Minnesota Gophers

The last time Minnesota played Illinois, the Gophers suffered a loss that could have derailed their season. On Wednesday night, they showed the Illini just how well they've responded.

The ball bounced right to Charles Matthews, who dribbled once and squared up to shoot as the game clock — and more importantly, the shot clock — neared zero.

Minnesota's defense sparked its fast-break offense in time for the Gophers to pull away from Rutgers on Saturday.

Minnesota coach Richard Pitino dared No. 22 Wisconsin to beat the Golden Gophers from the 3-point arc and the free throw line.

The University of Minnesota football team is in Detroit getting ready for Wednesday's Quick Lane Bowl against Georgia Tech.

A bucket of sports drink having been just poured over his head, Scott Frost wrapped up a quick television interview near midfield and started sprinting off the field at Memorial Stadium.

Dwayne Haskins threw for 412 yards and three touchdowns as No. 3 Ohio State held off persistent Minnesota to win 30-14 Saturday in a game where little went well for the Buckeyes beyond their passing game.

The University of Minnesota football team opens the 2018 season with a home game Thursday against New Mexico State.

The University of Minnesota women's basketball team is headed back to the Big Dance for the first time in three years.

The Golden Gopher women's hockey team won its seventh WCHA Final Faceoff title and earned the league's automatic bid into the NCAA tournament with a 3-1 win over No. 1 Wisconsin Sunday.

The fourth-seeded Minnesota women's basketball team fell to top-seeded Ohio State in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament Saturday night, 90-88.

Scott Reedy, Rem Pitlick, and Casey Mittelstadt notched four goals and eight points for the Maroon & Gold, but it wasn’t enough as Minnesota fell 6-5 at Penn State on Saturday.

A late empty net goal by Penn State broke up a third period rally by Minnesota as the Gophers fell to the Nittany Lions 5-3 in the opening game of this weekend’s Big Ten quarterfinal series on Friday night.

The home team in the first Big Ten Tournament in Madison Square Garden will play at least one more game.