Lincoln – Head Coach Darin Erstad released Nebraska’s 2016 baseball schedule on Monday morning. The 56-game schedule kicks off on Friday, Feb. 19, when the Huskers open a three-game series against the College of Charleston in Charleston, S.C. Nebraska will play its first 10 games away from Lincoln before hosting its home opener on Tuesday, March 8, with an afternoon contest against Northern Colorado at Hawks Field. Continue reading “Huskers Open 2016 on Feb. 19 in South Carolina”
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles will miss the remainder of the season with a torn ACL in his right knee.
The star running back hurt his knee in the third quarter of Sunday’s loss to Chicago. An MRI on Monday confirmed the tear. Continue reading “Chiefs RB Charles done for season with knee injury”
HOUSTON (AP) — Dallas Keuchel remained perfect at home with seven gutsy innings and Chris Carter homered Sunday, leading the Houston Astros to a 4-2 win over the Kansas City Royals to take a 2-1 lead in the American League Division Series.
The Astros could wrap up the best-of-five series with a win over the defending AL champions in Game 4 on Monday. Continue reading “Astros take 2-1 series lead over Royals with 4-2 win”
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Chris Harris Jr. returned a fourth-quarter interception 74 yards for a touchdown and the Denver Broncos overcame a shaky day from Peyton Manning to beat the Oakland Raiders 16-10 on Sunday.
Manning was intercepted twice by 1998 draft classmate Charles Woodson and failed to lead the Broncos (5-0) to an offensive touchdown for the second time in five games this season. Continue reading “Harris’ INT return leads Broncos to 16-10 win over Raiders”
Lincoln, Neb. – In a continuation of one of the longest stretches of close games in Nebraska football history, the Huskers watched Rafael Gaglianone’s 46-yard field goal sail through the uprights in the north end zone with four seconds left to give Wisconsin a 23-21 win at Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
The loss, Nebraska’s fourth of the season on the opponent’s final offensive play, dropped the Huskers to 2-4 and 0-2 in the Big Ten, while Wisconsin improved to 4-2 and 1-1 in the conference. Continue reading “Badger Boot Beats Big Red”
Lincoln – The fourth-ranked Nebraska volleyball team won its 16th straight home match with a 3-1 (25-18, 25-19, 20-25, 25-17) win over No. 24 Michigan on Saturday at the Bob Devaney Sports Center, with 8,314 people on hand for the annual “Pink Night”.
The Huskers moved to 14-2 overall and 5-1 in the Big Ten with their third win over a ranked opponent this season, while Michigan fell to 13-4 and 3-3 in the Big Ten. Continue reading “Huskers Top No. 24 Michigan, 3-1, on Pink Night”
The North Platte volleyball team continued it’s winning ways on Saturday afternoon in Lincoln with a pair of sweeps against Lincoln Northeast (25-10, 25-14) and Lincoln Southeast (27-25, 25-16). The No. 2 ranked Lady Bulldogs will visit McCook on Thursday evening.
The North Platte Community College Lady Knights volleyball team continued to be successful against National Junior College Athletic Association Division II rated teams by defeating the Bismarck State College Lady Mystics three sets to two.
However, in the second match of the day they were defeated by Highland (Kan.) Community College Lady Scotties by the same score three sets to two. Continue reading “NPCC Lady Knight Volleyball Goes 2-2 overall at Jimmy Johns Tournament”
The North Platte Community College Lady Knights Volleyball team went 1-1 on day one of the Jimmy Johns Invitational tournament. They defeated the Cowley County Community College Lady Tigers in the first match 26-24,20-25,25-17,25-22 to increase their winning streak to four.
The streak ended the next match when Kansas City (Kan) Community College Lady Blue Devils defeated the Lady Knights 25-23,16-25, 25-21, 25-19. Continue reading “NPCC Lady Knights Volleyball go 1-1 on Day One of Jimmy John Tournament”
