Joe Christensen
Sports team leader
General assignmentThe National Sports Media Association named Christensen as the 2003 Maryland Sportswriter of the Year and 2014 Minnesota Sportswriter of the Year.
Latest from Joe Christensen
Gophers gymnast Hooten earns All-American honors for fifth consecutive season
Mya Hooten and the Gophers women’s gymnastics team will compete Thursday in the NCAA Salt Lake City Regional.
March 31, 2025
Another Gophers player leaves for NHL; Connor Kurth signs with the Tampa Bay Lightning
Connor Kurth became the fifth Gophers player to ink an NHL deal since the season ended Thursday, joining Jimmy Snuggerud (Blues), Sam Rinzel and Oliver Moore (Blackhawks) and Matthew Wood (Predators).
March 30, 2025
Medved’s Gophers contract: What we know so far
The Gophers reached a memorandum of understanding with new men's basketball coach Niko Medved, giving the sides two weeks to complete the deal.
March 25, 2025
U.S. women's soccer team will play China at Allianz Field on May 31
The USWNT will make its fourth appearance in St. Paul and first since June.
March 3, 2025
Loons make another signing, following through on their stated goal of getting younger
The Loons announced the signing of Hoyeon Jung two days after they signed Argentine defender Nicolás Romero to a similar contract.
February 1, 2025
Minnesota United signs 21-year-old Argentine defender Romero
Nicolás Romero, 21, played center back for the same club in Argentina that produced Loons attacker Joaquín Pereyra.
January 30, 2025
Which recruits make it official, signing with Gophers as early signing period begins?
Wednesday begins the early signing period for all sports except football.
November 13, 2024
Gophers soccer lands first NCAA tournament bid since 2018
The sixth-seeded Gophers will face unseeded South Dakota State in a first-round tournament match Friday at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium in Falcon Heights.
November 11, 2024
Loons make another signing, following through on their stated goal of getting younger
The Loons announced the signing of Hoyeon Jung two days after they signed Argentine defender Nicolás Romero to a similar contract.
February 1, 2025
Minnesota United signs 21-year-old Argentine defender Romero
Nicolás Romero, 21, played center back for the same club in Argentina that produced Loons attacker Joaquín Pereyra.
January 30, 2025
Which recruits make it official, signing with Gophers as early signing period begins?
Wednesday begins the early signing period for all sports except football.
November 13, 2024
Gophers soccer lands first NCAA tournament bid since 2018
The sixth-seeded Gophers will face unseeded South Dakota State in a first-round tournament match Friday at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium in Falcon Heights.
November 11, 2024