Sam McKewon

5 days ago | omaha.com | Sam McKewon

LINCOLN — It’s springtime in the Twin Cities, where Minnesota football coach P.J. Fleck, putting his boat in the lake for a ninth season, is always good for a memorable quote. “I think a coach's job is to take somebody from where they are to where they dream of being,” Fleck said at his April 8 press conference. “And every day there's got to be a new carrot, right? It's not the old carrot.

6 days ago | huskerextra.com | Sam McKewon

Keian Kaiser grew up in Sidney with multiple rooting interests among college football teams. His dad, Kurt, played at Northern Colorado. His mom, Sarah, was a diehard Husker fan. And over the years, Keian liked Colorado a bit, too. Now he has a new, clear favorite: Iowa State. That’s the college destination of the 6-foot-3, 205-pounder who led Sidney to the Class C-1 playoff semifinals. Kaiser got a scholarship offer from the Cyclones, visited the campus in March and liked it all. The facilities.

1 week ago | huskerextra.com | Sam McKewon

A former Omaha Creighton Prep running back — who had a big redshirt freshman season at North Dakota State — entered the transfer portal this week. ChaMar Brown rushed for 1181 yards and 15 touchdowns last season NDSU, winning the Jerry Rice Award for best freshman season in FCS. The 5-foot-11, 214-pound Brown was the first Bison back to eclipse 1,000 yards in seven seasons. North Dakota State won the FCS national title in 2024.

1 week ago | omaha.com | Sam McKewon |Evan Bland

In the latest episode of the Pick Six Podcast, Sam McKewon and Evan Bland talk the opening of the transfer portal and Nebraska's recruitment of in-state athletes. Part 1: Transfer portal opens as Nebraska tries to reach 105-man roster limitVideo Player is loading. Current Time 0:00Duration -:-Remaining Time --:-Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. End of dialog window. Sam and Evan discuss Nebraska trying to reach the 105-man roster limit as the transfer portal opens.

1 week ago | omaha.com | Sam McKewon

Omaha basketball has reached back into the junior college ranks for its next point guard. Snow Junior College guard Mark Brown announced on social media that he’d committed to the Mavericks for the upcoming season. The 5-foot-11 guard, who will be a junior at UNO, averaged 13.3 points, 4.3 assists and 3.5 rebounds for Snow, located in Ephraim, Utah. Snow finished 32-2 and spent much of the season as the No. 1 junior college team before losing in the second round of the NJCAA Tournament.