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Gophers' bowl hopes dealt a big blow

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

...quarterback, but they can't forget about talented freshman MarQueis Gray. Decker could have pursued a pro baseball career after being drafted in June by the hometown Twins, but he returned to serve as a...

Blog | October 27, 2009

Gophers, Badgers meet with Axe to grind

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

...locker room, not far from where the senior dresses before games. He also starred for Minnesota's baseball team and was selected in each of the past two Major League Baseball drafts, most recently by...

Blog | October 01, 2009

Gophers lay ground work vs. Cal

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN.com

As Minnesota geared up for its showdown with No. 8 Cal, ESPN.com tagged along for the final stages of game week.

Story | Conversation | September 22, 2009

Excitement builds for new Gophers stadium

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

...m. ET), Minnesota will no longer be a tenant in a multipurpose stadium occupied by a pro baseball and a pro football team. TCF Bank Stadium belongs to the Gophers. Football is back on campus...

Blog | September 09, 2009

Big Ten lunch links

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

...to see I'm still on the same wavelength as the kids. Eric Decker's football-or-baseball decision wasn't made on a whim, as the uber intense Minnesota wideout weighed his options, Kent...

Blog | August 28, 2009

Camp Kenosha provides football nirvana

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN.com

It's in the middle of nowhere and it's football 24/7. Camp Kenosha is perfect for Northwestern.

Story | Conversation | August 24, 2009

Stoudermire will do it all for Minnesota this fall

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

...39;s wide receiving corps looks fairly loaded as All-America candidate Eric Decker returns from playing baseball and heralded junior college transfer Hayo Carpenter joins the mix. The Gophers return seven of their top...

Blog | August 21, 2009

Wildcats defense looks strong up the middle

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

...it to Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald, a die-hard Chicago White Sox fan, to use a baseball reference to describe the keys to a good defense.  "It's important to have...

Blog | August 12, 2009

Big Ten position rankings: Quarterbacks

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

...to prove, as does an offense that ranked 105th nationally in passing last year. Former minor league baseball player Joe Bauserman certainly has the arm strength to step in for Pryor, though Ohio State'...

Blog | August 05, 2009

Minnesota's Simmons out to corner the market

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

...best wide receivers. Eric Decker returns to practice after spending the spring playing for Minnesota's baseball team. "Anytime we have competition drills with the receivers, I'm always the first to...

Blog | July 22, 2009

Minnesota's Decker switches focus back to football

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

...receivers in college football, and he has been selected in each of the last two Major League Baseball drafts, most recently by his hometown Minnesota Twins in the 27th round last month. Decker is putting...

Blog | July 17, 2009

Big Ten lunch links

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

...State cornerback Devon Torrence apparently has decided to stick with football after several summers of minor league baseball, The Columbus Dispatch's Ken Gordon writes in his blog. 

Blog | June 23, 2009

Gophers' Decker drafted by hometown Twins

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

...wide receiver was selected by the hometown Minnesota Twins in the 27th round of the Major League Baseball draft Wednesday. Decker, who has played the last two seasons for the Golden Gophers' baseball team...

Blog | June 10, 2009

Gophers' Decker still expects return to gridiron

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

...Decker reiterated his intention to return for his senior season in football, even as the Major League Baseball amateur draft gets under way this week. Decker, a Biletnikoff Award finalist last fall, was selected by...

Blog | June 08, 2009

Ranking the Big Ten: Eric Decker, No. 3

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

...game. One of the better all-around athletes in the Big Ten, Decker joined Minnesota's baseball team as a junior and was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 39th round of last...

Blog | June 03, 2009