4-STAR WIDE RECEIVER MOZEE FLIPS FROM OREGON TO NEBRASKA:
Four-star wide receiver Isaiah Mozee has flipped his commitment from Oregon to Nebraska, a significant addition for the Huskers landing one of the top playmakers in the Midwest.
Mozee flipped a little over a week after an unofficial visit to Nebraska, weeks after the Huskers hired his father, Jamar Mozee, as a Senior Football Assistant.
Mozee is the 18th recruit in the class of 2025 to commit to the Huskers.
FIDONE ON MACKEY AWARD WATCH LIST:
Nebraska’s Thomas Fidone II was recognized Friday on the initial John Mackey Award Watch List. The Mackey Award is presented annually to the nation’s most outstanding collegiate tight end.
Fidone, a 6-foot-6, 255-pounder from Council Bluffs, Iowa, comes into the 2024 season as one of Nebraska’s top offensive threats and poised for a breakout junior season. After being limited by injuries in his first two seasons, Fidone tallied 25 catches for 260 yards and four touchdowns in 2023.
Fidone is the fourth Husker to be named to a preseason watch list so far.
FORMER HUSKER QB MARTINEZ LEADS JETS TO PRESEASON WIN:
Adrian Martinez led a game-winning drive for the New York Jets Saturday, aiming to keep his National Football League dreams alive.
The former Nebraska quarterback began the day as the fifth quarterback listed on the Jets’ depth chart, but Martinez stole the spotlight against the Washington Commanders in the team’s preseason opener. He went 6-of-10 passing for 104 yards, as the Jets defeated the Washington Commanders 20-17 in their preseason opener.
TEAM USA VOLLEYBALL SETTLES FOR SILVER IN PARIS:
The defense of gold at Tokyo fell one win short for Team USA.
Team USA women’s volleyball was swept by Italy in the final of the Paris Olympics Sunday: 25-18, 25-20, 25-17. That is the first Olympic medal of any color for the Italian squad. For the Americans, this marks the fifth-consecutive Summer Games with a medal.
Three players on the U.S. National Team – Jordan Larson, Kelsey Robinson Cook and Justine Wong-Orantes – represented Nebraska throughout the competition.
In the final, Wong-Orantes put up 15 digs for Team USA, and Larson had five kills.
TEAM USA BASKETBALL WINS GOLD OVER HOST FRANCE:
The U.S. is atop the international men’s basketball world once again, after Stephen Curry scored 24 points — all on 3-pointers — and led the way to a 98-87 win over France in the final at the Paris Games on Saturday night. It was the fifth consecutive gold medal for the U.S. and the 17th in 20 all-time appearances for the Americans at the Games.
“You just stay confident, stay present and don’t get rattled by the moment,” said Curry, who had 17 3-pointers in his last two games, starting with nine against Serbia to get to the gold-medal game.
Added U.S. coach Steve Kerr: “Steph earned this.”
Curry made four 3-pointers in the final 2:43, including the one that just sealed the win with 1:19 remaining. It put the U.S. up 93-84 and he skipped down the court letting out a yell, shaking his jersey so everyone could see the “USA” across the front.
PARIS OLYMPICS CONCLUDES, US AND CHINA TIE FOR GOLD MEDALS BUT USA TOPS OVERALL MEDAL TABLE:
The contest for most gold medals at the Paris Olympics ended in a 40-40 tie between China and the United States.
But the U.S. topped the medals table with a whopping 126 overall, compared to 91 for China. At the Tokyo Games, the U.S. also edged China in the medal count, finishing with 113 overall and 39 golds, compared to 89 medals with 38 gold for China.
According to Nielsen’s Gracenote virtual medal-table forecast, which collected results data from big competitions since the Tokyo Games, the top five for overall medals in Paris was going to be as follows: The U.S. (112 overall medals); China (86); Britain (63); France (60) and Australia (54).
The U.S. did top the medals table. However, the U.S. and China both upped their gold and overall medal counts.
Japan proved the virtual predictors wrong by sneaking into third place with 20 golds among its 45 medals.
TRI-CITY STORM GOALTENDING COACH LEAVES FOR AVALANCHE ORGANIZATION:
The NHL’s Colorado Avalanche has hired Tri-City Storm Goaltending Coach Matt Zaba as the Goalie Coach for the organization’s AHL affiliate, the Colorado Eagles.
Zaba was Tri-City’s Goaltending Coach for the past seven seasons, and coached three USHL Goaltenders of the Year during his time with the organization.
Five goalies who played under Zaba during his tenure with the Storm were selected in the NHL Draft.
NEBRASKA SOCCER RANKED SIXTH IN SOCCER PRESEASON POLL:
Following a historic 2023 season, the Nebraska soccer team is ranked sixth in the preseason United Soccer Coaches poll.
The 2024 Huskers return 10 starters, including two-time First-Team All-Big Ten and CSC All-American Weber. Additionally, NU will be bolstered by the influx of three freshmen and three transfers who will look to make an early impact.
In 2023, NU appeared in the NCAA Tournament for the 13th time in program history and advanced to the Elite Eight for the first time since 1999.
