Joe Christensen
Sports team leader
General assignmentThe National Sports Media Association named Christensen as the 2003 Maryland Sportswriter of the Year and 2014 Minnesota Sportswriter of the Year.
Latest from Joe Christensen
Gophers gymnast Hooten earns All-American honors for fifth consecutive season
Mya Hooten and the Gophers women’s gymnastics team will compete Thursday in the NCAA Salt Lake City Regional.
March 31, 2025
Another Gophers player leaves for NHL; Connor Kurth signs with the Tampa Bay Lightning
Connor Kurth became the fifth Gophers player to ink an NHL deal since the season ended Thursday, joining Jimmy Snuggerud (Blues), Sam Rinzel and Oliver Moore (Blackhawks) and Matthew Wood (Predators).
March 30, 2025
Medved’s Gophers contract: What we know so far
The Gophers reached a memorandum of understanding with new men's basketball coach Niko Medved, giving the sides two weeks to complete the deal.
March 25, 2025
U.S. women's soccer team will play China at Allianz Field on May 31
The USWNT will make its fourth appearance in St. Paul and first since June.
March 3, 2025
Loons make another signing, following through on their stated goal of getting younger
The Loons announced the signing of Hoyeon Jung two days after they signed Argentine defender Nicolás Romero to a similar contract.
February 1, 2025
Minnesota United signs 21-year-old Argentine defender Romero
Nicolás Romero, 21, played center back for the same club in Argentina that produced Loons attacker Joaquín Pereyra.
January 30, 2025
Which recruits make it official, signing with Gophers as early signing period begins?
Wednesday begins the early signing period for all sports except football.
November 13, 2024
Gophers soccer lands first NCAA tournament bid since 2018
The sixth-seeded Gophers will face unseeded South Dakota State in a first-round tournament match Friday at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium in Falcon Heights.
November 11, 2024
Minneapolis lands 2028 NCAA wrestling championships at U.S. Bank Stadium
The NCAA also announced that Target Center will host the first and second rounds of the men’s basketball tournament in 2027.
October 2, 2024
Gophers running back Taylor injures hamstring in practice
Coach P.J. Fleck said Taylor’s injury is not serious, but trainers will continue to evaluate.
August 13, 2024
Darwitz, Wendell-Pohl named to Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto
Minnesota hockey icons Natalie Darwitz and Krissy Wendell-Pohl are part of a seven member Hall of Fame Class that will be honored in Toronto on Nov. 11.
June 25, 2024
St. Thomas men’s hockey will switch conferences in two years
The Tommies will join two other Minnesota colleges and UND in the NCHC in 2026, a year that will mark another milestone in the transition from D-III to D-I sports.
May 16, 2024
