It would probably pretty alarming to learn that, in the early 1980s, scientists decided to drop off a bunch of gophers at the ...

Located in southern Washington state, Mount St. Helens is notorious for its eruption on May 18, 1980. The eruption of ...

Like something straight out of a Disney movie, a new study reveals how gophers worked to save Mount St. Helens after the 1980 ...

Scientists say the pocket gophers were cranky about being moved into a devastated landscape for a day in 1980. But decades ...

When a 3-yard dump-off to tight end Johnny Pascuzzi looked like just another three yards, Iowa quarterback Brendan Sullivan’s mind jumped right to what his father taught him. Once Pascuzzi turned to ...

The Gophers football team had good reason to be mad — even bitter — in the visiting locker room at Michigan Stadium on Sept. 28. Minnesota’s late upset push of then-No. 12 Michigan had just ...

Scott Richey covers college basketball for The News-Gazette. His email is srichey@news-gazette.com, and you can follow him on ...

Darius Taylor ran for 131 yards and a TD on 22 carries and he was the Golden Gophers’ leading receiver with nine catches for 58 yards. Elijah Spencer had six catches for 67 yards. “We knew ...

The third quarter's only points were a Kesich field goal, and the Gophers led 16-10. Right when it looked like they had control of the game, punter Mark Crawford attempted to pick up a first down ...

After looking at the five suspects, Compton said it is not unusual to conclude the rodent bearing the least resemblance to the mascot is the pocket gopher – the only gopher in the lineup. The general ...

Gophers can be nasty critters. It is never fun to enter your backyard just to see it filled with holes created by these rodents. It is hard enough to make your yard look nice as things are now anyway.

In case anyone forgot it’s the end of October and Halloween is a few days away, the Minnesota Golden Gophers’ mascot was happy to remind them. Saturday during Minnesota’s dominant 48-23 win ...