Yesterday was not a great sports day for the Huskers as women’s basketball and baseball both lost games. Hopefully today will be a better showing as Nebrasketball takes on another ranked opponent in Iowa.
In Olympics news the USA won gold in monobob when Elana Meyers Taylor beat the German leader by .02 seconds. and American Kaillie Humphries brought home the bronze. Meyers Taylor is one of the most decorated Winter Olympians for the US and this was her first gold.
Elana Meyers Taylor wins Olympic
gold at last in storybook women’s monobob triumph
Also, have you seen the speed skating relay? It’s insane, the number of athletes on the ice at a time just skating around at a high speed and switching skaters every three laps. I don’t know how they have the coordination to do that. I certainly wouldn’t.
And finally the US Women’s Hockey team is in the gold medal match against Canada. The USA hasn’t allowed a goal all olympics.
U.S. women’s hockey team shuts out Sweden, books trip to Olympic gold medal game
Nebraska
Stanford’s Six-Run First Inning Dooms Nebraska Cornhuskers lose 11-6 and end the MLB Desert Invitational at 3-1
Nebraska WBB Loses to Iowa 80-67 The Husker women lose their fifth straight game
Moos is Loose…and Everything Was Worse Than We Thought The Common Fans discuss the major revelations from Bill Moos’ new book.
Nebraska men’s basketball drops two spots, stays in Top 10 in latest AP Top 25 The Huskers have now been ranked in the AP Top 25 for 10 straight weeks.
Nebraska men’s basketball travels to Iowa for a homecoming, and possibly record breaking night, for Pryce Sandfort Nebraska men’s basketball travels east to face bitter border rival Iowa on Tuesday night.
Elsewhere
USA women’s curling loses to previously winless Italy The U.S. women’s curling team saw a three-game winning streak come to an end on Tuesday against the last place team in the standings. Italy took control early and ran away with a 7-2 victory over the Americans.
Michigan jumps Arizona for No. 1 spot in AP Top 25, North Carolina drops in college basketball rankings Michigan is the fourth different team to hold the No. 1 spot this season
Winter Olympics 2026: Amber Glenn embraces Olympic opportunity and her true self The rink at Enterprise Center in St. Louis glowed a deep indigo. A spotlight found Tenley Albright, the gold medal-winning skater at the 1956 Olympics in Cortina, sporting the same crimson jacket she’d worn at those games. This day, the official announcement of Team USA’s Milan-Cortina skaters, marked a ceremonial torch-passing, a union of generations, and Albright drew the honor of welcoming America’s newest Olympian to the ice.
A curling scandal rocks Olympic ice It was an unusually tense exchange at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium on Friday: Canadian curler Marc Kennedy cursed out Oskar Eriksson from the Swedish team, telling him, “You can f*** off.”
Michael Jordan, six-time NBA champion, is now a Daytona 500 winner Michael Jordan, six-time NBA champion, is now a Daytona 500 winner, too.
