The University of Nebraska has a great tradition of walk-on success for their football team, and now a former walk-on for the Huskers has taken his game to a new level. And a new sport.

In the heat of battle, a female athlete can get just as frustrated as a male athlete. And, as Baylor 6-8 center Brittney Griner proved Wednesday night, they sometimes respond in less than ladylike fashion. The result is this video from Fox Sports from the game against Texas Tech.

There are a lot of youngsters playing soccer across the state of South Dakota, but until now it has not been a sanctioned sport in the high schools. The South Dakota High School Activities Association will allow it to be sanctioned, but now comes the question of which schools will take part.  Here’s the latest from the Pierre Capital Journal soccer update.

Scouts from every team continue to add up all the numbers at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis to determine which of the college football players are best suited to perform at the next level. The debate over who should be the number one pick has whittled down to a pair of defensive linemen for a lot of observers. So, the numbers of Ndamukong Suh and Gerald McCoy were headlines for many as listed in this newspaper report.

We often reflect on sportsmanship(or lack of it) on this blog and one of the most memorable(regrettable) incidents is back in the news. Former French soccer star Zinedane Zidane whose accomplished career was tarnished by one World Cup game(his last) has apologized to soccer fans and his team. In an interview with a Spanish newspaper, however, he did not apologize to the opposing player who drew his wrath in this often repeated highlight(lowlight).

Nebraska’s Girls State Basketball Championships will be decided next weekend in Lincoln and the pairings are all set now for the eight finalists in each of the six divisions.

Winning an Olympic medal is worth celebrating. How the gold medal winning women’s hockey team from Canada celebrated after beating  the United States  Thursday has drawn some criticism.

The college football season has come and gone and crowned its champion. The NFL season has also run its course and gained a Super Bowl champ. Now it’s time for the NFL teams to plot their future course and lay claim to the top talent available from college in the upcoming draft. Nebraska’s Ndamukong Suh appears to be the top choice and a recent draft preview lists five players from the Big 12 conference among the top ten available.

South Dakota State baseball coach Ritchie Price is just beginning his coaching career, but he has a lifetime of knowledge and support from his veteran coach father. It is documented in a new article from Baseball America.

A new year is here and already there is talk about who will be the next Kentucky Derby winner and who is the fastest elephant in the world. Okay, not so much the latter. But, the race is on for the larger speedsters.