The Minnesota volleyball team has announced its 2023 non-conference schedule. The Gophers will partake in eight non-league games from Aug. 25 through Sept. 16 before Big Ten play begins. Before their first regular season match, Minnesota will host Northern Iowa in an...
The Minnesota Twins announced today that they have reinstated infielder Jorge Polanco from the 10-day Injured List. Polanco, who was placed on the Injured List on May 20 with a strained left hamstring, has played in 23 games for the Twins this season, hitting .284...
The Big Ten Conference announced today the start time for four Minnesota football games for the 2023 season. The games announced were Minnesota's first home games against Nebraska, Eastern Michigan and Louisiana. The kick time for Minnesota's road game at North...
(Houston, TX) -- Royce Lewis returned to the line up in a big way as the Twins beat the Astros 7-5 in 10 innings. Lewis hit a homer and had four R-B-I in the win, his season debut after returning from a torn A-C-L in his right knee exactly one year ago. Lewis, the...
(Minneapolis, MN) -- Jose Berrios had a good day against his former team as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Twins 3-0 in Minnesota. Berrios improved to 5-and-4 on the year after holding Minnesota to four hits in five-and-two-thirds innings. Alejandro Kirk drove in a...
(Tampere, Finald) -- Casey DeSmith earned his second shutout of the tournament and Matt Coronato scored the game winner as the U-S Men’s National Team downed Czechia 3-0 in quarterfinal actions at the 2023 I-I-H-F Men’s World Championship. Former St. Cloud State...
Minnesota’s only thoroughbred racetrack begins its 29th season as Canterbury Park on Saturday with a 5 p.m. central first post. The 54-day season starts with three days of racing, Saturday through Memorial Day Monday. Racing on Sunday and Monday begins at 1:00 p.m....
(Minneapolis, MN) -- The Twins salvaged their three game series against the Giants by beating them in the finale 7-1 on Wednesday afternoon at Target Field. Joe Ryan improved to 7-1 as he gets the win off five innings of work giving up six hits and one run while...
(Minneapolis, MN) -- Michael Conforto hit a double and a go ahead home run as the Giants rallied to beat the Twins 4-3 at Target Field. Conforto’s two run shot in the top of the 7th leap frogged the Giants over the Twins to hand Minnesota a second straight loss in...
(Minneapolis, MN) -- The Giants scored all their runs before recording an out during a 4-1 win over the Twins in Minnesota. J.D. Davis got the scoring started with an RBI double in the first, and Michael Conforto slammed a three-run home run later in the frame as...
The Minnesota Twins announced today that they have placed infielder Jorge Polanco on the 10-day Injured List with a left hamstring strain (retroactive to May 18). Polanco has played in 23 games for the Twins this season, hitting .284 (27-for-95) with seven doubles,...
The Minnesota men's hockey team got its summer started with exciting news as it announced the return of a core group of players, including fifth-year seniors Bryce Brodzinski, Justen Close and Jaxon Nelson along with upcoming sophomores Logan Cooley and Jimmy...
GAME ONE Minnesota (37-17, 17-6 Big Ten) vs. McNeese State (44-14, 21-3 SLC) Date: Friday, May 19 Time: 5:30 p.m. CT Location: Seattle, Wash. Site: Husky Softball Stadium Twitter:@GopherSoftball, @McNeeseSoftball GAME TWO Minnesota (33-16, 14-6 Big Ten) vs. No. 5/6...
Golden Gopher freshman Isabella McCauley is one day out from beginning play at the NCAA Championship in Scottsdale, AZ. The freshman will be the first Gopher women's golfer to compete in this event since 2011. McCauley has finished top-10 in her past four events. The...
Gopher Athletics announced today that the popular Gopher Pass, which is the most flexible ticket ever for Minnesota football fans, is returning for the 2023 season. For only $199.96, the Gopher Pass grants fans access to all seven Minnesota home games at Huntington...
(Eagan, MN) -- The Minnesota Vikings embark on their 63rd N-F-L season in 2023 with a schedule featuring five primetime games. Three of the primetime matchups will be at U.S. Bank Stadium, including two Monday Night Football contests, marking the first time since...
The University of Minnesota men’s and women’s hockey programs will face St. Thomas at the Xcel Energy Center in a doubleheader on Friday, Oct. 13. Both games will be designated as home games for the Tommies. The Golden Gopher women’s team will open their WCHA...
Senior Autumn Pease had everything working on Thursday, striking out nine Ohio State hitters over eight innings of work to help propel the Minnesota Golden Gophers past the Buckeyes 3-2. In addition to her nine strikeouts, Pease (26-6) threw eight innings, giving up...
The Minnesota Twins announced today that they have returned infielder Kyle Farmer from his rehab assignment and reinstated him from the 10-day Injured List. Farmer, 32, has missed the Twins’ last 24 games with a facial laceration, which he sustained after being hit on...
(Champaign, IL) -- The Big Ten Softball Tournament begins today at the University of Illinois. The Golden Gopher team earned the three-seed in the event and will receive an opening round bye. Minnesota will play in a quarterfinal game tomorrow morning against the...
The National Hockey League (NHL) today announced Minnesota Wild defenseman Matt Dumba as the team’s nominee for the 2023 King Clancy Memorial Trophy, awarded to the player who best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the ice and has made a noteworthy...
University of Minnesota head men's basketball coach Ben Johnson has announced the addition of Elijah Hawkins (Washington, D.C.) to the Golden Gopher program. Hawkins, who completed his sophomore year at Howard, is scheduled to join the team this summer. "Elijah is a...
Bringing a summer on the diamond for youth throughout Twins Territory, the Minnesota Twins Community Fund today announced its 2023 Youth Baseball and Softball Clinics schedule. The program, which is presented in partnership with Great River Energy, features 42 free...
The Minnesota Wild, in partnership with Minnesota Hockey, Pure Hockey, the NHL, and the NHLPA announced today that registration for the 2023 Little Wild Learn To Play Program will open at 10 a.m. CT on Monday, May 22 at www.wild.com/littlewild. The 2023 Little Wild...
(Minneapolis, MN) -- A pair of Golden Gopher freshmen women golfers will be competing in the NCAA Regional early next week in Westfield, Indiana at The Club at Chatham Hills. Isabella McCauley of Inver Grove Heights and Mariana Mesones of Trujillo, Peru will be paired...
As previously recommended by the WNBA’s Competition Committee and approved by the league’s Board of Governors for the 2023 season, the WNBA will for the first time implement a Coach’s Challenge. The league also will put into effect modified rules for out-of-bounds...
Minnesota Wild General Manager Bill Guerin today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed forward Marcus Johansson to a two-year, $4 million contract ($2 million average annual value) that goes through the 2024-25 season. Johansson, 32, recorded 46...