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40 years will be enough for Missouri Valley Football Conference commissioner

Patty Viverito, only commissioner the league has ever known, will call it a career after this season

Minnesota Golden Gophers head coach P.J. Fleck jumps after Minnesota Golden Gophers block a punt in the first half against the Buffalo Bulls at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Aug. 31, 2017. Jesse Johnson / USA TODAY Sports

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Gophers football projected to finish 12th in 18-team Big Ten this fall

The Cleveland.com poll has Minnesota below rivals from Iowa and Wisconsin.

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NCAA Basketball: Minnesota at Penn State

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Gophers basketball: Star Dawson Garcia suffers foot injury, but expected back for season

The U’s leading scorer and rebounder had surgery this month

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Kolpack: The day Bison assistant Gus Bradley hitched his NFL legacy

The former NDSU football coach interviewed with legendary Monte Kiffin in 2006 and 'killed it'

Jul 15

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Minnesota Golden Gophers head coach P.J. Fleck stands before taking the field prior to the Nov. 26, 2022, game against the Wisconsin Badgers in Madison, Wisconsin.

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Breakdown of Gopher football’s 2025 recruiting class

Main focus, the QB, the prospect who got away, local sleeper.

Jul 13

By Andy Greder / St. Paul Pioneer Press

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Gophers football players have ‘something to prove’ after five-win regular season in 2023

But prognosticators feel another five-win season is coming in 2024

Jul 11

By Andy Greder / St. Paul Pioneer Press

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Kolpack: An ode to Western Illinois when times were good, hopefully can be again

The Leathernecks officially left the Missouri Valley Football Conference in favor the less expensive Ohio Valley Conference.

Jul 1

By Jeff Kolpack

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Gophers women’s basketball leaders fend off NIL suitors

‘NIL’s been crazy,’ said guard Amaya Battle, who will play her junior year with recruiting classmates Mara Braun, Mallory Heyer and Nia Holloway this season

Jun 29

By John Shipley / St. Paul Pioneer Press

NCAA Basketball: Texas-San Antonio at Minnesota

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Gophers guard Cam Christie selected by L.A. Clippers in NBA draft

It took a bit longer than expected, but Cam Christie heard his name called in the NBA draft in New York City on Thursday.

Jun 27

By Andy Greder / St. Paul Pioneer Press

NFL: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Houston Texans

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He's still Cody Mauch from Hankinson, North Dakota

Former Bison All-American starts free football football camp for kids

Jun 27

By Jeff Kolpack

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Gophers’ drought without NBA first-round pick stretches two decades

The Gophers men’s basketball program’s drought without a first-round NBA draft pick has reached 20 years.

Jun 27

By Andy Greder / St. Paul Pioneer Press

NFL: Denver Broncos at Los Angeles Chargers

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Former Bison QB Easton Stick establishing post-college Fargo footprint

For the second straight year, Stick orchestrating a one-day camp for HS and college quarterbacks

Jun 18

By Jeff Kolpack

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June is the new December for Bison football recruiting

North Dakota State head coach expects June signing day NCAA legislation to pass

Jun 17

By Jeff Kolpack