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University of Minnesota officials say the first game with alcohol sales at TCF Bank Stadium went smoothly. Schools spokesman Chuck Tombarge says extra security staff effectively isolated the area where alcohol was sold Saturday.

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Fans will be able to drink beer and wine at Minnesota's first home football game of the year at TCF Bank Stadium this weekend. Saturday's Gophers game against New Hampshire will mark the first time alcohol will be sold at an athletic event on the University of Minnesota campus.

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Minnesota coach Tubby Smith has agreed to terms on a contract extension with the university through the 2016-17 season. The deal was finalized Monday, more than a year after talks first began between Smith's agent and school officials.

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The Gophers baseball team has broken ground on a new stadium. Coach John Anderson spearheaded fundraising for the $7.134 million project, which began Monday with a ceremony at Siebert Field.

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Minnesota center Ralph Sampson III could miss the Big Ten tournament because of a knee injury. Coach Tubby Smith said Wednesday that Sampson "tweaked" one of his knees in practice Monday and has not participated the last two days.

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A security guard accused of knocking down, tripping and pushing fans at the Minnesota Gophers' stadium has been fired.

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Gopher head men's basketball coach Tubby Smith says he had prostate cancer but no longer has the disease. Through a statement from the University of Minnesota Smith says he had surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester to remove the cancer last month.

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