NEBRASKA BASEBALL EXTENDS WIN STREAK WITH WALKOFF WIN OVER K-STATE:
Senior Gabe Swansen came through in the clutch, hitting a walk-off three-run double in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Huskers a 7-6 win vs. Kansas State on Tuesday night at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park.
Nebraska (22-23) scored seven runs on nine hits and three errors, while Kansas State (26-19) totaled six runs, six hits and two errors.
Dylan Carey opened the bottom of the ninth with a leadoff single to left field, and Robby Bolin reached on a one-out single through the left side to put runners on first and second with one out.
Cayden Brumbaugh was then plunked on a 3-2 count to load the bases, setting the table for Swansen’s walk-off double. The senior ripped a 1-0 pitch down the left-field line for the walk-off three-RBI double to clinch Nebraska’s 7-6 win on Tuesday night.
Nebraska welcomes Minnesota to Lincoln this weekend for a three-game series. Friday’s series opener at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park is set for 6:02 p.m. on B1G+.
NEBRASKA MEN’S BASKETBALL ANNOUNCES BIG TEN OPPONENTS FOR 2025-26 SEASON:
The Big Ten Conference has announced conference opponents for all 18 schools for the 2025-26 men’s basketball season.
Each member institution will play a 20-game conference schedule, playing three schools both home and away, while facing 14 teams once. Of the single-play opponents, member institutions will play seven at home and seven on the road.
The 10 Big Ten home games are highlighted by a visit from Big Ten regular-season champion Michigan State as well as NCAA Tournament qualifiers Illinois, Maryland, Oregon Purdue and Wisconsin. Oregon and Washington will make their first visits to Lincoln as members of the Big Ten. The Huskers’ 10-game conference road slate features games against Big Ten Tournament champion Michigan, as well as trips to Illinois and UCLA. NU’s west coast trip for the 2025-26 season will include games at UCLA and USC.
FOUR HUSKER REDSHIRTS ENTER TRANSFER PORTAL:
Four Husker football players who redshirted last year have entered the transfer portal.
Tight end Ian Flynt, defensive lineman David Borchers, wide receiver Hayes Miller and cornerback Evan Taylor are leaving Nebraska.
All four players redshirted in the 2024 season. Borchers and Taylor didn’t see any playing time, while Flynt and Miller each played in one game.
On3’s Pete Nakos first reported the news.
UNK’S JENSEN WINS COACH OF YEAR HONOR FROM ONLINE PUBLICATION:
Online publication The Open Mat has named UNK Wrestling’s Dalton Jensen as their 2025 NCAA Division II Coach of the Year.
Under Jensen’s direction, the Lopers won their second national title in four years. They won the title with a 52 point gap between them and runner-up Augustana.
Of UNK’s ten qualifiers, eight were All-Americans. Zach Ourada (125), Nick James (149) and Jacobi Deal (174) all finished runner-up at the national tournament, while Hector Serratos (133), Joe Airola (141), Jacari Deal (184), Jackson Kinsella (197) and Crew Howard (285) also earned AA honors.
MIAA SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT STARTS TODAY, CHVATAL NAMED TO ALL-LEAGUE TEAM:
Junior shortstop Mary Chvatal again represents Nebraska Kearney on the All-MIAA softball team as a honorable mention pick.
One of three Lopers to start all 49 regular season games, the leadoff batter enters Wednesday’s league tournament at .375 with three triples, 12 doubles, 10 RBI’s and 41 runs scored. She leads UNK in seven offensive categories including average, walks drawn (35), stolen bases (15) and on-base percentage (.497).
UNK (23-26, 9-15 MIAA) finished in a three-way tie for ninth place in the league standings and is the 10th-seed in this weekend’s single elimination tournament in Hays, Kan. The Lopers and Chvatal face 7th-seed Missouri Western (31-20) Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.
YESTERDAY’S BASEBALL GAMES:
Kearney 2, Bellevue East 1
York 6, West Point/GACC 4
Adams Central 5, Central City/Centura 2
Grand Island 9, Lincoln North Star 0
Hastings 6, Holdrege 0
York 2, St Paul/Palmer 1
TODAY’S BASEBALL GAMES:
Kearney @ Lincoln Standing Bear (4:30 on KGFW)
Twin River @ Adams Central (3PM)
YESTERDAY’S HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER SCORES:
GIRLS’ SOCCER
Aurora 1, York 0
Hastings 2, Lincoln Standing Bear 1
BOYS’ SOCCER
York 3, Aurora 2
Hastings 5, Lincoln Standing Bear 0
RECORD TV RATINGS FOR NFL DRAFT FINAL DAY:
NEW YORK (AP) — Shedeur Sanders’ drop in the NFL draft led to record ratings for the final day.
