Nebraska has taken a preferred walk-on from Iowa Central CC in James Williams. He's a 6-5, 235-pounder who just wrapped up his freshman season at the JUCO level. Finished with 19 total tackles, 6.0 sacks, 7.0 TFLs, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries in 2022.

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June 24

1497 - The first recorded sighting of North American by a European took place as explorer John Cabot spotted land, probably in present-day Canada.

1509 - Henry VIII was crowned king of England; his wife, Catherine of Aragon, was crowned queen consort.

1647 - Early American feminist Margaret Brent demanded a seat and a vote in the Maryland Assembly, but was ejected from that body.

1675 - King Philip's War, the most devastating war between the colonists and the Indians, began with Indians attacking the Swansea (Massachusetts) settlement.

1807 - A grand jury in Richmond, Virginia indicted former Vice President Aaron Burr on charges of treason and high misdemeanor (he was later acquitted).

1853 - President Franklin Pierce signs the Gadsden Purchase, buying 29,670 square miles from Mexico for $10 million (the area included present-day southern Arizona and New Mexico).

1908 - Grover Cleveland, the only person to ever serve non-consecutive terms in the White House as the 22nd (1885-1889) and 24th (1893-1897) president of the United States, died in Princeton, New Jersey at age 71.

1939 - The Southeast Asian country of Siam changed its name to Thailand. (It went back to being Siam in 1945; then became Thailand once again in 1949.)

1940 - France signed an armistice with Italy during World War II.

1946 - Fred M. Vinson was sworn in as the 13th chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, succeeding the late Harlan F. Stone.

1947 - Kenneth Arnold, an American pilot, reported seeing strange objects near Mt. Rainier, Washington. He described them as "saucers skipping across the water," hence the term "flying saucers" was born.

1948 - The Soviet Union began a blockade of Berlin. Allied forces would respond with what would be known as the Berlin Airlift, flying in more than 2 million tons of supplies over the next year.

1957 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in Roth v. United States, ruled 6-3 that obscene materials were not protected by the First Amendment.

1964 - The Federal Trade Commission announces that, starting in 1965, cigarette makers must include warning labels about the harmful effects of smoking.

1973 - President Richard Nixon concluded his summit with the visiting leader of the Soviet Union, Leonid Brezhnev, who hailed the talks in an address on American television.

1983 - The space shuttle Challenger, carrying America's first woman in space, Sally K. Ride, coasted to a safe landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

1992 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, strengthened its 30-year ban on officially sponsored worship in public schools, prohibiting prayer as a part of graduation ceremonies.

1997 - The U.S. Air Force released "The Roswell Report," closing the case on the 1947 Roswell, New Mexico incident concerning UFOs and alien bodies.

2011 - New York passes a law to allow same-sex marriage, becoming the largest state to date to allow same-sex couples to marry.

2012 - Lonesome George, the last known Pinta Island Tortoise, died at a Galapagos National Park, making the subspecies extinct.

2013 - Opening statements took place in the Sanford, Florida, trial of George Zimmerman, accused of murdering 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. (Zimmerman was acquitted.)

2015 - A federal judge in Boston formally sentenced Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for the 2013 terror attacks. (A federal appeals court later threw out the sentence, however the U.S. Supreme Court would reinstate it.)

2018 - President Donald Trump compared people entering the United States from Mexico to invaders and said they should be immediately sent back without appearing before a judge.

2018 - Women in Saudi Arabia were able to drive for the first time, as the world's last remaining ban on female drivers was lifted.

2020 - Three white men were indicted on murder charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was shot while running in a neighborhood near Georgia's coast. (All three were convicted.)

2022 - The U.S. Supreme Court ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place for nearly 50 years -- a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases.

Birthdays
25 - Liana Ramirez (actress)
29 - Erin Moriarty (actress)
30 - Beanie Feldstein (actress)
32 - Max Ehrich (actor)
35 - Stassi Schroeder (reality star)
36 - Lionel Messi (soccer player)
36 - Snow Tha Product (rapper)
37 - Solange Knowles (singer)
38 - Candice Patton (actress)
38 - Ariana Madix (actress)
38 - Justin Hires (actor)
42 - Vanessa Ray (actress)
43 - Minka Kelly (actress)
44 - Mindy Kaling (actress)
46 - Amir Talai (actor)
48 - Carla Gallo (actress)
56 - Sherry Stringfield (actress)
58 - Danielle Spencer (actress)
62 - Iain Glen (actor)
67 - Joe Penny (actor)
73 - Nancy Allen (actress)
76 - Peter Weller (actor)
76 - Mick Fleetwood (musician)
81 - Michele Lee (actress)
81 - Arthur Brown (singer)

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Today in Sports History - June 24

1911 - John J. McDermott became the first American-born winner of the U.S. Open.

1922 - The American Professional Football Association (APFA) changed its name to the National Football League (NFL).

1922 - The NFL's Chicago Staleys changes its name to the Chicago Bears.

1968 - Jim Northrup (Detroit Tigers) tied a major league baseball record when he hit two grand slams in one game.

1974 - Kansas City Royals pitcher Steve Busby retires first nine Chicago White Sox to set the American League record with 33 consecutive batsmen retired; Royals still lose, 3-1 to Chicago.

1979 - Bob Watson (Houston Astros) hit for the cycle against San Francisco. On September 15, 1979, he became the first player to hit for the cycle in both leagues when he did it with the Boston Red Sox.

1980 - The NHL's Atlanta Flames moved to Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

1983 - Don Sutton becomes the eighth pitcher in MLB history to record 3,000 career strikeouts.

1992 - MLB Commissioner Fay Vincent permanently bans pitcher Steve Howe from baseball for repeated substance abuse violations; the ban is later overturned on appeal.

