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Wow, filling up fast. I hope this staff is as good at developing as we think…

Meet Ty’Quan Parker, a 6-foot-2, 200-pound defensive back who runs a 4.3-second 40-yard dash. He’s working out at Nebraska on Friday.

Interesting player with quite the story.

Time for the latest edition of the Conversations with Clouse live chat.


Fire away!

How many of y’all are gonna take Nebraska being behind Florida state for 90’s out on your family tonight at dinner

A man , his wife and mother-in-law were visiting the Holy Land when the mother-in-law passed . Funeral director told the man that he could have her buried there for $150 or shipped back home for $5000 . Man said (after thought) "just ship her home" . Director asked why that choice . Man replied " Well, two thousand years ago a man died here & later rose from the dead . No, ship her home "

On Danny K…

“Nebraska commit Daniel Kaelin was another player lots of the coaches really liked in terms of his makeup and how he handled himself. Character-wise, he shined this week. He also showed to be one of the most accurate passers at the competition.”

‘Also mentioned he was super impressed with Raiola and Julian Sayin (Bama commit).

GBR!

June 18

1778 - American forces entered Philadelphia as British forces withdrew during the Revolutionary War.

1812 - The War of 1812 began.

1815 - Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo by British, German and Dutch forces.

1873 - Suffragist Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.

1928 - Aviator Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. She completed the flight from Newfoundland to Wales in about 21 hours.

1940 - During World War II, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill urged his countrymen to conduct themselves in a manner that would prompt future generations to say, "This was their finest hour."

1948 - The United Nations Commission on Human Rights adopted its International Declaration of Human Rights.

1971 - Southwest Airlines began operations, with flights between Dallas and San Antonio, and Dallas and Houston.

1979 - President Jimmy Carter and Soviet President Leonid I. Brezhnev signed the SALT II strategic arms limitation treaty in Vienna.

1983 - Sally K. Ride became the first American woman in space aboard the space shuttle Challenger.

1986 - Twenty-five people were killed when a twin-engine plane and a helicopter carrying sightseers collided over the Grand Canyon.

1992 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in Georgia v. McCollum, ruled that criminal defendants could not use race as a basis for excluding potential jurors from their trials.

2010 - Death row inmate Ronnie Lee Gardner died in a barrage of bullets as Utah carried out its first firing squad execution in 14 years. (Gardner had been sentenced to death for fatally shooting attorney Michael Burdell during a failed escape attempt from a Salt Lake City courthouse.)

2013 - The Taliban and the U.S. said they would hold talks on finding a political solution to ending nearly 12 years of war in Afghanistan, as the international coalition formally handed over control of the country's security to the Afghan army and police.

2018 - President Donald Trump announced that he was directing the Pentagon to create the "Space Force" as an independent service branch.

2018 - The Supreme Court allowed electoral maps that were challenged as excessively partisan to remain in place for now, declining to rule on the bigger issue of whether to limit redistricting for political gain.

2020 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, rejected President Donald Trump's effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants.

2022 - The price of bitcoin fell below $20,000 for the first time since late 2020, in a fresh sign that the selloff in cryptocurrencies was deepening.

Birthdays
20 - Bailey Bass (actress)
32 - Willa Holland (actress)
33 - Monica Barbaro (actress)
33 - Jacob Anderson (actor)
34 - Renee Olstead (actress)
37 - Richard Madden (actor)
47 - Blake Shelton (singer)
47 - Alana de la Garza (actress)
52 - Mara Hobel (actress)
52 - Nathan Morris (singer)
57 - Kurt Browning (figure skater)
62 - Alison Moyet (singer)
66 - Andrea Evans (actress)
67 - Brian Benben (actor)
71 - Carol Kane (actress)
71 - Isabella Rossellini (actress)
76 - Linda Thorson (actress)
76 - Constance McCashin (actress)
81 - Paul McCartney (singer)

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Today in Sports History - June 18

1911 - The Detroit Tigers, trailing the Chicago White Sox 13-1, rebound to win 16-15 in the largest comeback in MLB history.

1953 - Seventeen major league baseball records were tied or broken in a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers.

1960 - Tom Sheehan (San Francisco Giants) became the oldest first-time manager in major league baseball. Sheehan was 66 years, 2 months and 18 days old.

1972 - The United States Supreme Court confirms lower court rulings upholding Major League Baseball's exemption from antitrust laws.

1975 - Fred Lynn (Boston Red Sox) hit three home runs, a triple and a single in a game against the Detroit Tigers. He collected 10 RBIs.

1986 - Fred Lynn (Boston Red Sox) hit three home runs, a triple and a single in a game against the Detroit Tigers. He collected 10 RBIs.

1995 - Norway defeats Germany 2-0 to win the Women's World Cup soccer tournament.

2000 - Tiger Woods wins his first U.S. Open title with a major championship record 15-stroke victory over runner-up Ernie Els.

2003 - Baseball Hall-of-Famer Larry Doby, who broke the American League's color barrier in 1947, died in Montclair, New Jersey, at age 79.

June 19

1775 - George Washington was commissioned by the Continental Congress as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.

1862 - Congress abolished slavery in the U.S. territories.

1865 - Gen. Gordon Granger and Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas with news that the Civil War was over, and that all remaining slaves in Texas were free -- an event that is celebrated today as "Juneteenth."

1910 - The first-ever Father's Day celebration took place in Spokane, Washington.

1911 - Pennsylvania became the first state to establish a motion picture censorship board.

1917 - During World War I, King George V ordered the British royal family to dispense with German titles and surnames; the family changed its name "Windsor."

1934 - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was established.

1944 - During World War II, the two-day Battle of the Philippine Sea began, resulting in a decisive victory for the Americans over the Japanese.

