The Huskers with another head-to-head recruiting win over Texas for Campbell Flynn. Had a chance to talk to the first commit of the 2025 class for NU. Hit the link.

“Lately, there are so many big men who just want to shoot threes. But I feel like I’ve never been a big that only wants to shoot threes. I want to be able to do everything and help my team win in that way. Not just shoot threes, but post up, set good screens for my teammates, be able to pass to them, kind of do everything.”

Good stuff from new Husker basketball forward, Rienk Mast. He recently made an appearance on Huskers Radio Network.



In case you missed it, here's the feature we did on Mast, who's from the Netherlands:

Per Amie Just of the Lincoln Journal Star, Jordan Larson's contract is for only about three months. Full details:

- Contract begins on Sept. 27 which is just two days before NU travels to Purdue on Sept. 29
- Contract ends on Dec. 31, 2023 unless extended
- $50,000 salary

Based on this contract, I think NU really was one of, if not the only one to allow her to play internationally while still being part of the coaching staff. Very interesting contract to say the least.

PSU is a messed up place…

June 16

1487 - The Battle of Stoke ended the War of the Roses.

1858 - Accepting the Illinois Republican Party's nomination for the U.S. Senate, Abraham Lincoln said the slavery issue had to be resolved, declaring, "A house divided against itself cannot stand."

1903 - Ford Motor Co. was incorporated.

1904 - Events in James Joyce's novel "Ulysses" took place on this day, which is celebrated as Bloomsday, for the main character, Leopold Bloom.

1933 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Industrial Recovery Act into law. (The U.S. Supreme Court later struck the act down.)

1933 - The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was founded as President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Banking Act of 1933.

1941 - National Airport (now Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport) opened for business.

1963 - The world's first female space traveler, Valentina Tereshkova, 26, was launched into orbit by the Soviet Union aboard Vostok 6; Tereshkova spent 71 hours in flight, circling the Earth 48 times before returning safely.

1977 - Soviet Communist Party General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev was named president, becoming the first person to hold both posts simultaneously.

1978 - President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos signed the instruments of ratification for the Panama Canal treaties during a ceremony in Panama City.

1996 - Russians voted in their first independent presidential election. (Boris Yeltsin eventually won in a runoff.)

2004 - The 9/11 Commission determined that Saddam Hussein had no strong links to al-Qaeda, contradicting White House beliefs.

2011 - U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., announced his resignation from Congress, bowing to the furor caused by his sexually charged online dalliances with a former porn performer and other women.

2015 - Real estate mogul Donald Trump launched his successful campaign to become president of the United States with a speech at Trump Tower in Manhattan.

2016 - Walt Disney Co. opened Shanghai Disneyland, its first theme park in mainland China.

2018 - China announced 25 percent tariffs on $34 billion in U.S. imports, including soybeans and beef, in response to President Donald Trump's tariff hike on a similar amount of Chinese goods; China also scrapped agreements to narrow its trade surplus with the United States.

2018 - A 23-foot-long python swallowed a 54-year-old woman in central Indonesia, an extremely rare occurrence.

Birthdays
23 - Bianca Andreescu (tennis player)
24 - Lauren Taylor (actress)
26 - Camila Morrone (model)
35 - Banks (singer)
36 - Ali Stroker (actress)
36 - Diana DeGarmo (singer)
40 - Olivia Hack (actress)
41 - Missy Peregrym (actress)
45 - Daniel Bruhl (actor)
46 - China Shavers (actress)
48 - Fred Koehler (actor)
50 - Eddie Cibrian (actor)
51 - John Cho (actor)
53 - Phil Mickelson (golfer)
53 - Clifton Collins Jr. (actor)
55 - James Patrick Stuart (actor)
56 - Jenny Shimizu (actress/model)
59 - Danny Burstein (actor)
61 - Arnold Vosloo (actor)
68 - Laurie Metcalf (actress)
72 - Roberto Duran (boxer)
74 - Geoff Pierson (actor)
80 - Joan Van Ark (actress)
85 - Billy "Crash" Craddock (singer)
89 - Eileen Atkins (actress)

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Today in Sports History - June 16

1938 - Jimmy Foxx (Boston Red Sox) set a major league record when he was walked six times in one game.

