Premium ContentMouse over Home then click on Premium Content for information.Tom Osborne turns 75 in a few days. He's already received three cakes, a new Rolex and a car. And those are just the gifts from a nervous Doc Sadler.
At midweek, the NU men's basketball team was tied with Penn State. For those who don't follow Big Ten basketball, this is similar to learning your SAT score matched Jessica Simpson's.
Some say the next basketball coach at Nebraska could be former Creighton coach Dana Altman. Does anyone really think Osborne would hire the stoic, taciturn, unemotional ... you know, Osborne might go for a guy like that.
I went to see the movie "Big Miracle." I assumed it was about a Kentucky basketball player who stayed in school all four years.
In 2013, a school from Virginia is going to play Omaha Central in basketball. I'm not sure if it's William & Mary or George Mason.
New York Knicks star Jeremy Lin has been sleeping on the couch in his brother's apartment. This sounds like the first athlete's segment on "Cribs" that I could actually sit through.
Lin is a Harvard grad. He's the hottest player in the NBA and the 189th most successful member of his graduating class.
Kevin Love was suspended two games for stomping an opponent. The rulebook is clear: NBA stomping is permitted only during the playoffs when a player from a big TV market team needs to stop a player from a small-market team from scoring.
The Lakers may sign Gilbert Arenas because he has a lot of weapons. Nothing I write can top that statement.
UNL officials are vowing to eliminate bedbugs one-by-one until there's only one left. Chancellor Harvey Perlman said that sounds too much like a college football playoff for his liking.
Ndamukong Suh will serve as grand marshal for the Subway 500 NASCAR race on March 4. Here's hoping his duties don't include driving the pace car. I picture him slamming into a tree, followed by the other 26 cars in the race slamming into the same tree.
Peyton Manning's arm strength has reportedly dropped 40 percent. If during his playing days Trent Dilfer's arm strength dropped 40 percent, his passes would have gone backward.
The Oakland A's reached terms with Cuban defector Yoenis Cespedes. Now he's ready to settle down and enjoy a higher quality of life. In Oakland?
Cespedes will be paid $6.5 million his first year. After signing, he splurged on a new car — a '58 Pontiac.
The Big Ten is reportedly considering Werner Park to host the Big Ten baseball tournament. No word on how staid conference officials will react after seeing the water slide along the third base line.
Omaha's Jake Ellenberger defeated Diego Sanchez in the UFC event in town. The match featured fisticuffs, wrestling, trash talk and a little blood. Around here, we normally call that a "Bo Pelini press conference."
Omaha officials may be getting a little antsy about hosting the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. They sent out an email blast asking if anyone in town knows what "Salchow" means.
The Archdiocese of Montreal bought newspaper ads encouraging people to ask God to help the last-place Canadiens. God said he'll get back to them after dotting the i's on Tim Tebow's new underwear endorsement deal.
And finally: Professional eater Takeru Kobayashi downed 14 twinkies in one minute, a record that is expected to stand until the day that Charles Barkley's contract with Weight Watchers expires.
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