Goldy’s in-your-face affection knows no labels or limits, though his fee and time constraints are nonnegotiable.

In the early 1990s, the University added a second Goldy Gopher to appear at public relations events, said Andrew Chelseth, the University Relations aide in charge of scheduling the department’s ...

Goldy also performed with the Golden Gophers cheerleaders while dressed as Deadpool, which prompted the Fox broadcast to ask: "How many outfit changes does Goldy have today?" Valid question because ...

Saturday during Minnesota's dominant 48-23 win over Maryland in Minneapolis, the team's mascot, Goldy Gopher, had multiple outfit changes showing off different Halloween costumes (we assume).

After trying out but not making the Gopher hockey team, coach Doug Woog encouraged Bernstein to be Goldy. "And I said, 'Great, I'll take it.' So, I became a large, smelly rodent," he said.

He’s a quiet guy with a big head and big teeth, and you see him at the University of Minnesota every day. In this edition of Finding Minnesota, John Lauritsen explores the history of the state ...

Standing in my spot in the student section of Huntington Bank Stadium, I trembled as I looked at the fans around me, clad in maroon and gold, which is just a few shades off from the red and yellow of ...

But before the players take the field, the mascots — Wisconsin's Bucky Badger and Minnesota's Goldy the Gopher — have been battling all week on X, formerly known as Twitter.

— Goldy the Gopher (official) (@GoldytheGopher) November 24, 2023 This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Bucky Badger, Goldy the Gopher have funny Axe Week meme battle ...

Soon Goldy the Gopher was born — a furry, striped rodent with big ears, bucktooth grin and a Minnesota beanie atop its head. Trouble was, it was a case of rodent misidentification.

Goldy Gopher apparently never saw it coming -- a sucker punch smack in the nose above his heartwarming bucktoothed grin. An annoyed fan -- a University of St. Thomas math professor and a devoted ...