1970 - Chicago Bears running back Brian Piccolo, 26, died at a New York hospital after battling cancer.

1975 - The Milwaukee Bucks traded Kareem-Abdul Jabbar to the Los Angeles Lakers.

1981 - The "Chicago Tribune" purchased the Chicago Cubs baseball team from the P.K. Wrigley Chewing Gum Company for $20.5 million.

1991 - Otis Nixon (Montreal Expos) broke a major league record with six stolen bases in one game.

1993 - Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls) scored 55 points in an NBA Finals game against the Phoenix Suns. Jordan became the first player to score 50 points in a Finals games since Jerry West in 1969.

1996 - In Lusaka, Sambia, fans stampeded the field at the World Cup match between Zambia and Sudan. Nine people were killed and 78 were injured.

1996 - The Chicago Bulls defeat the Seattle Supersonics in six games to win their fourth NBA championship in six seasons.

1998 - The Detroit Red Wings defeat the Washington Capitals to win their second consecutive Stanley Cup.

2002 - Tiger Woods wins his second U.S. Open.

2005 - The NHL Board of Governors approved the sale of the Disney owned Mighty Ducks of Anaheim to Henry and Susan Samueli.

2008 - Tiger Woods wins his third U.S. Open.

2013 - Justin Rose captured his first major championship and became the first Englishman in 43 years to win the U.S. Open, shooting a closing 70 at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, for a 1-over 281 total.

2015 - The Golden State Warriors defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers in six games to win their first NBA championship in 40 years and fourth in franchise history.

2018 - During the World Cup, Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology is used for the first time, awarding France a penalty in a 2-1 win over Australia.

2022 - The Golden State Warriors defeat the Boston Celtics in six games to win their fourth NBA championship in eight seasons.

Loaded Husker Hurry Up to send you into the weekend. Hit the link.

You can have anywhere from 1-3 of them

Since we've had ANY kind of homerun threat on special teams. Hopefully Rhule changes that in a hurry

Nate Swift Return

Oklahoma superstar ace Jordy Bahl has officially announced her transfer to Nebraska.

The former Papillion-La Vista (Neb.) star is a two-time First-Team All-American and joins the Huskers after winning two straight national championships with the Sooners. Her decision was widely expected after saying she was going to “return home” when she announced her transfer departure from Oklahoma.

Now the move is official, and she instantly makes the Huskers a contender to make their first Women’s College World Series since 2013.

Has to be Remote Control doesn’t it?

If you look across the years you've been a Husker fan, who is your most-hated opposing coach? Bielema is at or near the top of my list. It really sucked seeing him take over at Illinois and beat us again...

Looking at Indochino specifically...great price points but unsure of the quality...get a lot of airtime on a few of the podcasts I listen to

Ed Sullivan
Sonny and Cher
Carol Burnett
Gong Show
Smothers Brothers

Ok, off-season has begun- I’ve met Don Johnson at Texas-TTU game. Dude was very standoffish with me and my 2friends (skybox area) and then got stuck in an elevator with us. He was very short (not that there is anything wrong with that), couldn’t have been taller than 5’6” but had a hot and young Latina with him. Later found out she was some heiress to a fortune in Central America that bailed him out of bankruptcy so good for him, well done!

It was a terrific visit for Kansas OL Kaedin Massey. Hit the link to see why.


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According to 2/47 anyway...

