Just hours after the Gophers returned from that gut-wrenching loss in Tampa, Fla., in the national championship game, LaCombe was on another plane, headed to Southern California. There ...

“I’m not going to lie,” she said, smiling. “I don’t remember it ... High School star who is in her third season as the Gophers' starting point guard. Battle plays basketball in the ...

The gophers were grumpy, but they understood the assignment. Brought by helicopter to a barren landscape with pumice stones the size of marbles and golf balls, the animals did what they've always ...