The No. 3 University of Minnesota volleyball program advanced to the Regional Semifinal with a 3-0 win over Georgia Tech, last night in Omaha, Neb. Minnesota (16-2) won by scores of 25-19, 25-21, 25-18 and will play Pittsburgh on Sunday at noon. The Golden Gophers had three with double-digit kills this evening. Stephanie Samedy had […]

The Division I Men’s Basketball Committee will feature five new members for the 2021-22 season, thanks in part to the Division I Council’s approval in January of a proposal to expand the Men’s and Women’s Basketball Committees from 10 to 12. Both committees consist of one member selected from each of the five autonomy conferences […]

Golden Gopher star wrestler Gable Steveson of Apple Valley has had a busy past five weeks. He won his second consecutive Big Ten heavyweight championship on March 7th at Penn State, followed that up by winning his first national championship on March 20th in St. Louis. And, then last weekend, he won the U-S Olympic […]

(Minneapolis, MN) — The Golden Gopher softball team has a huge four-game Big Ten series at Northwestern this weekend. Minnesota is 15-5 on the year, while the 22nd-ranked Wildcats are 18-2 on the season and leading the conference. Gopher junior outfielder Natalie Denhartog of Hopkins leads her team and the league with six home runs […]

(Minneapolis, MN) — New Golden Gopher men’s basketball coach Ben Johnson just wrapped up his second full week on the job and says he remains passionate about the position and is working hard to complete his coaching staff and finalize an offseason roster. Johnson says it has been rewarding to hear from so many former […]

New Golden Gopher men’s basketball coach Ben Johnson sat down with MNN sports director Mike Grimm to talk about taking over the program:

University of Minnesota Athletics Director Mark Coyle announced today that Ben Johnson has been named head men’s basketball coach at the University of Minnesota. The University and Johnson have agreed to a five-year term, pending the completion of a background check and Board of Regents approval. Johnson, who graduated from Minnesota in 2005 with a […]

(Minneapolis, MN) — The final regular season home match ever for the Golden Gopher men’s gymnastics team is scheduled for 4 P-M today at Maturi Pavilion on the U of M campus. The Golden Gophers will face Illinois in the meet. University and athletic leadership announced last year that the school would drop men’s gymnastics […]

(Undated) — For the first time ever, all five Minnesota-based Division I men’s hockey programs have made the N-C-A-A Championship Tournament. The Golden Gophers were chosen as one of the one-seeds and will play in the regional in Loveland, Colorado. Minnesota will skate against Omaha in its opening round matchup on Saturday night at 8 […]

(Notre Dame, IN)  – For the second time in program history, the Golden Gophers are Big Ten Tournament champions as No. 4 Minnesota beat No. 5 Wisconsin 6-4 on Tuesday night at Notre Dame’s Compton Family Ice Arena.   After a pair of overtime wins in the quarterfinals and semifinals, a battle between two of […]