Month: January 2025

Highlights: #3 Gopher Women's Hockey Beats Bemidji State on Field Trip Day

The third-ranked University of Minnesota women’s hockey team secured their 20th win of the season after routing Bemidji State 4-1 at Ridder Arena on Friday. The Gophers move to a 20-5-1 (14-4-1 WCHA) overall record and 4-0-0 against the Beavers on the season so far Sign up for daily email updates from Gopher Athletics! Go… Continue reading Highlights: #3 Gopher Women's Hockey Beats Bemidji State on Field Trip Day

PFF Believes Indianapolis Colts Should Acquire Vikings Safety

The Indianapolis Colts are already in the thick of their 2025 offseason preparations, made apparent by the quick hiring of former Cincinnati Bengals defensive guru Lou Anarumo. While it was an impactful hire, Indy can’t possibly run back the same defense under Gus Bradley in 2024. Not to negatively cloud names like Nick Cross, Kenny… Continue reading PFF Believes Indianapolis Colts Should Acquire Vikings Safety

The Wild Are Suffering From A Little Freezer Burn – Minnesota Wild

Upon his return from injury on Wednesday, Kirill Kaprizov’s teammates said they missed his smile. “It’s really good to have him back,” Kaprizov’s Norwegian bestie, Mats Zuccarello, said after seeing him after Wednesday’s practice. “We all miss his smile, that beautiful smile, and you know … his positivity.” Kaprizov and Zuccarello might be the only… Continue reading The Wild Are Suffering From A Little Freezer Burn – Minnesota Wild

Five things for Minnesota fans to know about the 2025 NFL draft

The NFL cedes about a month out of every year to other sports on the calendar, probably grudgingly so even if the space — from mid-to-late June until the start of training camps in late July — finds a lot of us distracted anyway by vacation, sunshine and other such things. The Super Bowl gives… Continue reading Five things for Minnesota fans to know about the 2025 NFL draft

One Of The Most ‘Painful’ Losses In Vikings History Happened On This Day 15 Years Ago

In my opinion, the 2009 Minnesota Vikings season is among the top two or three in the history of the franchise. I wasn’t born in time to see any of the Vikings’ four Super Bowl losses, and I won’t be able to put -any- team ahead of the 1998 Vikings, but 2009 has to be… Continue reading One Of The Most ‘Painful’ Losses In Vikings History Happened On This Day 15 Years Ago

Gopher Round Table S2E5: Gopher Women's Hockey

Welcome back to season two of Gopher Round Table presented by Affinity Plus! A video-podcast series where Gopher student-athletes sit down and chat with their teammates. Episode 5 features Audrey Wethington, Peyton Hemp and Ava Lindsay of Gopher Women’s Hockey. The trio previews playing in Hockey Day Minnesota, talks about the upcoming Frozen Four at… Continue reading Gopher Round Table S2E5: Gopher Women's Hockey

A Vikings question at running back; Chip Scoggins joins the show

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with a 4-0 loss for the Wild to Utah. After finally getting two key players back (Kirill Kaprizov and Jared Spurgeon), the Wild fell flat on home ice Thursday. That tends to happen, so it’s best not to overreact. Plus Rand gets to a listener question about what the Vikings… Continue reading A Vikings question at running back; Chip Scoggins joins the show

Dallas Turner’s Rookie Season Enhanced by Lessons from Jonathan Greenard & Andrew Van Ginkel

Vikings Defensive Coordinator Brian Flores, who was named Thursday as one of five finalists for The Associated Press’ Assistant Coach of the Year, said dropping into pass coverage was “something we’ve worked on throughout the course of the season.” “I think [assistant coaches Mike] Pettine and Imarjaye [Albury, Sr.] have done a great job with… Continue reading Dallas Turner’s Rookie Season Enhanced by Lessons from Jonathan Greenard & Andrew Van Ginkel