University of Minnesota Athletics
Gopher Sports: News & Notes
7/29/2026 9:04:00 AM | Athletics
Catch up on all the latest news from Gopher Athletics from the past week.
BigTen.org: Minnesota is up today at Big Ten Football Media Days in Chicago. Coverage begins at 11:30AM on BTN with Coach Fleck scheduled to take the podium. Coach and players will be on set beginning at 2:15PM.
YouTube.com: Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti addressed a variety of issues yesterday in Chicago.
GopherSports.com: Coach Fleck and his players previewed fall camp at the team's media day.
YouTube.com: Running back Darius Taylor talked with Dave Revsine last week on BTN.
Preseason Honors
- Football: Anthony Smith on Big Ten Preseason Honors List
- Football: Ten Named to 2027 Shriners Children's 1000 Watch List
KSTP.com: Former Gopher and current Royals broadcaster Ryan Lefebvre shared his memories of John Anderson prior to last night's game at Target Field.
Kare11.com: Kare 11 looked back on his life and career.
GopherSports.com: Women's Golf announced its 2026-27 schedule which kicks off with the ANNIKA Intercollegiate in Lake Elmo, Sept. 7-9.
IHeart.com: Coach Medved talked with KFAN's Paul Allen on Friday (40:30 mark).
Meet the Newcomers
- Soccer: Katelyn Rigg
- Men's Basketball: Chadrack Mpoyi
- Men's Basketball: Malachi Palmer
GopherSports.com: Women's Hockey will send Bella Fanale, Layla Hemp, Molly Jordan, Madison Kaiser and Ava Lindsay to the USA Hockey Women's National Festival in Lake Placid.
MNDaily.com: Former Gopher and Olympic gold medalist Taylor Heise recently held a kid's Hockey camp at Ridder Arena.
@GopherMGolf: Sophomore Torger Ohe finished second at the MGA Amateur Championship last week.
Gopher Shorts:
- @GopherFB: Morning Lift
- @GopherHockey: Meet the Freshmen - Why Minnesota?
- @GopherWBB: Back to Work
@MikeGrimm3: Defensive Back John Nestor was a guest on Mike Grimm's Go Gopher Podcast.
MNDaily.com: The Minnesota Daily looked at Football's task of integrating 50 new players ahead of the start of practice.
@GopherWBB: Women's Basketball hosted HopeKids at Athlete's Village last week.
@BigTen: Baseball's Charlie Sutherland talked about receiving the Big Ten Jackie Robinson Community & Impact Award.
KSTP.com: KSTP caught up with Tyler Johnson (Dallas), DE Deven Eastern (Seattle) and TE Nick Kallerup (Seattle) before they headed to NFL training camps.