Nebraska volleyballer is athlete of year
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Nebraska volleyball star Sarah Pavan maintained a 4.0 in biochemistry while leading the Cornhuskers volleyball team to a 33-1 season and the NCAA title. Those achievements earned the junior from Kitchener, Ontario, the 31st annual Honda-Broderick Cup as the nation's female college athlete of the year on Monday. She's the fourth volleyball player to win the award, and second straight winner from Canada.
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Now that the College World Series is underway in Omaha, Neb., AP writers will be filing periodic, behind-the-scenes reports during college baseball&#039;s main event:
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LINCOLN, Neb. - Multi-tattooed rocker Tommy Lee, a high school dropout, plunged into life as a University of Nebraska student Thursday - for reality TV...
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Bode Miller played volleyball with a few US teammates instead of defending his super-G gold medal Saturday. Yesterday, Julia Mancuso slept in, and fellow US star Lindsey Kildow went out and bought Mexican food and snow boots as stormy weather prevented the start of the Alpine Skiing World Championships in Are, Sweden, for the second day in a row.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Sept. 8  â Sam Keller nearly gave away the game during his first road start for Nebraska. Zack Bowman jumped up to take it back for the Cornhuskers.
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&quot;I think anytime the competition stiffens up, you always see who&#39;s going to be a player that shines,&quot; Sooners linebacker Lance Mitchell said.
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The tumult at the University of Nebraska demonstrates how quickly fortunes can change even at a traditional football power in a state that venerates the sport.
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Nebraska is shooting for a return to elite status. Southern California hopes to stay there. One faces a setback Saturday night.
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The world needs sporting heroes. They provide inspiration, a person whose feats others can seek to emulate. Twenty years ago, in a small village in Morocco with a magnificent view, a small
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Quarterback &#151; Cullen Finnerty, 6-foot-2, 210 pounds, senior, Grand Valley State.
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Wade Boggs received 474 of 516 votes, the 19th-highest percentage among inductees, in his first year of eligibility. Ryne Sandberg made it in his third year of eligibility.
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Three months ago, US beach volleyball player Jeff Nygaard expressed the prevailing view of the upcoming Olympic Games. ``It&#39;s like when you go see a movie,&#39;&#39; Nygaard said.
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Decades ago, a beleaguered Nebraska football coach raised a stink across the plains when he said he didn't think this state could be great at anything.
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Sam Keller's third touchdown pass finally put Nebraska in the lead with 3:13 left in the game, and the 24th-ranked Cornhuskers survived an upset bid by Ball State with a 41-40 victory on Saturday.
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Six years after the Association of Volleyball Professionals tour shrank the court, the small player has not vanished, but there are more taller athletes.
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The accolades, like her putts, just keep rolling in for Annika Sorenstam . A six-time winner on the LPGA Tour this season, Sorenstam was named Sportswoman of the Year by the Women's Sports Foundation. She joined Olympic beach volleyball gold medalists Misty May and Kerri Walsh , who were honored in the team category. The 34-year-old Sorenstam is fresh off ...
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Lincoln, NE (Sports Network) - Bobby Purify ran for 130 yards with a touchdown and Joel Klatt threw for 222 yards with a score, as Colorado kept its Big 12 title hopes alive and sent Nebraska to its first losing season in 43 years with a 26-20 victory in