an extra special one for Golden Gopher football fans, and the U of M is rolling out the red carpet all week long. A host of special events will take place on campus in the days prior to Saturday’s home opener at TCF [...]
The University of Minnesota men’s basketball program, in conjunction with the Big Ten Conference, announced its 2011-12 conference schedule today. The schedule will include 18 conference games, all of which will be broadcast live on national television. “I think we have put together a formidable non-conference schedule to go with an always tough Big Ten [...]
CHIP SCOGGINS, Star Tribune A search of this paper’s archives reveals dozens of stories chronicling the Gophers’ poor track record in graduation rates, particularly among black student-athletes. The headlines rarely seem to change, only the dates. These are important issues in a complex debate that has no cut-and-dried answers. But that discussion is for [...]
University of Minnesota Athletics and its multimedia rights holder, Gopher Sports Properties, today announced its football broadcast team for the 2011-12 season, as well as an expanded Gopher Radio Network Presented by Alarm Force. The radio broadcast booth will feature Mike Grimm calling play-by-play, alongside Gopher great and long-time analyst Darrell Thompson and sideline reporter [...]
Golden Gopher Football fans will be getting inside access to the team on Fox Sports North throughout the month of August. “Gopher Undercover: Behind the Scenes of the Jerry Kill Era” will premiere Wednesday, August 10. “Having a video crew with us 24/7 gives Gopher fans a feel for who we are and what we [...]
University of Minnesota men’s hockey coach Don Lucia announced today the hiring of Mike Guentzel as Associate Head Coach. Guentzel, who played defense for Minnesota from 1981-85 and served as an assistant coach for the Gophers from 1994-08, rejoins the Maroon and Gold staff after one year as an assistant coach at Nebraska Omaha during [...]
University of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletics placed 68 student-athletes on the Big Ten Conference Distinguished Scholar Athletes list, announced today by the Big Ten Conference. Having earned a 3.7 grade point average or higher from the previous academic year, 534 student-athletes across the Big Ten Conference received the award. The 68 Gopher student-athletes ties Michigan State [...]
Throughout the spring and summer Gopher Athletics will bring you documentary-style webisodes that take Minnesota Football fans behind the scenes for an unprecedented, all-access look at the Golden Gopher football program. This Week’s Webisode: Webisode 16 – Floridian Keise Feels at Home in Twin Cities This Week’s Webisode:
