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Nebraska strength coach comes home
Premium ContentTim Wilson left Nebraska 30 years ago and wasn’t sure he would ever get back. His work as a strength and conditioning coach took the Falls City, Neb., native and former Boyd Epley student assistant to UNLV (all sports), Chicago White Sox (baseball), UNLV (basketball), Pitt (football), Milwaukee Bucks (basketball) and Oregon (basketball). Then Wilson’s brother-in-law in Firth, Neb., saw a recent story in The World-Herald that opened a door to return to his alma mater.
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BASEBALL
Osborne wants quick resolution to coaching search
The search for Nebraska’s new baseball coach is in full swing and could be finalized by the end of next week. Athletic Director Tom Osborne wrote in an email to The World-Herald on Wednesday that he’s heard from a “large number” of applicants and he hopes to complete the search within the next 10 days. Osborne did not identify any potential candidates by name, but according to a source with knowledge of the situation, Osborne has already interviewed Arkansas’ Todd...
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NU close to filling future schedules
Empty spots in the 2012, 2013 and 2014 Nebraska football schedules should be filled this summer, Director of Football Operations Jeff Jamrog said. The Huskers are “really close,” he said, to finalizing contracts for a number of individual games. Once several agreements are complete, he said, “we’ll make an announcement on all of them.” Jamrog declined to disclose any of the teams but did say most of them would be “individual games” with the...
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Husker Talk Live: Replay
Replay Wednesday's Husker Talk Live chat with World-Herald staff writer Sam McKewon to get his take on a variety of Nebraska sports topics.
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BASEBALL
Hauptman receives Big 12 scholarship
Nebraska pitcher Casey Hauptman has been selected as one of 24 Big 12 athletes to receive a Dr. Prentice Gautt Postgraduate Scholarship. Hauptman, a second-team All-Big 12 selection, will receive $7,500 toward his postgraduate education. The former Millard South star graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration in May and was named a second-team Academic All-America selection. Hauptman established himself as one of the top relievers in the nation as a senior, ranking...
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Bo says he’ll help Green transfer
Head coach and departing quarterback trade praise as they part. ... Nebraska coach Bo Pelini will help one of his now-former quarterbacks Cody Green, find a new program. Green made his transfer plans official Tuesday in a statement, calling the decision to leave “by far one of the hardest things I've ever done.” Green said he discussed the decision with coaches. “I talked to Coach Pelini and he has offered to assist me in finding another school to continue my playing...
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Chatelain: Big Ten's shadow steadily shrinking
Premium ContentThis is your chance, Nebraska. This is your moment. The spotlight is shining. The red carpet is unfurled. The path to a Big Ten championship couldn't be more inviting if Jim Delany sprinkled it with gold dust. Monday morning, Jim Tressel finally cried mercy, ending a prolific decade at The Ohio State University. He may as well pack an era of Big Ten football in one of his cardboard boxes. Ohio State won or shared six consecutive conference championships. Now the Buckeyes are a mess.
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Bo likely can’t avoid Ohio State rumor mill
Premium ContentWithin hours of news that embattled Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel had resigned from his job Monday, college football pundits had begun to erect a list of potential successors. Current Nebraska head coach — and former Buckeye free safety — Bo Pelini was a prominent name on them. And although OSU brass named 37-year-old defensive coordinator Luke Fickell as interim head coach for the entire 2011 campaign, the school added that it would conduct a full search “expected to...
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BASEBALL
Injury to delay Ehlers' summer start
Nebraska pitcher Logan Ehlers said Sunday night he'll delay his assignment to play summer baseball for two weeks after suffering a shoulder injury to his pitching arm near the end of his freshman season. Ehlers will have a doctor's appointment in early June to determine whether the injury requires surgery.
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FOOTBALL
Is Cody headed for greener pastures?
The gas tank on Nebraska's quarterback position, filled to the brim with scholarship talent just a few months ago, now appears closer to empty after multiple reports that junior Cody Green asked for his release Friday and will look to transfer. Reached Saturday through a spokesman, NU head coach Bo Pelini had no comment. Messages left at phone numbers belonging to Green and his high school football coach were not immediately returned. Green's mother, Chandra, also declined to comment.
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McKewon: New band of backs has to make noise
Premium ContentAssorted media arrived at the Nebraska football team’s spring practice prepared to do at least a little hand-wringing over the lack of depth behind running back Rex Burkhead. And while the story got its day in the sun — I and others filed reports in April about a converted wide receiver practicing there for all of four days — it was mostly a dead end.
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