1992 - The Orlando Magic select LSU center Shaquille O'Neal with the first pick in the NBA Draft.

1995 - The New Jersey Devils defeat the Detroit Red Wings in a sweep to win their first Stanley Cup.

1998 - The Los Angeles Clippers select Pacific center Michael Olowokandi with the first pick in the NBA Draft.

2004 - The Orlando Magic select Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy power forward Dwight Howard with the first pick in the NBA Draft.

2010 - The NHL Board of Governors approved a penalty for a lateral, blindside hit to the head. The penalty an "illegal check ot the head" was set at a five-minute major penalty, an automatic game misconduct and possible supplemental discipline from the League.

2010 - John Isner defeated Nicolas Mahut after 11 hours and 183 games at Wimbledon, in the longest match in tennis history. The sets were 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7-9), 7-6 (7-3) and 70-68.

2010 - The Washington Wizards select Kentucky point guard John Wall with the first pick in the NBA Draft.

2013 - The Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup in six games over the Boston Bruins, winning their fifth championship in franchise history.

2013 - In one of Wimbledon's greatest upsets, an ailing Rafael Nadal was knocked out in straight sets by 135th-ranked Steve Darcis of Belgium.

The big one is here. Check out the storylines for a massive official visit weekend plus who I have on commit watch.

Just received a surprise in the mail today...a Ndamukong Suh, Tampa Bay buccaneers, Super Bowl bobble head.

Honestly have no memory of ordering it, but wife says she remembers it shortly after the TB Super Bowl victory...not really into that stuff, but no buyers remorse as he’s my all-time favorite husker & it’s pretty cool...will find a place on my home or office desk...

Give me some of your best/worst drunken purchases...

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I was getting set to watch game 1 of the CWS when all of a sudden I'm stuck one 1 channel. The remote is working properly otherwise.

I've cycled the power a couple times with any improvement. Do you have any ideas on how to troubleshoot this? Is there a way to reset the TV? TIA...


Edit: I also changed my batteries in the remote...

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A look around the country:

Had a chance to talk one of Nebraska's newest roster pieces for 2023. Bradford should be a factor next spring. Hit the ink.

Hope the good Lord will comfort them in their loss, and allow them to appreciate what a great gift Denny was to all who were lucky enough to know him.

I so wanted to be there, but work obligations, and a family graduation tomorrow just made it too tough to pull off… I’m with them in spirit, as I know you all are.


If you haven’t already contributed to Danny’s memorial fund, I’d like to encourage everyone to do so.…

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He already has had two toes removed. I wonder if this will effect his coaching this year? BTW I won't use his moniker "pr*me" because he isn't...

These local kids have huge social media followings and all start working to help with landing other recruits - more so, just nice go know if trends grow and we can land 8-12 super taletned in-state kids, it totally changes our situation & entire staff can do what Callahan did and pour more energy into landing national level prospecs

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We are the HAWKS, Big and bad.
You play us hard, just make us mad.
We're mobile, mighty, mean, and lean.
We got the #1 college team.

Who's the fastest? Iowa Hawks!
Who's the strongest? Iowa Hawks!
Who's the prettiest? Iowa Hawks!
Who's the baddest? Iowa Hawks!

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I just joined @Greg Smith in dropping a FutureCast prediction for 2024 four-star DE/LB Jacob Smith to pick Michigan. That won't come as much of a surprise since that's been the general feeling for a while of where he would end up.

Nebraska has been giving a good fight against Michigan, getting Smith on campus three times – including last weekend's official visit where he was the highest-ranked target on campus. As I wrote about from my interview with him after that OV, it's become a Michigan vs. Nebraska battle to land him. The writing is on the wall, though. It's not just the fact that has brother (Jerod Smith) is already committed to the Wolverines. That's part of it, but the EDGE position Michigan envisions for Jacob Smith (especially in a standup defensive end role) is what I believe he'll decide is the best fit for his future. It's "a more clear-cut role," he told me last week, as opposed to the Jack/Will linebacker spots that Nebraska has pitched him on playing. All of that + he already took an OV to Michigan this month and told me he plans to take an unofficial to Ann Arbor with his brother this weekend.

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What does the commitment of Isaiah McMorris and Dae'vonn Hall mean for the Huskers' 2024 class? What do each bring to the field? Here's our analysis:


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Looks like Rhule and co strategy is to bring in a bunch of big, athletic DB athletes and let them grow into small, fast LB. And bring in a bunch of long, athletic TE and let them grow into DE.

Gonna be interesting next 3 years as these kids grow and develop. Really a no lose situation; if the kid doesn’t develop and doesn’t play, they will probably want to move on for another opportunity.

Only downside is a kid that doesn’t mind not playing and sits on a scholarship for 5 years, which happens already.

Pyfrom visiting Illinois this weekend. As far as I am concerned the kid is going elsewhere. I just don't see him committing here. Just been real wishy washy his whole recruitment

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Holy crap are they bad this year.

I went for a walk on my hunting lease tonight, to gather trail camera cards, and I kid you not, I must have taken 25 plus off myself, ...worst I've seen.

Now mind you, I was walking in tick heaven, in a cedar and black locust forest, but damn.

The ones I removed at home before I showered, I ran through the garbage disposal, and it gave me great pleasure hearing them go bye bye....

Omaha (Neb.) Creighton Prep TE Michael Burt will announce his commitment Thursday at 11 a.m.

It’s down to Nebraska and Iowa, two programs he officially visited in back-to-back weeks.

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ICYMI, here’s the story we did on Burt’s OV:

What will they do over a ham sandwich?

Typical NCAA. Horses already gone

The Husker staff made one heck of an impression on 2024 Bay City (Texas) DL Carlon Jones. Here's a quick story on his official visit: