Posted: 10:50 PM Ervin Santana pitched seven snappy innings and the Kansas City Royals finally backed him up with some offense in a 7-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday night.

Posted: 6:32 AM Rio de Janeiro officials say the stadium that will be used for track and field in the 2016 Olympics will remain closed until 2015 because of structural problems with its roof.

Updated: 2:09 PM Rain and bad weather from Tropical Storm Andrea has forced the postponement of Friday's opener between Number 1 overall seed North Carolina and South Carolina in their best-of-3 NCAA super regional series.

Updated: 2:56 PM Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett says he's disappointed a federal judge has thrown out his lawsuit against the NCAA.

Posted: 6:13 AM National player of the year Keilani Ricketts homered and drove in four runs, Michelle Gascoigne pitched a three-hit shutout and top-seeded Oklahoma won the NCAA softball championship by beating Tennessee 4-0 on Tuesday night in Game 2 of the Women's College World Series finals.

Updated: 8:04 PM You can start planning your football parties now for the year 2015. On Monday, the big ten Directors of Athletics announced that the 2015 conference schedule will consist of eight games. Beginning in 2016, the conference schedule will have nine games.

Posted: 11:09 AM Three months ago, the International Olympic Committee dropped wrestling from the 2020 games in Russia. On Wednesday, the IOC executive board took a step toward reinstating the sport to the games.

Updated: 1:59 PM Mary Weatherholt rewrote Nebraska women's tennis history, closing her storied career as the 2013 NCAA Singles runner-up on Monday at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex.

Updated: 5:36 PM Will Smith toiled for six solid innings on the hill and Xavier Nady’s three-run home run put Omaha ahead to stay in a 7-3 victory over New Orleans Monday afternoon at Zephyr Field.

Updated: 11:35 AM North Carolina is the No. 1 seed in the NCAA baseball tournament. The Division I selection committee on Monday rewarded the Tar Heels (52-8) for a strong body of work that included an exhausting run to the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championship.

Posted: 9:06 AM Tucker Tharp hit his first home run of the season, Michael Suiter delivered the go-ahead run later in the seventh inning and seventh-seeded Kansas moved within one win of reaching the Big 12 championship game, beating Oklahoma State 5-3 on Friday night.

Posted: 2:50 PM Central High School has a new assistant principal/athletic director. Interim Superintendent Dr. Virginia Moon named Thomas Lee to the position Wednesday.

Posted: 5:39 AM Sochi Olympic organizers say authorities will ensure security at the "highest possible level."

Updated: 9:53 PM In their final season as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference, the Creighton Baseball team had four Jays earn All-MVC Recognition.

Posted: 10:49 AM The athletic director at the University of Nebraska at Kearney is stepping down after 11 years because of concerns about his health. UNK Chancellor Doug Kristensen praised Jon McBride's accomplishments when announcing the chance on Monday.

Updated: 7:58 PM Former Husker quarterback Tommie Frazier was announced Tuesday as a member of the 2013 College Football Hall of Fame Class. Frazier, who played for Nebraska from 1992 until 1995, is among 14 new members.

Updated: 11:45 AM There will be a lot more than just a game going on at the Omaha Beef game Sunday. The mascot of the Kansas City Chiefs will be on hand as the team helps raise money for breast cancer.

Posted: 10:46 PM Junior Federico Castagnini earned his second MVC Player of the Week nod on Monday, April 22. Castagnini is the first Bluejay to win the award twice in 2013 (also claimed it on April 8), the last Jay to do so in one season was Trever Adams in 2011 (March 14 & April 18).

Updated: 6:22 PM A local basketball team is heading to nationals as the two-time defending champions, but they aren’t your typical players. They’re proving that despite having disabilities, anything is possible.

Updated: 8:05 PM Creighton's Doug McDermott is an All-America for the second straight year while Trey Burke of Michigan and Otto Porter Jr. of Georgetown tied as the leading vote-getters for The Associated Press' first team.

Posted: 9:28 PM Creighton forward Doug McDermott has been named the District VI Player of the Year by the United States Basketball Writers Association.He is Creighton's first player honored as District Player of the Year by the USBWA since Kyle Korver in 2002-03.

Updated: 1:53 PM At times it looked like a dunk contest. Rims were punished throughout the quarterfinal round of the Boys State Basketball Championships in Lincoln. This morning a handful of metro teams look to continue their quest for a state title.

Posted: 9:05 AM Drake has suspended two reserves for breaking basketball team rules.

Posted: 11:50 AM The Nebraska and Iowa women’s basketball teams continues to climb in the rankings. The new A.P. polls has the Huskers at #20 this week, up from #24 last week and the Cyclones entering the Top 25 at #23.

Updated: 5:42 PM The NCAA says that the information it collected as part of the Miami investigation through depositions performed as part of a former booster's bankruptcy proceedings will not be part of the case against the Hurricanes.