Former Nebraska track star Rhonda Blanford-Green is the new executive director of the Nebraska School Activities Association.

Three consecutive losses have helped the Creighton men’s basketball team tumble out of the top 25 rankings. Last week, Creighton stood at #15 in USA Today’s coaches poll.

Lawyers are seeking class-action status for a lawsuit that claims Hall of Fame slugger George Brett has been falsely advertising bracelets and necklaces as being able to help improve health and sports performance.

The Omaha Storm Chasers baseball team has announced details of a job fair. The team and Ovations Food Service will interview job candidates on Saturday, February 18.

The Kansas City Chiefs have hired Romeo Crennel as their new head coach. Crennel joined the Chiefs as the defensive coordinator in 2010 after four years as the head coach in Cleveland.

South Carolina and Nebraska had hoped to wind up somewhere else besides the Capital One Bowl.

Jared Allen needed 4½ sacks Sunday against the Bears to break Michael Strahan's single-season NFL record. He came up just one short.

The Kansas City Chiefs fired head coach Todd Haley Monday morning. The decision comes one day after another embarrassing performance by his team. The Chiefs lost to the New York Jets 37-10.

Trevor Gruis sank two free throws with 7 seconds left to give South Dakota an 83-81 victory over Nebraska-Omaha on Sunday.

Lincoln Police arrested Lauren Cook, a Husker volleyball player, after she allegedly fled the scene of an injury accident Sunday at Noon.

A jury has found ex-Missouri running back Derrick Washington guilty of the felony sexual assault of a former tutor.

Eric Crouch can't catch a break in professional football. The Omaha Nighthawks' quarterback underwent surgery Tuesday to repair a torn meniscus in his knee.

No. 10 Nebraska plays its first Big Ten volleyball match against fifth-ranked Penn State on Wednesday night in Lincoln.

A Philadelphia judge has declared a mistrial for three men charged in a fatal beating outside a Phillies game two years ago.

As if there hasn't been enough skulduggery in college football lately, now the Sugar Bowl has discovered it violated tax laws when it purchased three $1,000 tickets to dinners honoring former Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco.

A lot of Husker fans like to brag about the size of their flat screen TV but nobody can match the big screen and surround sound system at an Omaha movie theater. Beginning September 24th they will allow fans to watch the games there for free.

American teenagers Melanie Oudin and Jack Sock won the U.S. Open mixed doubles title Friday night, beating eighth-seeded Gisela Dulko and Eduardo Schwank of Argentina in a tiebreak.

The Storm Chasers blasted the Round Rock Express 12-2 Wednesday night at Werner Park, then waited out a nail-biting 3-2 victory by Albuquerque over Memphis that ultimately gave the Omaha franchise its first postseason berth since 1999.

Detroit defensive end Ndamukong Suh is shrugging off the suggestion that he is a dirty player

The Kansas City Chiefs are slowly getting better, at least if the results this preseason mean anything.

The new, corn-themed trophy awarded to the winner of the annual football game between Iowa and Iowa State has been scrapped.

Florida officials say receiver Andre Debose and right tackle Matt Patchan are eligible for this season. Debose and Patchan were mentioned in the Yahoo! Sports story alleging that a Miami booster gave extra benefits to players.

Miami athletic director Shawn Eichorst says "there are tough times ahead" for the Hurricanes amid a scandal that has rocked the school's football program and sparked an NCAA investigation.

Michael Vick tells GQ magazine that he didn't want to come to Philadelphia to be a third-string quarterback after his release from federal prison two years ago.

The Kansas City Royals have signed outfielder Jeff Francoeur for another two years.