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Jordy Bahl's move to Nebraska creates overwhelming softball ticket demand and national title hopes
Call it the "Jordy Bahl Effect." A Nebraska softball program that hasn't won a conference championship in 10 years enters this spring believing it can win a national championship. A program that could...
Feb 08, 2024 Nebraska softball player Jordy Bahl speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, at Bowlin Stadium in Lincoln, Neb. Nebraska softball is enjoying a surge in popularity with the addition of pitching phenom Jordy Bahl. She shocked the college softball world last June when she announced her transfer to the Cornhuskers a week after she led Oklahoma to its third straight national title and was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Women's College World Series. (Nikos Frazier/Omaha World-Herald via AP)
Josh Oduro scores 32 points, Providence rallies to beat No. 19 Creighton 91-87 in overtime
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Providence coach Kim English didn't hold back in calling his team's effort during an 18-point loss at Villanova last week its worst of the season. The Friars responded with per...
Feb 08, 2024 Creighton forward Mason Miller (13) and center Ryan Kalkbrenner (11) defend against Providence forward Josh Oduro (13) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
Buie, Northwestern control Nebraska and secure fourth place in Big Ten
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) - Boo Buie scored 22 points and Brooks Barnhizer recorded a double-double and Northwestern beat Nebraska 80-68 on Wednesday. Buie now has 1,978 career points, which ranks second-mo...
Feb 08, 2024 Northwestern forward Nick Martinelli, left, shoots over Nebraska guard Jamarques Lawrence during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Evanston, Ill., Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. Northwestern won 80-68. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Man accused of killing a priest in Nebraska pleads not guilty
BLAIR, Neb. (AP) - A man accused of killing a priest in a small Nebraska town pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and other charges on Thursday. Kierre Williams, 43, of Sioux City, Iowa, also is...
Feb 08, 2024 FILE - Kierre Williams, right, sits with his attorneys in court, Jan. 3, 2024, in Blair, Neb. Williams of Sioux City, Iowa, pleaded not guilty Thursday, Feb. 8, in the attack that killed the Rev. Stephen Gutgsell, who was fatally stabbed on Dec. 10, 2023, inside the rectory for St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in tiny Fort Calhoun, Neb. (AP Photo/Josh Funk, File)
No. 14 Illinois blows late 10-point lead, beats Nebraska 87-84 in overtime
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Marcus Domask and Justin Harmon each made two free throws and Terrance Shannon Jr. had a steal in the final 25 seconds of overtime to help No. 14 Illinois beat Nebraska 87-84 on...
Feb 06, 2024 Nebraska's Brice Williams (3) drives to the basket past Illinois' Justin Harmon (4) and Dain Dainja during second half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in Champaign, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Darcy Lee (Thompson) Cronk, 72
Darcy Lee (Thompson) Cronk, 72, of Ord, peacefully entered the gates of Heaven on Friday, February 2, 2024, surrounded by her family at CHI St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island, Nebraska. Funera...
Feb 05, 2024
Michael Worth, 52
Michael Worth, age 52 of Broken Bow, died Saturday, February 3, 2024, at the Jennie Melham Memorial Medical Center in Broken Bow. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, February 7, 2024, at 11:00 a....
Feb 04, 2024
Lawmaker seeks to reverse Nebraska governor's rejection of federal child food funding
Weeks after Republican Gov. Jim Pillen announced Nebraska would not accept federal funds to feed children in need over the summer, an Omaha lawmaker is pushing her bill to require the state to accept ...
Feb 02, 2024 Tony Webster / CC
Nebraska overcomes 18-point deficit in second half to upset No. 6 Wisconsin 80-72 in overtime
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska loves to play at Pinnacle Bank Arena, and the record shows it. No. 6 Wisconsin, on the other hand, might be getting a complex about the place. For the second straight yea...
Feb 02, 2024 Nebraska's Rienk Mast (51) shoots a three pointer against Wisconsin's Steven Crowl (22) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, in Lincoln, Neb. Nebraska defeated Wisconsin 80-72 in overtime. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)
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BOYS PREP BASKETBALL= Bishop Neumann 38, Waverly 35 Central Valley 61, St Edward 34 Columbus 62, Omaha South 61 Cozad 83, Holdrege 32 Crete 90, Wahoo 81 Elkhorn North 39, Elkhorn Mt Michael 36 Garden ...
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