Mitch Sherman

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Mitch Sherman

LINCOLN, Neb. - Nebraska will play at Minnesota on Friday night in Week 7 of the 2025 football season, among two Friday games for the Huskers that have been assigned kickoff times and TV networks. The Oct. 17 meeting in Minneapolis is among five Big Ten Friday night games selected by Fox before Thanksgiving weekend. It will kick off at 7 p.m. (CT). The game marks the second consecutive weeknight kickoff for Nebraska at Minnesota.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Mitch Sherman

Shintaro Inoue left Japan and the seaside community of Yamaguchi, with its mountain views and hot springs, three years ago for the harsh plains of Western Nebraska. All for an opportunity to advance in baseball. Inoue's story is not akin to that of Rintaro Sasaki, the record-setting Japanese slugger whose father coached Shohei Ohtani in high school. The 20-year-old Sasaki bypassed a premier spot in Japan's NPB to sign with Stanford, where he's enjoyed modest success as a freshman this spring.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Mitch Sherman

OMAHA, Neb. - The clock is apparently ticking on Jac Caglianone's time in the minor leagues. But after a one-week power display in Triple A, the Kansas City Royals' top prospect is not itching for a call-up to the big leagues. Caglianone, the No. 6 pick in the 2024 MLB Draft, was promoted to Omaha from Double-A Northwest Arkansas on May 18. He's hit five home runs in six games with the Triple-A Storm Chasers, including shots of 441 and 459 feet Friday and Sunday in Salt Lake City.

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Vanderbilt earned the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA baseball tournament for the second time in program history. The Commodores, who are in the field for the 19th consecutive season, were one of 13 teams from the SEC to make the 64-team field, the most ever from a single conference. Texas, which won the SEC regular-season championship in its first season in the league, earned the No. 2 seed. The Longhorns are making a record 64th appearance in the NCAA Tournament.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Mitch Sherman

OMAHA, Neb. - Mark Wasikowski, the sixth-year baseball coach at Oregon, harbored concerns last year that entry into the Big Ten would negatively impact the Ducks. The travel was daunting. The potential RPI hit, in comparison to their years in the Pac-12, would pose challenges for the four new Big Ten programs from the West. And the acclimation to a different style of play in unfamiliar ballparks with unpredictable spring weather conditions weighed on Wasikowski's mind.