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Basketball Defense, grit and free throws help Nebraska knock off No. 15 UCLA

Huge win this afternoon for Nebraska, which beat No. 15 UCLA 66-58.

It marked 20 straight wins inside PBA and the first win over UCLA since Dec. 16, 1955, which was a 71-65 win at the NU Coliseum. That Husker team was coached by Jerry Bush, Fred Hoiberg's grandfather.

Recruiting 2026 Florida four-star S commit visiting for Junior Day

2026 Florida four-star safety commit Devin Jackson will visit Nebraska for Junior Day next month, Feb. 1. Jackson, who plays at Orland (Fla.) First Academy has been recruited by new defensive backs coach Addison Williams since Williams was at UCF and is now making a run at the 6-foot-2 defensive back. His high school teammate, three-star athlete Danny Odem told me last week he's planning to visit on Feb. 1. John Butler offered Odem earlier this month.

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Today in History - January 26

January 26
1788 - The first European settlers landed in Sydney, Australia.

1802 - Congress passed an act calling for the establishment of a library within the U.S. Capitol.

1837 - Michigan became the 26th state.

1887 - Groundbreaking took place for the construction of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

1905 - The Cullinan Diamond, at 3,106 carats, the largest diamond ever found, was discovered in South Africa.

1915 - President Woodrow Wilson signed the act establishing Rocky Mountain National Park.

1950 - India, three years after gaining independence from Britain, formally became a republic.

1979 - Former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller died in New York City at age 70.

1988 - Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera" debuted on Broadway, and would go on to become the longest-running show in Broadway history.

1993 - Vaclav Havel was elected president of the new Czech Republic.

1998 - President Bill Clinton forcefully denied having an affair with a former White House intern, telling reporters, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky."

2001 - A magnitude 7.7 earthquake rocked the Indian state of Gujarat, killing more than 20,000 people.

2004 - President Hamid Karzai signed the new constitution of Afghanistan.

2023 - Israeli forces killed at least nine Palestinians and wounded several others in a large-scale raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the deadliest single operation in the territory in two decades.

Birthdays
21 - Addison Riecke (actress)
25 - Ester Exposito (actress)
31 - Joseph Quinn (actor)
33 - Mercedes Varnado (professional wrestler)
48 - Vince Carter (basketball player)
55 - Kirk Franklin (singer)
64 - Wayne Gretzky (hockey player)
67 - Ellen DeGeneres (actress/comedian/TV host)
67 - Anita Baker (singer)
72 - Lucinda Williams (singer)
75 - Jack Youngblood (football player)
76 - David Strathairn (actor)

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Today in Sports History - January 26

1913 - Jim Thorpe relinquishes his 1912 Olympic medals for playing two seasons of semi-professional baseball before competing in the Olympics.

1924 - Charles Jewtraw of the United States won the 500-meter speed skating. He was the first Gold Medalist at the Winter Olympics.

1951 - Mel Ott and Jimmie Foxx are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

1956 - Hank Greenberg and Joe Cronin are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

1960 - The Oakland Raiders join the American Football League.

1960 - Pete Rozelle is elected NFL Commissioner on the 23rd ballot.

1985 - Wayne Gretzky (Edmonton Oilers) became the first NHL player to score 50 goals in 49 games.

1986 - The Chicago Bears defeat the New England Patriots 46-10 to win Super Bowl XX.

1990 - Steffi Graf won her 48th consecutive tennis match.

1991 - Jan Stenerud becomes the first placekicker elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

1992 - The Washington Redskins defeat the Buffalo Bills 37-24 to win Super Bowl XXVI.

1995 - With a record 6,254,427 ballots cast by fans in NBA All-Star Game voting, Detroit's Grant Hill becomes the first rookie to lead all NBA players in All-Star votes received, earning #1 on 1,289,585 ballots.

1997 - The Green Bay Packers defeated the New England Patriots 35-21 to win Super Bowl XXXI.

2003 - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Oakland Raiders 48-21 to win Super Bowl XXXVII.

2020 - NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven others were killed when the helicopter they were riding in plunged into a steep hillside in dense morning fog in Southern California; the former Los Angeles Lakers star was 41 years old.

Basketball Nebraska collapses late in Iowa City, loses to hot-shooting Iowa in OT

Nebraska suffered a tough loss in overtime on the road Tuesday night in Iowa City. It was quite the collapse in the second half and overtime. The no-call double-dribble with seconds remaining didn't help, either.

"This is a hard one," Hoiberg told Huskers Radio Network after the game. "This is going to be a tough one for our guys, but you have to find a way to bounce back. That's what good teams do."

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