Five of Nebraska’s 2024 opponents, Penn State, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Duke and Iowa, sit in the top 25.
Defending Champion Florida State was ranked #1 in the preseason poll.
NOAH LYLES FALLS IN OLYMPIC 200M, HAS COVID:
Noah Lyles lost the Olympic 200 meters Thursday, falling to Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo, then being tended to by medics who carted him off the track in a wheelchair. Later, wearing a mask as he spoke with reporters, Lyles said he had COVID.
After crossing the line third for the second straight Olympics, Lyles fell to his back and writhed in pain, staying down for nearly 30 seconds before getting up, asking for water and getting to the wheelchair.
Lyles said he tested positive early Tuesday morning and quickly got into quarantine.
The U.S. track federation released a statement saying it and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee adhered to all Olympic and Centers for Disease Control guidelines.
BIG TEN NAMED IN LAWSUIT OVER BASEBALL SCHOLARSHIP LIMITS:
A former college baseball player is suing the NCAA and power conferences, accusing the leagues of wage fixing through scholarship limits.
The federal antitrust cases was filed in Colorado this week by former TCU baseball player Riley Cornelio and seeks class-action status for college baseball and hockey players.
“Defendant and its members operate as a cartel, and the capping of scholarship money at artificially low levels in these sports results in wage fixing amongst horizontal competitors in a market for services,” the complaint says. “The anticompetitive effects are as clear as with any other wage fix, and it is an unlawful restraint under Section 1 of the Sherman Act.”
The NCAA, Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and Southeastern Conference have an agreement in place to settle three antitrust lawsuits that challenged compensation rules for $2.78 billion in damages to former and current college athletes.
HARBAUGH RECEIVES FOUR YEAR SHOW CAUSE ORDER FROM NCAA:
The NCAA announced a four-year show-cause order for former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh on Wednesday for impermissible contact with recruits and players while access was restricted during the COVID-19 pandemic, effectively banning him from college athletics until August 2028.
The NCAA said Harbaugh, who left his alma mater to coach the Los Angeles Chargers after last season’s national championship, “engaged in unethical conduct, failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance and violated head coach responsibility obligations.”
The NCAA had already put Michigan on three years of probation along with a fine and recruiting limits after reaching a negotiated resolution in the case. Harbaugh did not go along with the agreement, disputing allegations he failed to cooperate with investigators, so his case was handled separately.
The sign-stealing case is still open and could take months to resolve. Multiple infractions cases in such a short time period could prompt the NCAA to treat Michigan as a repeat offender, opening the school up to harsher penalties in the sign-stealing case.
PROCHAZKA AND GRADNEY BOTH OUT, ACL TEARS:
Before 2024 could begin, the season is over for a Husker lineman.
Nebraska junior Teddy Prochazka has suffered a season-ending ACL tear. Coach Matt Rhule confirmed the news Tuesday.
Rhule said the injury is not to the same knee that previously had sidelined the lineman. Rhule also announced the season-ending injury for freshman Roger Gradney, also tearing his ACL.Gradney tore his ACL Saturday at the Big Red Preview on Saturday.
Rhule said Prochazka has been in good spirits since the injury occurred and diagnosis given.
BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY HOSTS MLB GAME:
Bristol Motor Speedway is gearing up for Major League Baseball next season.
A person with knowledge of the schedule told The Associated Press that the longtime NASCAR track will host a game between the Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds next season on Aug. 2, 2025. The person spoke Wednesday to the AP on condition of anonymity because the game has not been publicly announced.
Officials from the track and its owner, Speedway Motorsports, have a press conference planned Friday to discuss Bristol’s 2025 schedule.
The track has been of one NASCAR’s most exciting venues since opening more than 60 years ago with a history of hosting other sports besides racing.
Bristol hosted an NFL exhibition game in 1961 between Philadelphia and Washington. The track held two college football games in consecutive weeks in 2016 in Tennessee-Virginia Tech and East Tennessee-Western Carolina.
NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL DOCUMENTARY TO BE RELEASED ON ESPN:
A documentary on Nebraska Volleyball will be released later this month by ESPN and streaming partner ESPN+.
‘No Place Like Nebraska’ premieres August 25th at 5 PM ET on ESPN, and will be available for streaming after on ESPN+
Last year’s Nebraska volleyball team went 33-2, winning the Big Ten, undefeated at home, and falling to Texas in the National Championship match.
B1G ANNOUNCES VOLLEYBALL TV SCHEDULE, HUSKERS ON AIR 17 TIMES:
The Big Ten Network announced its 2024 volleyball TV schedule on Monday. Nebraska will appear on BTN, FS1 and NBC a total of 17 times during the season, including 14 of 20 conference matches.
Times and dates for games shown on Nebraska Public Media will be announced at a later date.
In addition to the 17 matches on BTN, FS1 and NBC, Nebraska will play Kentucky on ESPN2 on Aug. 27 at the AVCA First Serve Showcase in Louisville, Ky.
Additionally, one date changed from the original schedule announced in June. Nebraska’s match at Northwestern will now be played on Sunday, Nov. 3 at Noon. It was originally scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 2. The Huskers play at Wisconsin that Friday, Nov. 1 at 8 p.m.
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