NORFOLK - Northeast Community College will discontinue its fledgling men’s and women’s rodeo program effective immediately. Read more

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball’s shortened amateur draft will remain at the MLB Network studios in Secaucus, New Jersey, for the first round on June 10. Read more

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska golfers or those with ties to the state can try to qualify for the Korn Ferry Tour’s Pinnacle Bank Championship in July. Read more

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Athletic Director Bill Moos says construction on a $155 million football training center has been delayed but the project will continue. Read more

LINCOLN - During the Nebraska School Activities Association board meeting, numerous sports were voted on. Read more

NORFOLK - Norfolk High senior Jake Jensen recently signed a letter of intent to play football and further his education at South Dakota School of Mines this week. Read more

NORFOLK - Hannah Heppner of Stanton and Ben Moxness of Scribner were recently named to the inaugural National Alliance of Two-Year College Athletic Administrators Honorable Mention Scholar-Athlete Team for their dedicated work on the court and in the classroom. Read more

NORFOLK - Northeast Community College Head Women’s Basketball Coach Matt Svehla recently announced the commitment of Yiesha Williams, a First Team All-Area selection from Elkhart Central High School in Elkhart, Ind. Read more

NORFOLK - Thursday would’ve been the 26th annual Norfolk Track and Field Classic.  Read more

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Creighton forward Damien Jefferson has declared for the NBA draft. Read more

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska women’s gymnastics program has been given two years of probation and fined for breaking NCAA rules under former head coach Dan Kendig. Read more

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska quarterback Noah Vedral has entered the transfer portal and plans to play his final two seasons at another school. Read more

NORFOLK - The 8th Annual Northeast Nebraska All-Star Football Classic has been canceled. Read more

LINCOLN - The Department of Nebraska Athletic Committee has canceled all Area and State post season playoff tournaments. Read more

NORFOLK - A new Norfolk High boys' basketball head coach has been selected. Read more

NORFOLK - Norfolk High senior Anden Baumann recently signed a letter of intent to attend Nebraska Wesleyan and play volleyball. Read more

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Creighton guard Ty-Shon Alexander is declaring for the NBA draft with the option to return to school for his final season of eligibility. Read more

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The U.S. Olympic swimming trials have been rescheduled for June of 2021 in Omaha, Nebraska. Read more

NORFOLK - Northeast Community College women’s basketball star Kyla Moore of Norfolk was named an NJCAA All-American Honorable Mention Tuesday. Read more

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Ohio State assistant Carrie Banks is the new women's basketball coach at Omaha. Read more

Twelve athletes, five coaches, three contributors and one official make up the Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame induction class of 2020.  Read more

Speedy halfback and receiver Bobby Mitchell has died at 84, according to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.  He played halfback for the Cleveland Browns from 1958-61 and was a flanker for Washington from 1962-68, becoming the first African American to sign with the Redskins.  Mitchell was induct… Read more

NORFOLK - Norfolk High’s head basketball coach has resigned from his teaching and coaching duties. Read more

Volleyball standout Jordan Larson was announced as the second member of the 2020 University of Nebraska Athletic Hall of Fame class today.  Read more

Five distinguished student-athletes and one legendary head coach make up the 2020 University of Nebraska Athletic Hall of Fame class, who will be announced individually over the next three weeks.  Read more

The NCAA will permit spring sport athletes who had their seasons shortened by the coronavirus outbreak to have an additional year of eligibility.  Read more

ESPN is moving up the release of its Michael Jordan documentary "The Last Dance" from June to April.  The ten-part series will now begin April 19.  The move was announced on Good Morning America today, in response to fans asking for more programming while sports are on hold because of the co… Read more

The Tokyo Olympics will open next year in the same time slot scheduled for this year's games. Tokyo organizers say the opening ceremony will take place on July 23, 2021. That is almost exactly one year after the games were due to start this year. The IOC and Japanese organizers last week pos… Read more

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The 8th Annual Northeast Nebraska All-Star Football Classic rosters have been announced by Mike Sunderman, president of the event’s Board of Directors. Read more

