Wednesday Flakes Looks Forward To Nebrasketball

Hey, Nebraska football is a on a two game winning streak.

Know what else? Nebrasketball is right around the corner.

On October 23rd the Big Red kicks it off against Chadron State in an exhibition match in Lincoln. So yes, it’s right around the corner.

Not a whole lot is being spoken of this team this year. They are picked by many to be at the bottom of the Big Ten. But, maybe this is the year that Fred finally has his squad ready to compete with the big boys.

Then again, maybe it’s just going to be another Nebrasketball season…

Time will tell.

Mankilling Mastodons

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The Boilermakers are limiting Big Ten opponents to 72.3 rushing yards in three conference games

Former Husker Damon Benning joins Nebraska Athletics broadcasting booth
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Nebraska volleyball coach John Cook gives update on Huskers
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Other News From The Sporting World

Brian Ferentz: Nepotism and Iowa football.
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Ron Rivera apologizes to Commanders players for ‘misconstrued’ comments – The Washington Post
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Report: Kansas QB Jalon Daniels out for season with shoulder injury
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Michigan coach Mike Hart ‘trending in positive direction’ after sideline scare – mlive.com
Hart has been released from the hospital and returned to Ann Arbor, he said in a statement released via the team.

Yellow Journalism

131 years later, a new marker remembers George Smith, who was lynched in Omaha | Nebraska Examiner
A new marker and ceremony remembers George Smith, a Black man lynched by a White mob in downtown Omaha in 1891.

Economists win Nobel prize for work on bank runs | The Economist
Ben Bernanke, a former chair of the Federal Reserve, shares the award with Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig | Finance & economics

Japanese immigrants made Nebraska home. A granddaughter is ensuring we remember. | Nebraska Public Media
A century ago, a group of Japanese immigrants settled down to farm and live in towns in western Nebraska.

He Inherited a New Orleans Jazz Institution. What Does He Owe? – The New York Times
In the 1960s, Ben Jaffe’s family founded Preservation Hall to help keep a defining Black art form alive. In 2022, that’s a complicated part for a white musician to play.

Opinion | How Farmers in Colorado Are Taking Care of Their Mental Health – The New York Times
Aching from a string of farmer suicides and other mental health challenges, neighbors in rural eastern Colorado are learning how to check in on one another. But as the drought drags on, is talking enough?

How Not to Trap a Raccoon: a Nick Offerman Confession – Outside Online
There are those moments when you think: maybe I’m no smarter than a trash panda. This is one of them.

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