Three Minnesota baseball players were named to the "Louisville Sluggers" Freshmen All-American team Wednesday.   Outfielder Justin Gominsky (Mahtomedi, Minn.), first baseman Nick O'Shea (Blaine, Minn.) and shortstop AJ Pettersen (Minnetonka, Minn.) all earned honors.   The Gophers' three players is the most of any team in the country. This is the first time…

Phil Steele announced his preseason NCAA football awards this week, projecting 10 Gophers to receive Big Ten honors by season's end.   Among the predictions is Minnesota wide receiver Eric Decker, who Steele projects will earn Second-Team All-America honors as well as First-Team Big Ten honors.   Decker, a senior from Cold Spring, Minn.,…

Freshman Ralph Sampson III might be finding some colors to wear this summer other than maroon and gold. The Gopher center was invited to tryout for the U.S. under-19 national basketball team according to Gophersports.com. If he makes the team, he will represent the U.S. in New Zealand in July. Sampson is…

The Minnesota baseball team took 2-of-3 from Michigan this weekend, but a series win wasn't enough to make head coach John Anderson the 11th active coach with 1,000 career wins.  That distinction will have to wait until next weekend when the Gophers visit Penn State. Still, the weekend was not without…

  Gophers football coach Tim Brewster wants to add his name to an already long list of people who have dominated the Timberwolves this year in competition. The Minnesota coach has accepted former Daily Sports editor Michael Rand’s “Twitter Challenge” and will compete with T-Wolves forward Brian Cardinal to see which of…

The WCHA tabled its vote to admit Bemidji State into the conference on Tuesday at the WCHA annual meetings in Marco Island, Fla. Citing scheduling issues that an 11-team conference would create, WCHA commissioner Bruce M. McLeod said the conference will now look for another applicant to expand the league…