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Per RandBall: Players getting paid is good for them, even if the system is out of control and everything happened too fast. I can get used to that a lot more easily than the one thing I consider the most troubling part of the portal era. Scoggins summed it up like this: Imagine if...

Per Pat: Eric Musselman, 61, was there for the start of Gophers hoops fever, spinning basketballs on the side of the court during the pregame show as an 8-year-old son of the coach. And now on Friday, Jan. 9, he will be coaching a game for the first time in the Barn when his Southern Cal...

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Ranking the best American tennis players as 2026 begins ATP The 2026 ATP season will be defined by whether anyone can step up to challenge the rule of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner. The two enter 2026 having compiled 23,550 rankings points over the past year, a higher point total than what...

Miami fires Mike McDaniel: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47550188/sources-dolphins-fire-coach-mike-mcdaniel-7-10-season Skol Vikes!!

We need a pic Doc1001! Go Gophers!!

It should be another great year of tennis. I think we'll see three young players all crack the top 20 this year: American Learner Tien, Jakub Mensik and Joao Fonseca. The latter of which has the most potential to be a top 5 player. Hopefully Ben Shelton can be healthy all year, he's probably...

Per Wetzel: Before the Rose Bowl, Indiana coach Curt Cignetti was asked about preparing his players to face Alabama and its considerable "mystique." "Our guys just know what they see on tape," Cignetti said. Translation: This Alabama team just isn't that good. Indiana would go on to dominate...

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Go Gophers!!

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Go Gophers!!

I wanted 2 Top 25 wins at The Barn and we've already delivered and it's only January 6! I feel confident about my entire list. #InMedvedWeTrust Go Gophers!!

Per Pat: The older generations of Gophers men’s hockey followers lead the Twin Cities sports market in one area: entitlement. Or, put it this way: If P.J. Fleck were a hockey coach producing the same ratio of Big Ten wins as he has in football, there would not be fan sites with declarations...

Per Pat: This conversation with Motzko took place Tuesday — one day before what would have been the 25th birthday for Mack Motzko, Bob and Shelley’s son killed by a drunken driver in July 2021. “We remember Mack every day, but how we do that is private,” Motzko said. We talked a bit more...