1953 - Julius Rosenberg, age 35, and his wife, Ethel, age 37, who had been convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, were executed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York.

1964 - President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law after being approved by the U.S. Senate, 73-27 and surviving a lengthy filibuster.

1975 - Former Chicago organized crime boss Sam Giancana was shot to death in the basement of his home in Oak Park, Illinois; the killing has never been solved.

1977 - Pope Paul VI proclaimed John Neumann the first male saint from the United States.

1987 - The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law requiring any public school teaching the theory of evolution to teach creationism as well.

2002 - Hamid Karzai was sworn in as president of Afghanistan.

2014 - Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California won election as House majority leader as Republicans shuffled their leadership in the wake of Rep. Eric Cantor's primary defeat in Virginia.

2018 - The United States said it was pulling out of the United Nations' Human Rights Council, a day after the U.N. human rights chief denounced the Trump administration for separating migrant children from their parents; U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley cited longstanding U.S. complaints that the council was biased against Israel.

2022 - The head of NATO warned that fighting between Russia and Ukraine could drag on "for years."

Birthdays
24 - Jessica Alexander (model)
25 - Atticus Shaffer (actor)
31 - Katelyn Jae (singer)
34 - Giacomo Gianniotti (actor)
35 - Jacob DeGrom (baseball player)
38 - Kaitlyn Bristowe (reality star)
39 - Paul Dano (actor)
39 - Tommie Lee (reality star)
40 - Aidan Turner (actor)
41 - Macklemore (rapper)
43 - Lauren Lee Smith (actress)
43 - Neil Brown Jr. (actor)
45 - Dirk Nowitzki (basketball player)
45 - Zoe Saldana (actress)
47 - Ryan Hurst (actor)
48 - Poppy Montgomery (actress)
49 - Bumper Robinson (actor)
51 - Robin Tunney (actress)
54 - Lara Spencer (TV personality)
56 - Mia Sara (actress)
57 - Samuel West (actor)
60 - Andy Lauer (actor)
61 - Paula Abdul (singer)
64 - Mark "Marty" DeBarge (singer)
67 - Doug Stone (singer)
69 - Kathleen Turner (actress)
73 - Ann Wilson (singer)
75 - Phylicia Rashad (actress)
76 - Salman Rushdie (author)
93 - Gena Rowlands (actress)

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Today in Sports History - June 19

1846 - The New York Knickerbocker Club played the New York Club in the first baseball game at the Elysian Field, Hoboken, NJ. It was the first organized baseball game.

1867 - Horse racing's Belmont Stakes was run for the first time.

1936 - German boxer Max Schmelilng knocks out up-and-coming heavyweight Joe Louis in the 12th round in a heavyweight bout at Yankee Stadium in New York.

1938 - Italy defeats Hungary 4-1 to win the World Cup.

1942 - Paul Waner of the Boston Braves became the seventh player in MLB history to record 3,000 career hits.

1943 - The NFL approved the temporary merger of the Philadelphia Eagles and the Pittsburgh Steelers. (The merger would dissolve on Dec. 5.)

1972 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the anti-trust exemption that major league baseball uses was Constitutional. The court called upon the U.S. Congress to repeal the sport's special status.

1973 - Gordie Howe left the NHL to join his sons Mark and Marty in the WHA (World Hockey Association).

1986 - University of Maryland basketball star Len Bias, the top pick in the NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics, suffered a fatal cocaine-induced seizure.

1992 - Evander Holyfield defeats Larry Holmes in 12 rounds for the WBC heavyweight boxing championship.

1999 - The Dallas Stars won their first Stanley Cup, defeating the Buffalo Sabres in six games.

2000 - The Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Indiana Pacers in six games to win their first NBA championship in 12 years.

2006 - The Carolina Hurricanes defeat the Edmonton Oilers in seven games to win their first Stanley Cup.

2011 - Rory McIlroy wins the U.S. Open by eight strokes; he sets 11 tournament records in the victory, including lowest 72-hole score (268) and lowest total under par (-16).

2016 - The Cleveland Cavaliers defeat the Golden State Warriors in seven games to win their first NBA championship; the Cavaliers also became the first team in NBA Finals history to overcome a 3-1 series deficit to win.

Would be a great come back story. Leaderboard is stacked. Gonna be a fun watch regardless.

Caught up with 2025 Elkhorn (Neb.) North WR/TE Chase Loftin. We talked his Husker offer and more. Hit the link:

Big get for NU VB to kick off the recruiting period. Hit the link.

Pretty good showing by our guy

Texas defensive back/linebacker Braylen Prude has committed to the Huskers. Story from @Steve Marik:


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always a great weekend

enjoy!

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Good stuff from A'mare Bynum, an interesting 2025 forward from Omaha Bryan who was offered by Nebraska on Monday.

.. Ricky struggling and WHERE was Scheffler hitting THAT drive????

I love golf…

In the middle of a week long trip in Montana and the family and I are ready to move here. Awesome country up here....

2024 Omaha (Neb.) North DB Donovan Jones was offered by Nebraska today after competing at the camp Friday night.


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Last season as a junior, Jones recorded 42 tackles, seven pass breakups and two interceptions.

Four-star 2024 DE/LB Jacob Smith tells Inside Nebraska that he is down to Michigan and Nebraska. He is coming off an official visit to Lincoln – his third trip to see the Huskers – and recaps an OV where he got to ask the current players the most important questions he's asked during his recruitment so far:


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It was a ride home from school Lincoln Southwest sophomore Braden Frager won't soon forget. Inside the story of the 2025 forward's wild Tuesday, which included offers from Nebraska and Creighton: