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June 20, 2013
Upon Further Review has everything you ever wanted to know about Gophers athletics (and then some). The Daily’s Sports team brings in-depth analysis, live blogs of Minnesota game days as well as any extra tidbits of information to help fans get their Gophers sports fix.
Wed, 6/19, 3:02pm (11 hours ago)
Top Gophers women's basketball player Rachel Banham had successful surgery for patellar tendonitis earlier this week, the team announced Tuesday.
Patellar tendonitis is a painful, nagging knee injury that's common in athletes.
"We collectively decided that performing the surgery during the summer was the best choice in making sure Rachel will be…
Tue, 6/18, 12:59pm (2 days ago)
Former Gophers pitchers Tom Windle and DJ Snelten are officially professionals.
The duo both signed contracts with their respective major league clubs last week, according to reports.
Windle, the Gophers ace and the 56th overall pick in the 2013 Major League Baseball draft, signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers for $986,500, the…
Thu, 6/13, 3:45pm (6 days ago)
Former Gophers relief pitcher Billy Soule has signed with the St. Paul Saints.
Soule recently finished his senior season at Minnesota. He recorded nine saves and a 2.67 earned run average in 2013.
The Saints (14-11) currently sit atop the North Division standings by .5 games in the American Association of Independent…
Wed, 6/12, 9:29am (1 week ago)
Florida International University transfer guard Malik Smith has moved a step closer to gaining immediate eligibility this upcoming season for the Gophers after the NCAA released its annual APR report.
Transfer athletes normally have to sit out a year after they transfer, but they're sometimes allowed to compete right away if…
Mon, 6/10, 7:06pm (1 week ago)
The Gophers men's track and field team brought 10 athletes to the NCAA outdoor championships this week and returned with 11 All-America honors.
Minnesota scored 9.5 points to place 27th out of 79 teams at the meet in Eugene, Ore. Texas A&M and Florida shared the team title with 53 points.
The…
Sun, 6/9, 4:30pm (1 week ago)
Indiana will be the first Big Ten baseball team to represent the conference in the College World Series since 1984 after the Hoosiers defeated Florida State 11-6 in Tallahassee Sunday afternoon.
The win gave Indiana a 2-0 sweep in the best-of-three Super Regional over the Seminoles -- who came in as…
Sat, 6/8, 10:12am (2 weeks ago)
Harun Abda, Travis Burkstrand and Wally Ellenson earned All-America honors Friday to continue the Gophers' strong showing at the NCAA outdoor track and field championships in Eugene, Ore.
Abda, a senior, picked up his 13th All-America honor in his final race with the Gophers. He finished fourth in the 800 meters…
Fri, 6/7, 5:33pm (2 weeks ago)
Gophers junior pitcher DJ Snelten was selected in the ninth round of the 2013 MLB draft Friday by the San Francisco Giants. He heard the news with a group of six or seven of his immediate family members back in his hometown in Illinois.
Snelten said he was ecstatic as soon…
Thu, 6/6, 11:42pm (2 weeks ago)
Tom Windle became the first Gophers player drafted in the second round of the MLB draft Thursday night when the Los Angeles Dodgers selected him with the 56th overall pick.
Windle said he received a call from a member of the Dodgers scouting department congratulating him on joining the organization. He…
Thu, 6/6, 11:37pm (2 weeks ago)
Seniors Quentin Mege and Micah Hegerle placed sixth and 13th in the hammer throw, respectively, to earn the Gophers' first All-America honors Thursday at the NCAA outdoor track and field championships in Eugene, Ore.
Mege, who has battled back from a broken hand, finished eight places lower than last year with…
Wed, 6/5, 11:37pm (2 weeks ago)
Gophers seniors Harun Abda and Travis Burkstrand advanced Wednesday to the 800 meters final at the NCAA outdoor track and field championships in Eugene, Ore.
Abda and Burkstrand placed third and fourth in their heat, respectively. The two fastest runners from each heat qualified for the final automatically, and Abda and…
Tue, 6/4, 4:35pm (2 weeks ago)
The Gophers volleyball team will play an easier nonconference schedule in 2013 -- coach Hugh McCutcheon's second with the team -- than they've played in recent years.
Minnesota's schedule features four tournaments against weaker competition. Only two of its opponents finished in the top 25 of last season's final American Volleyball…
Sun, 6/2, 8:09pm (2 weeks ago)
Minnesota native Joey King will transfer to the Gophers basketball team from Drake University, the forward tweeted Sunday.
"Ive accepted a scholarship to play basketball at the University of Minnesota. Could not be more excited to be a gopher. !" King's tweet read.
The 6-foot-9-inch forward starred at Eastview High School in…
Fri, 5/31, 1:09pm (3 weeks ago)
Gophers’ basketball target Rashad Vaughn places more importance on one major facet of his recruiting process.
“Relationships are a big thing with me,” said Vaughn, the No. 6 recruit in the class of 2014 by Rivals.com. “If I [don’t have] a relationship with the coach, I probably won’t be going there.”
Vaughn…
Thu, 5/30, 1:27pm (3 weeks ago)
Sandy Cohen has caught the attention of coaches across the country.
The 6-foot-5 point guard came into this year’s Amateur Athletic Union season with two scholarship offers. He now has more than 10.
Cohen -- a junior point guard at Seymour High School in Wisconsin -- played in Nike’s Elite Youth Basketball…
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