Nebraska volleyball filled in a huge chunk of its 2026 schedule puzzle with this week’s announcement of home and road matches in Big Ten play. Here are three takeaways.
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Instacart examined Mother's Day gifts trends in South Dakota based on 2025 data.
- Sam McKewon World-Herald Sports Editor
This week's Mailbag examines the negativity around Nebraska's football program, the best Big Ten wins of the Matt Rhule, more NIL chatter and recent Husker baseball struggles.
- SAM MCKEWON Omaha World-Herald
It's a "new chapter" for Indiana football, writes Sam McKewon, but IU's chip-on-the-shoulder culture dares the Big Ten and Nebraska to catch up.
- CON MARSHALL
The Chadron High boys’ golf team finished third at its home tournament on April 30 with a 362 score.
- CON MARSHALL
Hay Springs 8th grader Braxton Spicer was the pacesetter at the Middle School portion of the Best of the West Meet in Scottsbluff.
- CON MARSHALL
Mike Leatherdale's taken a long, sometimes winding path to track greatness at Chadron State.
Crawford finished with 112 points, 13 more than runner-up Morrill, while Hemingford was third in the girls’ standings with 70 points.
The record-setters were sophomore Addysyn Gruver in the long jump and junior Hannah Sprock in the shot put.
In the space of four days, Chadron High School sophomore Addisyn Gruver broke the long jump records belonging to two of the all-time outstanding athletes western Nebraska has ever produced.
The Cardinals placed in 12 of the 17 events and won four of them.
- ED EASTON JR. USA Today Network
Kansas City Chiefs running back Emmett Johnson spoke with reporters at Saturday's press conference during this weekend's rookie minicamp.
- JUSTIN FROMMER Omaha World-Herald
Teraya Sigler is among the Husker volleyball stars who improved their stock after three weeks of spring matches.
- TOM SHATEL World-Herald Columnist
Columnist Tom Shatel is hearing from Husker fans with a big decision to make on Memorial Stadium tickets. He hopes Nebraska's athletic department does, too.
- JUSTIN FROMMER Omaha World-Herald
With a Big Ten title in hand, No. 3 Nebraska softball finished the regular season in style with a sweep of Penn State and 23-1 mark in league play.
- SAM MCKEWON Omaha World-Herald
Ohio State belted seven homers, busted out the brooms and halted all of No. 16 Nebraska baseball's momentum for hosting a NCAA baseball regional.
- CATHY DONOHUE
As the crews moved in to clear away trash in the Chicoine Center at Chadron last Saturday, Jadyn McCartney Lamb made one more trip out from the locker room. Miles of cable used to help televise the action that had taken place so it could be shown across the state were being returned to the N…
- Evan Bland World-Herald Staff Writer
The World-Herald’s Sam McKewon and Evan Bland talk offseason Nebraska football by assigning a word (or words) to describe three Husker-related happenings this week.
- AMIE JUST Lincoln Journal Star
Amie Just explains why Nebraska basketball has a major hole to fill on its staff and why the bathroom troughs have to come out of Memorial Stadium.
- USA Today Network
On Wednesday, April 29, news broke that the Kansas City Chiefs had decided to waive backup running back ShunDerrick Powell after the team selected former Nebraska Cornhuskers rusher Emmett Johnson
- Sam McKewon World-Herald Sports Editor
Troy Dannen said Wednesday the Memorial Stadium troughs are likely to become memorabilia while the Husker baseball and softball teams will get new clubhouses.
- Evan Bland World-Herald Staff Writer
Nebraska softball and baseball are crafting dominant — potentially historic — seasons. That the Husker bat-and-ball sports are doing it together is making for a rare spring at Haymarket Park.
- USA Today Network
Nebraska baseball (34-11) faced off against Kansas State (26-19) for the third and final time this season on Tuesday night.