Saturday’s telecast of rounds four through seven — Sanders was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round — was the most-watched on record. It averaged 4.3 million viewers on ESPN, ABC, NFL Network, ESPN Deportes and digital channels. That was a 43% increase over 2024.
The draft’s three days averaged 7.5 million, the second-most watched on record and up 27% over last year.
PAC-12 ANNOUNCES TV DEAL WITH THE CW, CBS AND ESPN FOR 2025:
SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — The Pac-12 announced a television deal for the 2025 football season that will put all of the home games for Washington State and Oregon State on The CW Network, CBS or ESPN.
The conference announced the deal on Tuesday, saying that the The CW will air nine of the games, with CBS and ESPN getting two games each.
This is the final season with just Washington State and Oregon State in the Pac-12. The conference is expanding in 2026 to add Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Utah State and San Diego State for all sports and Gonzaga for everything except football. The Pac-12 still needs to add at least one more football school for 2026.
The conference is working on a long-term TV deal to start in 2026.
GIRO D’ITALIA CYCLING RACE TO GO INSIDE THE VATICAN’S WALLS IN HOMAGE TO POPE FRANCIS:
ROME (AP) — It could very well be the biggest sporting event ever held inside the walls of the Vatican.
The Giro d’Italia will pay homage to the late Pope Francis by passing through the Vatican gardens behind St. Peter’s Basilica and in front of the Santa Marta hotel — where Francis lived — during the final stage of the cycling race on June 1.
More than 150 cyclists will pedal for three kilometers (nearly two miles) through an area of the Vatican rarely seen by the general public and live TV images will broadcast the scenes around the world.
“The original idea was to have Francis signal the start of the last stage to promote the Vatican and the Eternal City in the 2025 Holy Year,” Giro director Mauro Vegni told The Associated Press on Tuesday following a presentation of the 21st stage.
Francis, however, died last week at 88.
“We wanted to go right up to Casa Santa Marta because we knew the pope was aging, so we thought he could come down and offer a blessing to start the final stage. Then unfortunately things turned out differently. But it will remain an homage to Francis,” Vegni added.
Bishop Paul Tighe, the No. 2 in the Vatican’s culture and education ministry, said hosting the Giro highlights “that there is kind of an interest in the Church in the whole reality of sport.
“If you think about it, on any given Sunday, there will be as many people watching sports as maybe participating in religious functions. And sometimes the same people,” Tighe added. “So this is a way of saying that this is the human reality that celebrates human achievements. That is important for us as a church.”
The cyclists will enter the Vatican through the Petriano gate to the left of St. Peter’s, ride around the basilica and then climb up toward the gardens before exiting near Santa Marta at the Perugino gate.
WEDNESDAY’S TIME SCHEDULE:
MLB
St. Louis at Cincinnati, 12:40 p.m., 1st game
Detroit at Houston, 2:10 p.m.
Atlanta at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.
Miami at L.A. Dodgers, 3:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Seattle, 4:10 p.m.
San Francisco at San Diego, 4:10 p.m.
Minnesota at Cleveland, 6:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 6:35 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 6:40 p.m.
St. Louis at Cincinnati, 6:40 p.m., 2nd game
Washington at Philadelphia, 6:45 p.m.
Kansas City at Tampa Bay, 7:05 p.m.
Boston at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.
Arizona at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.
Milwaukee at Chicago White Sox, 7:40 p.m.
Athletics at Texas, 8:05 p.m.
NBA Playoffs – First Round
Western Conference
Golden State at Houston – Game 5, 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota at L.A. Lakers – Game 5, 10 p.m.
NHL Playoffs – First Round
Eastern Conference
Montreal at Washington – Game 5, 7 p.m.
Florida at Tampa Bay – Game 5, 7:30 p.m.
Western Conference
St. Louis at Winnipeg – Game 5, 9:30 p.m.
PWHL
Minnesota at Ottawa, 7 p.m.
