TOMINAGA NAMED TO JAPAN OLYMPIC TEAM:
Former Husker men’s basketball standout Keisei Tominaga became the second Nebraska men’s basketball player selected to the 2024 Paris Olympics, as Japan announced its 12-member team Monday morning.
Tominaga, who recently signed an Exhibit 10 contact with the Indiana Pacers, will participate in his second Olympic games, as he was a member of the 3×3 team for Japan in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Japan will wrap up its Olympic preparations against Germany on July 19 before opening pool play with Germany on July 27. Japan will also take on France and Brazil in pool play.
He has been a member of the Japan Senior National Team for three years and helped Japan qualify for the Paris Olympics at the 2023 FIBA World Cup.
Tominaga joins Jack McVeigh (Australia) as players in the 2024 Olympics, while former Husker great Tyronn Lue will serve as an assistant coach for the United States.
FORMER UNK ADMIN TO BECOME CHADRON STATE AD:
A former UNK Athletic Administrator and Kearney native is set to take the reigns as Athletic Director at another Nebraska college.
Mannie Reinsch, formerly the Senior Associate AD for Championship Resources at Austin Peay University, was named the new athletic director for the Chadron State Eagles yesterday.
A 2014 UNK graduate, Reinsch holds a bachelor’s degree in exercise science and a master’s degree in physical education with an emphasis in sports administration. He was also a three-year letterwinner as a member of the Lopers baseball team as a left-handed pitcher.
After graduating, he was a graduate assistant for two seasons. He was then hired as UNK’s facility and event manager in October 2016 before earning a promotion to Assistant Athletics Director overseeing facilities and events in July 2018, holding that position until February 2020 when he joined former Loper AD Paul Plinske at CSU-Pueblo.
1890 NEBRASKA NAMED OFFICIAL NIL COLLECTIVE OF NEBRASKA:
The University of Nebraska Athletic Department and 1890 Nebraska announced a partnership today, making 1890 Nebraska the official Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) Collective of Nebraska Athletics and streamlining the process to make it easier for fans to support Husker Athletics among several options.
With this partnership, contributions to 1890 Nebraska are now eligible for Huskers Athletic Fund priority points and can be included in calculating Huskers Athletic Fund membership levels, including Nebraska Leadership Society annual and lifetime memberships. In addition, 1890 contributions are eligible to receive tax deductibility when directed to the 1890 Foundation and priority points are declined at the time of the donation. Every donor contribution to 1890 goes directly to student-athletes, and 1890 contributions are also eligible for 1890-specific benefits and experiences.
SPORTS BETTING COMPANY DRAFTKINGS FINED BY STATE OF NEW JERSEY:
In one of the most sternly worded rebukes they have ever issued, New Jersey gambling regulators have fined DraftKings $100,000 for reporting inaccurate sports betting data to the state, which it called “unacceptable conduct” that demonstrated weaknesses in the company’s business abilities.
The errors resulted in regulators having to post corrected financial data for several months, something that had not happened in 13 years.
The mistakes involved overstating the amount of money wagered on multi-tiered bets, or parlays, and understating other categories of wagers.
The inaccurate data caused Resorts Digital, the online arm of Resorts casino, to file incorrect sports betting tax returns for December 2023 and January and February 2024.
The documents had to be corrected and reposted weeks later.
DraftKings said Monday it has fixed the problem.
NEBRASKA REPORTEDLY HAS NEW SECONDARY COACH AFTER COOPER SURPRISE RESIGNATION:
Big Red football was not immune from Fourth of July fireworks drama over the weekend.
Evan Cooper resigned his post as secondary coach and passing game coordinator Friday. He had worked for 11 consecutive seasons under Coach Rhule. However, it appears his replacement is already lined up.
ESPN’s Pete Thamel reports that Rhule is expected to hire former Buffalo Bills defensive backs coach and passing game coordinator John Butler as the new secondary coach.
Butler has experience in the Big Ten, previously being on staff as an assistant at Penn State (2012-13) and Minnesota (2007-10).
KEARNEY LEGION JUNIORS TO HOST CORNHUSKER LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP WEDNESDAY:
The Kearney American Legion Pinnacle Bank Post 52 Juniors will compete in the Cornhusker League Championship against Grand Island Wednesday.
First pitch from Memorial Field is set for 6:30PM.
SOUTH DAKOTA 3-STAR OT COMMITS TO BIG RED:
The 2025 Commits for Nebraska’s Offensive live continue to stack up.
Right before the 4th of July holiday Wednesday, 6-foot-6, 260-pound OT Shawn Hammerbeck committed to Big Red football. The three-star South Dakota product picked the Huskers over Kansas State, Minnesota, and Texas Tech.
BOWMAN SNAPS LOSING STREAK, GETS VICTORY IN CHICAGO:
Alex Bowman broke an 80-race NASCAR Cup Series winless streak on Sunday, outlasting the rain and the field to win the Grant Park 165 on the streets of downtown Chicago.
Bowman, earned his eighth career Cup Series win, holding off Tyler Reddick and Ty Gibbs in the rain-shortened race that ended with a countdown clock. When the clock hit zero, Bowman needed to maintain his lead for two laps – taking the white flag and the checkered flag – to earn his first win since March 6, 2022, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Pocono is the next NASCAR destination, as The Great American Getaway 400 Presented by VisitPA.com runs on Sunday.
AURORA NATIVE BAYLOR SCHEIERMAN SIGNED BY BOSTON CELTICS:
The Boston Celtics announced Saturday that the team has signed Aurora guard/forward Baylor Scheierman to a contract. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
The Creighton product is expected to make his Celtics debut at the NBA 2K25 Summer League in Las Vegas.
Scheierman was selected with the 30th pick in this year’s NBA Draft.
TOMINAGA GETS SHOT AT NBA WITH PACERS:
Former Nebraska sharpshooter Keisei Tominaga will get an opportunity to show whether he’s worth a turn in the NBA, as he agreed to an Exhibit 10 deal with the Indiana Pacers, a source told ESPN’s Jonathan Givony.
Tominaga was named second-team All-Big Ten last season after helping lead Nebraska to an NCAA tournament bid for the first time since 2014.
Tominaga is currently playing with the Japanese National team and made the roster for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
CHADRON STATE MBB HIRES NEW COACH:
HoopDirt.com’s Adam Nelson is reporting that Chadron State has hired Chris Francis from University of Sciences and Arts of Oklahoma as their new Head Men’s Basketball Coach.
Francis led the Drovers to 6 NAIA tournament appearances. This past year, the Drovers went 19-10, with a 14-8 record in conference play.
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