A month and a half after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, left the country shocked and frightened, President George W. Bush put on a bulletproof vest and took the mound at Yankee Stadium for the most memorable ceremonial pitch in history.
ST. PAUL 鈥� The Gophers athletic department鈥檚 highest earners will take voluntary 10% pay cuts for the first six months of fiscal year 2021 to help offset budget shortfalls due to the coronavirus pandemic.
KFAN is not only one of the most-listened to radio stations in the Twin Cities, it garners some of the highest 鈥� sometimes the highest 鈥� sports talk ratings in the country.
The Minnesota Golden Gophers were projecting a $1 million budget surplus in February. Big attendance figures during a historic football season and a record pace in donations had Minnesota feeling good.
A few weeks after Minnesota Golden Gophers softball pitching ace Amber Fiser announced her intentions to return next season for a fifth year of eligibility, a few of her senior classmates have decided to do the same.
The U of M鈥檚 athletic spending was $129 million in 2018-19, so a severe case would be a 58% decrease in what the university spent in the last athletic year.
There was no question about whether ace pitcher Amber Fiser would return for another season with the Minnesota Gophers after the NCAA granted a one-year reprieve to spring sports athletes who lost most of the 2020 campaign to the coronavirus pandemic.
