Mitch Sherman

6 days ago | nytimes.com | Mitch Sherman

LINCOLN, Neb. - For the first 30 or so games of the 2025 softball season, Nebraska coach Rhonda Revelle checked in with Jordy Bahl to monitor her stamina each time the Huskers played. Twice a national champion and a former first-team All-America pitcher at Oklahoma, Bahl had not attempted to hit at the collegiate level until this year. And she was returning this spring from a year on the bench to mend from a knee injury that required surgery after the season opener in 2024.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Mitch Sherman

LINCOLN, Neb. - Another consequential day is here amid a dizzying offseason that will shape the future of college sports. Wednesday could bring us closer than at any point yet to the end of negotiations in the proposed settlement of the House v. NCAA lawsuit. Filed in 2020, it has paved the way for former collegiate athletes to receive $2.8 billion in damages. If approved by a U.S. district judge in California, the settlement would allow schools to pay $20.5 million annually to current athletes.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Mitch Sherman

LINCOLN, Neb. - Nebraska secured its first Class of 2027 commitment on Thursday when four-star quarterback Trae Taylor picked the Cornhuskers. Taylor, 6 feet 3 and 190 pounds, plays at Carmel Catholic High School in Mundelein, Ill. He visited Lincoln for the fourth time last week and chose the Huskers over other finalists LSU, Illinois and Texas A&M. Taylor ranks No. 35 overall and the No. 3 quarterback in the class in the 247Sports Composite.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Mitch Sherman

LINCOLN, Neb. - Nebraska is not waiting for guidance to trim the fat from its football program. The Huskers' post-spring roster sits at 123 players, down from more than 150 last season. Nebraska has shifted depth toward the defense, beefing up on the line even as it reduces overall numbers. Nine players entered the transfer portal during the April window.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Mitch Sherman

LINCOLN, Neb. - Spring turned into summer, figuratively, Saturday at Memorial Stadium. Nebraska staged the Husker Games, a first-time event, that featured a giant garage sale of memorabilia and apparel, tours of the Osborne Legacy Complex, competitions in the spirit of an NFL Pro Bowl, and, yes, a bit of football. So was it a hit? Well, about 8,000 fans attended the scrimmage - approximately 10 percent of the figure on this day in 2018, when the popularity of the Red-White game peaked at Nebraska.