Commissioner Roger Goodell told NFL teams the draft will go on as originally scheduled for next month.  The draft will still take place April 23-25.  Goodell said in a memo obtained by The Associated Press that public health conditions are highly uncertain and there was no guarantee of signi… Read more

With opening day postponed until at least mid-May, this might be the year the baseball needs to try out some creative ideas.  Here's one of them: seven-inning doubleheaders.  Those have long been a staple of minor league and college baseball.  Doubleheaders are rarely scheduled in Major Leag… Read more

Creighton guard Ty-Shon Alexander has been named a Third Team All-American by USA Today.  Read more

The Nebraska School Activities Association announced today that it has extended the suspension of all high school athletic and activity practices and competitions through May 1.  Read more

Kelli Browning, Mike Tranchilla and Pat Venditte have been announced as the 2020 class for the Creighton Athletics Hall of Fame.  Read more

The Mid State Conference has announced their all-conference basketball teams.  Read more

The Tokyo Olympic torch relay will start Thursday as planned in northeastern Japan’s Fukushima prefecture, but with no torch, no torchbearers, no public, and little ceremony.  There will be an Olympic flame, which arrived on March 12 from Greece, carried in a lantern and transported by a veh… Read more

The National Association of Basketball Coaches honored three individuals associated with the Creighton basketball program as it handed out All-District honors today.  Read more

The Spanish soccer federation and the Spanish league say the suspension of professional soccer in the country will continue until government officials “consider that they can be resumed without creating any health risk.”  The soccer competitions had been initially suspended for two weeks, bu… Read more

Saturday Morning (3/21):  Sportstalk on 106 KIX & 106KIX.com from 9:00-10:00 AM.  Read more

Creighton men’s basketball sophomore Marcus Zegarowski has been named an Honorable Mention All-American by the Associated Press.  Read more

The number of known coronavirus cases within the NBA has doubled to 14.  Marcus Smart of the Boston Celtics pleaded with people to take social distancing more seriously yesterday and the league ordered all teams to shutter their training facilities indefinitely.  Smart revealed that he teste… Read more

Wayne State College placed 40 student-athletes on the 2020 Northern Sun Conference Winter All-Academic Teams announced Thursday morning by the league office in Burnsville, Minnesota.  For the second year, the NSIC highlights the All-Academic Team members with a 3.60 grade point average or hi… Read more

Creighton women's basketball senior Jalyn Agnew earned Associated Press All-American Honorable Mention recognition today.  Read more

This week’s Hausmann Physical Therapy Star Athlete of the Week goes to Noah Schutte of the Class ‘D-1’ State Champion Laurel/Concord/Coleridge boys basketball team.  Read more

The NBA is considering an idea that would have some players be quarantined or isolated for purposes of being able to compete against one another and provide basketball fans with some sort of diversion from the coronavirus pandemic.  NBA Commissioner Adam Silver revealed that notion as one of… Read more

The Creighton men's basketball team, picked to finish seventh in the preseason BIG EAST Conference poll, finished the season ranked seventh in the final Associated Press poll of the year.  Read more

Creighton men's basketball sophomore Marcus Zegarowski has been named a Third Team All-American by Stadium.  Read more

Tom Brady has indicated that he’s played his final game for the New England Patriots, and his representatives are in serious contract discussions with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.  Brady posted on social media yesterday that “my football journey will take place elsewhere.” The comments were the… Read more

Northeast Hawk Matthew Kingston was named the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference DII Men’s Golf Athlete of the Week today after taking third-place at the Bethany College Spring Invite last Tuesday at the Turkey Creek Golf Course in McPherson, Kansas.  Read more

The University of Nebraska has canceled the Red-White Spring Football Game on April 18 out of concern for public health and safety of fans, student-athletes and staff.  Read more

The Nebraska volleyball spring match, scheduled for April 25 against Northern Colorado in Grand Island, has been canceled due to the COVID-19 public health threat.  Read more

The Buffalo Bills are set to acquire wide receiver Stefon Diggs in a trade with the Minnesota Vikings, a person with direct knowledge of the move confirmed to The Associated Press.  The Bills agreed to give up four draft picks, including their first-round selection this year, to land a fifth… Read more