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Full list:

1. GARRETT RILEY, CLEMSON (OC)
2. LUKE FICKELL, WISCONSIN (HC)
3. HUGH FREEZE, AUBURN (HC)
4. DEION SANDERS, COLORADO (HC)
5. JEFF BROHM, LOUISVILLE (HC)
6. MATT RHULE, NEBRASKA (HC)
7. TOMMY REES, ALABAMA (OC)
8. JAMEY CHADWELL, LIBERTY (HC)
9. PHIL LONGO, WISCONSIN (OC)
10. CHARLES KELLY, COLORADO (DC)
11. BOBBY PETRINO, TEXAS A&M (OC)
12. KENNY DILLINGHAM, ARIZONA STATE (HC)
13. KENDAL BRILES, TCU (OC)
14. MIKE BOBO, GEORGIA (OC)
15. TOM HERMAN, FAU (HC)
16. DAN ENOS, ARKANSAS (OC)
17. BARRY ODOM, UNLV (HC)
18. LANCE GUIDRY, MIAMI (DC)
19. WILL STEIN, OREGON (OC)
20. SEAN LEWIS, COLORADO (OC)
21. JOSH GATTIS, MARYLAND (OC)
22. ALEX GOLESH, USF (HC)
23. LIAM COEN, KENTUCKY (OC)

Anderson named a Second Team All-American, Matthews a Third-Team selection


Anderson, Matthews Named Perfect Game All-Americans
Huskers.com

Nebraska juniors Max Anderson and Brice Matthews earned All-America recognition for the second time this week, as Perfect Game released its All-America teams on Thursday. Anderson was a second a second-team selection, while Matthews was named a third-team honoree.

Anderson was selected as a second-team All-American by the NCBWA and Collegiate Baseball earlier this month. The Omaha native was also named the NCBWA's District 6 Player of the Year, becoming the first Husker to earn the recognition since Luke Gorsett in 2006.

A Golden Spikes Award semifinalist, Anderson was a unanimous First-Team All-Big Ten honoree while hitting .414 with 20 doubles, two triples, 21 home runs, 70 RBI and 51 runs scored.

The junior became the first player in the country to reach 100 hits and finished with 101 hits on the season, which is sixth-most by a Husker in a single-season in program history. Anderson is the first Husker to conclude the season hitting above .400 since John Cole's .418 batting average in 2001.

Anderson became the first Big Ten player with 15 home runs in a conference season with a traditional schedule. Anderson finished the 2023 campaign ranked fourth on the single-season charts in program history with 188 total bases while climbing to fifth with 21 home runs and 43 extra-base hits.

Matthews was named a second-team All-American by NCBWA earlier this week after landing on Collegiate Baseball's third-team All-America list earlier this month.

The junior concluded his 2023 campaign batting .359 at the plate with 11 doubles, two triples, 20 home runs, 67 RBI and 61 runs scored as a first-team All-Big Ten selection. With 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases, Matthews became the first player in program history and second player all-time in the Big Ten to reach the 20-20 club.

The Humble, Texas, native reached base safely in the first 52 games this season to extend his on-base streak to 55 games, which is the longest streak by a Husker since at least 1999. Matthews is tied for ninth on the single-season chart in program history with 20 home runs and is one of 10 Huskers all-time to reach the 20-homer mark at Nebraska.

The official visitor list had him on campus 6/12. Did that visit happen as scheduled, and if so, any word on how it went? @Greg Smith

It was revealed during Nebraska Volleyball's post-Brazil press conference that Lexi Rodriguez and Merritt Beason were named team captains for the 2023 fall season. Rodriguez was a captain last season as a sophomore and was named one again this season. Beason — another junior — transferred from Florida in the winter after two season with the Gators including one season as a team captain.

Head coach John Cook mentioned that all 14 players showed up for optional leadership classes. It was required that anyone who was interested in being a captain had to stand up and make their case in front of everyone. All 14 players did so. More coming in the next few days from this loaded press conference. Plenty of great stuff.

Loaded presser today from John Cook. Hit the link.

Our high school guys never stay

Jomboy did a medley of replays here in this video of things that happened in the women's tournament so far enjoy.

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These recruiting rankings are kind of a joke. Nelson was ranked 130-140ish a couple weeks ago and now that Georgia is after him he bumps all the way up to 40 on 247. If he had chosen to go to Nebraska he probably would have fallen out of the top 250. If Alabama liked him also he probably would be a 5 star.