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Daily Mail
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mail
Former Minnesota football player Charles Rogers dies during Brooklyn half marathon
Former Minnesota football player Charles Rogers died after going into cardiac arrest during the Brooklyn half marathon last week. It comes a day after Daily Mail reported that another former college football player suddenly died after running a half marathon in Texas. According to the New York Post, Rogers was running when he went into cardiac arrest and collapsed at Ocean Parkway and 18th Avenue at 8:11am on Saturday. That spot is roughly around eight miles into the course. Emergency services rushed to help Rogers and performed CPR on the 31-year-old before taking him to Maimonides Medical Center. However, his wife Sydney confirmed his death from her home in Manhattan. She said: 'Charles put everything he had into everything he did. While he leaves behind a wife and family that already miss him terribly, he loved being competitive and left us being 100 per cent himself.' Rogers was a defensive back for the Minnesota Golden Gophers for two seasons after playing two years with Iowa State. 'Our hearts are broken as former Gopher Charles Rogers tragically passed over the weekend. Our thoughts are with the Rogers family and all of his loved ones,' the team said in a statement. Since 2020, he had been working as a small medium business specialist with Verizon in New York City. It comes after former Texas A&M safety Brian Williams also died over the weekend after running a half marathon in Texas. Williams, who earned his engineering degree from the school last year, played three seasons for the Aggies from 2019-21. The former Top 100 national recruit sadly passed away due to severe heat stroke he got from the event, his brother told the Dallas Morning News. 'B you are my heart,' his brother Rawleigh wrote on Instagram. 'The BEST version of us in every single way B. I don't think I can make it without you but I'm going to try for our parents and our sister. I love you brother.' Williams was a former four-star recruit out of Dallas' Bishop Dunne High School, and played in 10 games for A&M in both 2019 and 2020.
USA Today
15-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Spartan baseball gears up for series vs Minnesota with the Big Ten Tournament on the line
Spartan baseball gears up for series vs Minnesota with the Big Ten Tournament on the line The college baseball season has reached it's final weekend of the 2025 regular season. For Michigan State, the final weekend of the 2025 regular season will be spent at home in East Lansing for a three game series against Minnesota. Michigan State enters the weekend at 27-23 (12-15 B1G), while Minnesota sits at 22-27 (8-19 B1G). While it is a mute point for the Golden Gophers, other than wanting to play spoiler, Michigan State needs a big time weekend to continue it's season next weekend in the Big Ten Tournament. MSU currently sits at No. 12 in the standings, tied with Illinois (No. 11) and Northwestern (No. 13), and just a game back of Nebraska and Rutgers who are tied for No. 9. The biggest note of that standings situation - only the top 12 teams in the Big Ten standings will qualify for the Big Ten Tournament. With a cluster of teams at the cutline for that Big Ten Tournament, it makes it quite obvious that this weekends games are officially the most important of the 2025 season. A case could also be made that Jake Boss Jr. is coaching for the safety of his job. The series against the Golden Gophers will be played at 6 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, with a 1 p.m. game on Saturday. Contact/Follow us @The SpartansWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Michigan State news, notes and opinion. You can also follow Cory Linsner on X @Cory_Linsner
USA Today
07-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Texans HC DeMeco Ryans reveals position for Aireontae Ersery
Texans HC DeMeco Ryans reveals position for Aireontae Ersery In years past, the Houston Texans would play offensive linemen out of position if they felt like they were one of the five best players on the roster. That won't be the case for second-round pick Aireontae Ersery. After moving up 10 in the second round to select the Minnesota offensive tackle, the plan is to leave him on the outside rather than try to shift him inside for 2025 as a potential guard option. "[We] really liked his tape in college at tackle, he played left tackle, so we'll start him out at tackle,' Texans coach DeMeco Ryans said Monday. Entering rookie minicamp on Friday, no one person on the offensive line can say they'll be a Day 1 starter. Ersery, who hopes to be the long-term replacement for five-time Pro Bowl left tackle Laremy Tunsil, might end up winning a starting job, but he won't gain it from the get-go. Veteran Tytus Howard is likely to be a starter somewhere on the offensive line given his experience, talent and flexibility. The same goes for Cam Robinson, who inked a one-year, $12 million to replace Tunsil for the short term. Should Easery impress throughout training camp, however, he could move over to right tackle or even force Robinson to switch sides on the offensive line. A third-team Associated Press All-American and Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year, Ersery impressed on the blindside for the Golden Gophers. A three-year starter at left tackle, the Kansas City native only allowed just five sacks and 11 QB hits in over 1,400 pass-blocking snaps in Big Ten games. Even if Ersery is the long-term ploy on the blindside, he doesn't necessarily have to start this year should Robinson be the best option. He can learn from the former second-round pick and perhaps become the left tackle of the future while transitioning from the college game to the pros. The Texans begin minicamp on Friday this week.
