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Falcon Heights eyes future development possibilities on U of M golf course land

A study envisions housing and businesses on the site of the University of Minnesota’s Les Bolstad Golf Course.
June 15, 2025
With a statue of Goldie Gopher standing guard, golfers teed off at the University of Minnesota's Les Bolstad cours

Scoggins: The changes sweeping college sports don’t change everything; the game is still the thing

It’s easy to complain about the movement of money and players, but once there’s a kickoff or a tipoff some of us are going to get fired up once more.

Gophers men’s track and field finishes seventh at NCAA outdoor championships

It’s the program’s best finish in the national meet since winning the NCAA championship 77 years ago.
June 14, 2025

Gophers women’s basketball coach Plitzuweit gets two-year contract extension

The new deal raises the base salary for Gophers women’s basketball coach Dawn Plitzuweit to $900,000.
June 12, 2025

Gophers hammer throwers go 1-2 at NCAA track and field championships

Kostas Zoltas became the first University of Minnesota athlete to win a national title since 2018 and the 11th in history. Angelos Mantzouranis finished second to him.
June 11, 2025

Podcast: Do Gophers stand to benefit from influx of money in college sports?

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with the Knicks coaching search, which reportedly included an attempt by New York to talk to current Wolves coach Chris Finch. Minnesota Star Tribune college football writer Randy Johnson joins Rand to discuss the impact of the house settlement on the Gophers.
June 11, 2025

A Gophers hurdler from Jamaica keeps trimming time ahead of NCAA meet

Dyandra Gray is one of the Gophers to watch at this week's NCAA Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Ore.
June 10, 2025

Gophers standout Braun is healthy again and headed to a national team tryout camp

Mara Braun is one of 21 athletes invited to the 2025 Team USA women’s AmeriCup Team trials, which will start next Monday in Colorado Springs, Colo.
June 9, 2025

Former Gophers football standouts embrace being basketball dads

After playing for the University of Minnesota years apart, MarQueis Gray and Bryan Cupito are both watching their children succeed on the AAU court.
June 8, 2025

What is the ‘House settlement,’ and what does it mean for the Gophers and NCAA?

On Friday night, word finally came that the federal judge Claudia Wilken had approved one of the biggest settlements in college sports history.
June 8, 2025

Federal judge approves $2.8B settlement, paving way for US colleges to pay athletes millions

A federal judge signed off on arguably the biggest change in the history of college sports Friday, clearing the way for schools to begin paying their athletes millions as soon as next month as the multibillion-dollar industry shreds the last vestiges of the amateur model that defined it for more than a century.
June 7, 2025

University of Minnesota is putting its golf course up for sale

The course named after legendary U golf coach Les Bolstad will close for good at the end of the 2025 season.
June 7, 2025
The University of Minnesota's Les Bolstad Golf Course in Falcon Heights, Minn., in 2012.
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