Minnesota Gophers

The Minnesota Gopher men's basketball team cruised past Nebraska 84-65 Tuesday night at Williams Arena. The win snapped a four game conference losing streak for Minnesota.

Rodney Williams led the Gophers with 23 points on 8-13 shooting, including a few thunderous dunks

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The top-ranked Minnesota Golden Gopher men's hockey team fought back from a two goal deficit in the third period to earn a 4-4 tie with North Dakota Saturday night at Mariucci Arena. Minnesota gained three points on the weekend with the tie and Friday's 5-1 win

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The 9th ranked Gophers host #5 Michigan in a National TV game tonight at 6pm, pregame on AM 1390-the Fan at 5:30. The Gophers are 15-2 overall and 3-1 in the Big Ten.

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A former University of Minnesota wide receiver who quit the team after accusing the head coach of abusive behavior has been arrested in Houston on a marijuana possession charge. According to Harris County court records, A.J. Barker was arrested Sunday on a misdemeanor charge of possessing less than two ounces of marijuana.

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The Gopher men's basketball team won 66-63 over Stanford in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament consolation championship Saturday afternoon.

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Andre Hollins scored a career-high 41 points to lead Minnesota to an 84-75 victory over No. 19 Memphis on Friday in the consolation semifinals of the Battle 4 Atlantis.

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Gopher starting quarterback Marquis Gray has been ruled out by the Gophers for Saturday's game at home against Syracuse because of a high ankle sprain to his left ankle. Sophomore Max Shortell will get the start at quarterback with Gray out. Gopher head coach Jerry Kill says there isn't a quarterback controversy with Shortell and Gray and that freshman Philip Nelson will be the backup to Shortell this Saturday.

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Sophomore quarterback Max Shortell replaced an injured Marquis Gray in the first half and threw 3 touchdown passes in route to a 28-23 Gopher win over Western Michigan Saturday afternoon. Shortell was 10-17 passing for 188 yards and 3 touchdowns. Gray left the game with what he's calling a minor ankle injury. A.J. Barker led the Gophers with 5 catches for 101 yards and 3 touchdowns and Donnell Kirkwood led Minnesota with 110 yards rushing.

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The Gopher Football team won their season opener 30-27 in 3 overtimes at UNLV Thursday night. Jordan Wettstein made a 32-yard field goal in the 3rd overtime to win the game. Marquis Gray threw for 269 yards and 2 touchdowns and ran for 68 yards. Gray missed on some possible touchdown passes earlier in the game and threw for 1 interception that set up UNLV's first field goal.

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