USA Today
04-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Nebraska baseball evens series with Minnesota off game-winning hit in the ninth
Nebraska baseball evens series with Minnesota off game-winning hit in the ninth The Nebraska baseball team (23-24, 10-13) clashed with Minnesota (22-23, 8-15) on Saturday in the second game of the conference series. Nebraska won the day 5-4 to even the series in front of a season-high crowd of 6,785. Nebraska got the victory in game-winning fashion with Robby Bolin hitting a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the ninth. Bolin finished 2-for-5 on the day with two RBIs, handing the Huskers their final two runs of the game. This capped off the Huskers' comeback after the Golden Gophers took a 3-0 lead in the third. Nebraska tied the game in the fourth off a Tyler Stone three-run home run, Stone's only hit of the game. Devin Nunez hit 2-for-2 with a run scored while Cayden Brumbaugh, Gabe Swansen, Dylan Carey, and Will Jesske all served up one hit apiece. Ty Horn started at pitcher for Nebraska, going 6.0 innings and striking out six. He surrendered four runs off seven hits. Tucker Timmerman (1-1) closed out the game, shutting down the Golden Gophers across the final three frames to get the win. Nebraska will conclude the series with Minnesota on Sunday afternoon. The first pitch will be at 1:00 p.m. CT on B1G+. Contact/Follow us @CornhuskersWire on X (formerly Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Nebraska news, notes, and opinions.
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Belmont visits Minnesota after Banks' 25-point performance
Belmont Bruins (26-12, 17-6 MVC) vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers (24-11, 8-11 Big Ten) Indianapolis; Wednesday, 6 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Belmont takes on Minnesota after Jailyn Banks scored 25 points in Belmont's 66-57 victory over the Villanova Wildcats. Advertisement Minnesota is ninth in the Big Ten scoring 73.4 points while shooting 44.0% from the field. Belmont has a 1-3 record in one-possession games. Minnesota makes 44.0% of its shots from the field this season, which is 5.6 percentage points higher than Belmont has allowed to its opponents (38.4%). Belmont averages 8.0 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.8 more made shots on average than the 6.2 per game Minnesota gives up. TOP PERFORMERS: Grace Grocholski is scoring 13.5 points per game with 5.0 rebounds and 2.9 assists for the Golden Gophers. Amaya Battle is averaging 14.9 points and 4.6 rebounds while shooting 41.9% over the last 10 games. Advertisement Banks is shooting 39.6% and averaging 12.8 points for the Bruins. Tuti Jones is averaging 11.2 points over the last 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Golden Gophers: 5-5, averaging 70.4 points, 30.8 rebounds, 14.2 assists, 5.8 steals and 1.7 blocks per game while shooting 44.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 70.1 points per game. Bruins: 9-1, averaging 73.5 points, 37.2 rebounds, 12.9 assists, 7.9 steals and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 41.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 60.7 points. ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
