Huskers News: Baseball Wins Series Over Indiana and Men’s Track and Field Repeats in the B1G Championship

How about the northern lights this weekend?!? They were spectacular.

I didn’t get a good picture on Friday night (the amazing colors and patterns!) but got a couple of decent ones on Saturday.

Did you get to see the northern lights? What did they look like in your part of the world??

Husker musings…

The Husker women’s softball team fell short in their quest to make the NCAA tournament. This team showed incredible heart and grit after they lost two pitchers to season-ending injuries – including one of the top players in the country in Jordy Bahl.

The Husker men’s baseball team stands in second place in the Big Ten. A few short weeks ago, it looked like they were on a path to host a regional, but that is not likely now. They are equal parts frustrating and exhilerating. They can lose to anyone, but they can beat anyone.

Which team will we see next weekend with the conference championship on the line…?? Nebraska travels to Michigan State – who is currently in a tie for 8th place in the conference and fighting for a spot in the conference tournament. Illinois (the top team in the conference right now) visits Purdue, who is in a three-way tie for third place in the Big Ten.

The Huskers have a chance to win the conference regular season title – despite the boo birds and “fire everyone” crowd that has posted online after midweek games as of late.

As a former college track athlete, I would be remiss if I didn’t hype up the T&F team. The men won the Big Ten championship for the second straight year and the women were second. That is impressive work by second-year head coach Justin St. Clair.

Corn Flakes

Nebraska Men’s Track & Field Win Big Ten Outdoor Title; Women Take Second
Husker men are back to back outdoor conference champions

TJ Lateef, 4-star QB, commits to Nebraska Cornhuskers – On3
Orange (Calif.) Lutheran four-star quarterback TJ Lateef has committed to Matt Rhule and the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

Consensus five-star prospect to officially visit Huskers this weekend – Yahoo Sports
Five-star offensive lineman David Sanders officially visited Nebraska this past weekend.

Nebraska Takes Series Finale 4-2 Over Indiana – Corn Nation
Strong pitching by Jackson Brockett and Drew Christo made the difference

In 500 words: A spring recap on the Husker tight ends
There’s youth who will try to be heard from soon, but Nebraska has a big three of veterans at the position as spring ends.

Sports!

Caitlin Clark the focus of talks about race, double standards in sports | AP News
WNBA rookie Caitlin Clark, like NBA Hall of Famer Larry Bird was 45 years ago, is involuntarily the focus of discussions about race and her transition to professional basketball.

An in-park homerun!!! (see below)

2024 NBA Draft Lottery winners and losers: Pistons’ bad luck continues, Hawks overcome odds for No. 1 pick – CBSSports.com
The Pistons have a combined 54 wins in three seasons… and no top-four picks to show for it

Deion Sanders explains social media posts, in defense of Shedeur
The Colorado football coach made remarks on social media last week that raised eyebrows and gained more than 37 million views

‘It was like a special moment’: Track meet lit by cell phones after field lights shut off
A track meet finished in an unusual way

German men with the strongest fingers compete in Bavaria’s ‘Fingerhakeln’ wrestling championship | AP News
BERNBEUREN, Germany (AP) — Despite the threat of dislocated fingers and strained muscles, over 150 Bavarian men came together Sunday to compete in Germany’s unique national championship of “Fingerhakeln,” or finger wrestling.

Then There’s This

Homeless woman was living inside Michigan rooftop store sign with computer and coffee maker | AP News
Police in Michigan say a startling discovery was made on the roof of a Michigan grocery store: A woman was living inside the store sign for roughly a year.

Guinness World Records history shows why it now tracks strange records
It started off as an offshoot of Guinness beer to settle pub bets. Now it tracks 65,000 records — and some are oddly specific. Here’s why.

Where is the Dublin Portal providing a live link with New York?
A 24/7 screen allows people in Dublin to see what’s going on in New York throughout the day.