Subscribe for the best Husker news & commentary
Episode 130 The Showdown: Nebraska volleyball's spring match and softball on the NCAA bubble
- • Texts from columnists
- • The most breaking Husker news
- • Cutting-edge commentary
- • Husker history photo galleries
In the latest episode of the Pick Six Podcast, Sam McKewon, Evan Bland and Tom Shatel talk TJ Lateef's commit to the Huskers, Nebraska's primetime game against Colorado and more.
Nebraska men's track and field coach Justin St. Clair was selected as conference coach of the year on Wednesday.
Husker notes include pay bumps for new assistants, Chief Borders' new school and a NCAA idea that could hurt NU's walk-on program — if it ever got off the ground.
Matt Rhule says the Sept. 7 game against Colorado, set for a 6:30 p.m. kickoff on NBC, should be a much bigger showcase.
Making an WNBA roster is difficult, and Jaz Shelley felt that reality when she was released by Phoenix ahead of the season opener.
Nine of Matt Rhule's 11 seasons as a head coach have included Sean Padden, who now serves as Nebraska's general manager. Padden hasn't served as an on-field assistant for the coach, but rather a troubleshooter.
Lisa Bluder, who coached the Iowa women's basketball team to the last two NCAA championship games, is retiring after 24 years leading the Hawkeyes.
Former Nebraska volleyball players Jordan Larson and Justine Wong-Orantes have made the 14-player roster for the United States women’s volleyball team for the first week of matches for the summer season.
Assistants for the Nebraska men’s and women’s basketball teams received raises in the aftermath of a NCAA tournament season and their bosses’ contract extensions.
Nebraska's Sept. 7 game against Colorado grabbed a plum primetime kickoff slot.
In the final week of the regular season, Evan Bland examines Nebraska baseball's odds of winning a Big Ten title, league tiebreakers and range of tournament seeds.
Justin Bolis knew the jump in competition from community college to the Big Ten would be massive. But he wanted the challenge. He wanted to prove himself. And now he'll have his chance as a walk-on at Nebraska.
Here are the stats for Nebraskans and other local standouts in the MLB and Minors this season.
USC? It’s the biggest brand of the new Big Ten arrivals. Best fight song, history of Heisman Trophy success and most proven head coach. What USC does not have is the best quarterback. And maybe that’s a good thing, writes Sam McKewon.
Elkhorn North senior Sam Thomas' final throw checked in at 64 feet, 5½ inches. It broke the all-class meet record set last year by Lincoln East’s Sam Cappos as well as the Class B meet record, which stood since 2007.
Elkhorn North’s foursome of Ella Ford, Britt Prince, Leah Robinson and Sydney Stodden lowered by nearly 17 seconds the record marks the Wolves set at last year’s state meet.
Elkhorn North senior Sam Thomas claimed the first meet record Wednesday at the state championships at Burke Stadium.
The second-ranked Titans will play in the championship game for the 10th time in search of their second title and first since 2013. The Class B final will be Friday at 3:30 p.m. at Werner Park.
The right-hander and Westside grad Harrison Kreiling has dealt with on and off shoulder injuries since joining the Mavs in 2021 but has had his best extended stretch over the past month.
For the second time in two years, Omaha hockey's conference is expanding. The NCHC announced Wednesday that the University of St. Thomas has been accepted as a full-time member starting in 2026-27.
Former Creighton standout Baylor Scheierman was the center of attention in Chicago Tuesday. “There’s real buzz about Scheierman here. People are asking, ‘Why can’t this guy be a first-round pick?’" said an ESPN NBA draft analyst.
DETROIT — Popular former Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson is no longer on the Michigan football staff after his arrest April 15 for allegedly operating while intoxicated early that morning in Ann Arbor. “He is no longer on staff,” Michigan football spokesman Dave Ablauf said Tuesday. “I can’t comment further because it’s a personnel matter.” Robinson, 33, was arrested after being involved ...
The stars have aligned for the WNBA with Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese joining the ranks of A'ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Diana Taurasi and others. The league is getting unparalleled attention. Now the challenge for the WNBA is to translate this hype and hoopla into a movement and not just a moment in its history.
Formula One driver Alex Albon has signed a multiyear contract extension with Williams to end speculation about his future. Team principal James Vowles called it "a huge vote of confidence" in the once-dominant team's rebuild. Williams says the new deal will keep the 28-year-old Albon at the team "into the new era of Formula 1 regulations," which start in 2026. It did not give more details. The announcement came ahead of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix this weekend. The British-born Thai driver had been linked with moves to both Red Bull and Mercedes. He was under contract at Williams through 2025.
Pato O'Ward picked up his first trophy in nearly two years when he arrived at Arrow McLaren's team lounge in Indianapolis last weekend. It wasn't the victory celebration he'd planned for his first IndyCar win since July 2022, but it was unusual: He won by default when Josef Newgarden was disqualified for cheating.
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker railed against Pride month, working women, President Biden’s leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and abortion during a commencement address at Benedictine College last weekend.
