Gophers get carried away
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Marion Barber III and Laurence Maroney each surpassed 100 yards rushing for the fifth time in 15 games, and No. 22 Minnesota fought off Illinois State in an unimpressive 37-21 victory yesterday.
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Notre Dame looked beaten and Michigan State looked unstoppable.
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Mikko Koivu's game-winning goal developed in the blink of an eye. Almost as fast as he has emerged as one of the Minnesota Wild's most gifted players.
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When Minnesota played in Green Bay last month, the University of Wisconsin marching band&#39;s horn section spelled out a special taunt.
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Late last night in their game against Minnesota, the Penn State Nittany Lions needed to make a comeback. More appropriately, they needed their offense.
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Mikko Koivu's goal with 3:04 remaining puts Minnesota past Colorado and keeps the Wild as the only team yet to lose in regulation.
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A shutout victim in its meeting last year with Harvard, which put up 27 points, Cornell yesterday was determined to stop the Crimson's explosive tailback, sophomore Clifton Dawson, and his streak of nine games with 100 or more rushing yards.
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Alex Ovechkin wasn't around to see the Washington Capitals finish off the Eastern Conference's best team, but his teammates used their superstar's absence as a rallying point.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Sept. 8  â Sam Keller nearly gave away the game during his first road start for Nebraska. Zack Bowman jumped up to take it back for the Cornhuskers.
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Junior Katie Weatherston had a hat trick and junior Cherie Piper collected 6 points as the No. 2 Dartmouth women won their showdown with No. 1 Minnesota yesterday, topping the Golden Gophers, 7-5, at Hanover, N.H.
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Minnesotaâs offense is finally catching up with an opportunistic defense, leading the team to a five-game winning streak and into playoff contention.
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They only led once. Luckily for the Boston College Eagles, it came at the end of a game they otherwise had a lot of reasons to lose.
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ANN ARBOR, Michigan (Sports Network) - Chad Henne hit Tyler  Ecker with a 31-yard touchdown pass with 1:57 left to lift  14th-ranked Michigan to a 27-24 come-from-behind win over  13th-ranked Minnesota at Michigan Stadium.
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A bungled snap during what could have been the game-tying point after touchdown with eight seconds left clinched the win for Minnesota.
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Marian Gaborik had a hand in all six of his teamâs goals as the Minnesota Wild dealt the Rangers a jarring defeat in St. Paul.
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Maryland&#39;s football team learned yesterday it&#39;s not quite ready for the heavyweights, but the Terrapins don&#39;t appear far away.
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MANSFIELD -- The players were free to go. The team photo shoot was done, there was no practice scheduled, and their coach was not on hand. But the Lady Predators were not ready to leave. They wanted to play.