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Former Eastern Michigan fullback Mike Marrow has reportedly decided to reunite with his father Vince and transfer to Nebraska.

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Start warming up the bus

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Death of a sport

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SPOTLIGHT

Football

Who will start at QB for the Huskers in 2011?

Total Votes: 8340

51%	Taylor Martinez
5%	Cody Green
14%	Brion Carnes
2%	Ron Kellogg III
2%	Kody Spano
8%	Jamal Turner
15%	Bubba Starling
2%	Someone else

FOOTBALL
Shaping Up: Nebraska spring preview
Spring break is over. Now come three weeks of work before new-look Huskers show fans what they can do. »

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BASKETBALL
NU hopes to rebuild Big Ten talent pipeline
Premium ContentMaybe a return to recruiting basketball players from Big Ten territory will do the Nebraska men's program some good. Most fans probably don't know that 13 of the Huskers' 25 all-time leading scorers were natives of Big Ten states, not counting... »

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BASKETBALL
Doc's style suits the Big Ten

Premium ContentWill Nebraska basketball, as coached by Doc Sadler, fit into the Big Ten Conference? A national championship coach who spent three seasons in the Big Ten says yes. Another thumbs up comes from a former Big Ten player and longtime assistant in the league under Hall of Famer Bob Knight. Neither of those men interviewed — Kansas coach Bill Self nor ESPN analyst Dan Dakich — said Nebraska's transition from the Big 12 will be easy.

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VOLLEYBALL
NU tops Big Ten foes for tournament sweep

The Nebraska volleyball team finished its spring trip to Chicago with an undefeated run through the Great Lakes Collegiate Challenge on Saturday. “We had a great week in Chicago,” Husker coach John Cook said. “The opportunity to train in the mornings and experience Chicago in the afternoons and evenings was special for our new staff and our 2011 team.” The Huskers opened Saturday with a 2-0 sweep of Toledo behind solid play from sophomore Hayley Thramer, who was seeing...

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FOOTBALL
Big Ten Spring Preview: NU looks east to new conference

A brief look at the Big Ten Conference's football teams as the spring practice season continues, complete with team information and key notes covering each school.

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BASEBALL
Husker comeback falls short

Nebraska rallied from seven runs down to tie the second game of its weekend series with Texas Tech, but fell short of staging another comeback Saturday. The Huskers, who have recorded seven come-from-behind wins this year, fell behind 7-0 and tied the game at 8 in the seventh inning before Texas Tech (16-8, 3-2 Big 12) took over. The Red Raiders scored once each in the seventh and eighth innings to even the series with a 10-8 victory.

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» Box Score: Texas Tech 10, Nebraska 8

SOFTBALL
Huskers open Big 12 with upset of No. 7 OU

Taylor Edwards homered and Ashley Hagemann held a powerful Oklahoma offense to one run as 14th-ranked Nebraska began Big 12 play with a 4-1 victory against the No. 7 Sooners Saturday. Edwards opened the scoring with a solo home run, her 13th homer of the season. She also tied the Nebraska freshman home run record, set by Ali Viola in 1995. Edwards finished 2 for 4 with an RBI and two runs scored in her Big 12 debut. Her homer came during Nebraska's three-run third inning, which gave Hagemann...

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GOLF
NU at its best; Sheils fires 69

Four Huskers fired the best rounds of their careers to lead the Nebraska women’s team to its best round of the season at the Mountain View Collegiate Saturday. Madeleine Sheils, a junior from Boise, Idaho, scorched the par-72, 6,227-yard layout at the Mountain View Country Club with a career-best 69 to lead the Huskers to a 10th-place finish. NU jumped six spots in the final standings in the 18-team event by tying for the best round of the tournament with a four-under 284 Saturday. The...

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TRACK & FIELD
Huskers’ Wilken third in discus

Nebraska’s Morgan Wilken posted the top collegiate throw and was third overall in the invitational division of the women’s discus Saturday at the Stanford Invitational. Wilken had a personal-best throw of 166 feet, 11 inches. Wilken was joined in the top 10 by teammates Amanda Latsch (seventh) and Samantha Musil (eighth). Tommy Brinn took third overall and posted the second fastest collegiate time in the 800 meters at 1:51.18. In the invitational division of the men’s shot...

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TRACK & FIELD
Husker Wright wins discus crown

Nebraska freshman Chad Wright won the invitational division of the discus with a throw of 184 feet, 4 inches Friday at the Stanford Invitational. Wright was the only thrower to clear 180 feet. Teammate Tyler Hitchler was second (177-7). Junior Roxi Grizzle opened the outdoor season with a win in the invitational division of the javelin, tossing 150-5 on her first throw. All-American Adam Wolkins took fifth (204-3). Jade Siegel and Samantha Musil finished sixth and seventh, respectively, in the...

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BASEBALL » Premium Content NU's Farmer is growing into...
VOLLEYBALL » Broekhuis picked for national...
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