In a sport he took up just three years ago and began to flourish in three months ago, junior Eli Etherton has already won a national championship.
Fonner Park, which runs the majority of the state's live race dates, has decided not to simulcast its races to other states because of expensive new federal regulations.
Starting Monday, I-80 Speedway in Greenwood is auctioning off all its contents. The dirt track ran its last races in October after nearly three decades in operation.
Kaitlyn Mittan won the 5-kilometer scratch race at the UCI Masters Track Cycling World Championships in Los Angeles last month.
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“It was one of those days where everything clicked, and you don’t get too many of those days in a career,” the 31-year-old said.
Emily Sisson, a two-time state champion at Omaha Marian, broke the record by 43 seconds while running just her third marathon.
For the second year in a row, Fonner Park’s race meet will run longer than usual.
If anyone bleeds Omaha soccer, it’s Eddie Gordon. From Creighton Prep to UNO and now Union Omaha, he’s played soccer at every level possible in his hometown.
Marlin Briscoe, the Omaha University star who became the first Black starting quarterback in the American Football League, died Monday.
Former Nebraska head coach Frank Solich is one of nine FBS coaches to earn a spot on the 2023 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Favorites won four of the seven races over an abbreviated weekend of racing at Columbus Agricultural Park. The full card of five races went off as scheduled on Friday but just two made the gate on Saturday and racing was canceled Sunday due to wet weather and the potential for thunderstorms.
At a practice after the meet, coach Shunta Paul said, they've discussed making sure shoelaces are tied and snug. But Talaya's win has been a teaching moment in other ways. "It teaches you to never give up."
Check out dozens of photos and videos from Sunday's Lincoln Marathon.
Wyatt Happle had the first perfect score in junior high competition since 2015
An Omaha woman living with MS plans to get out of her wheelchair and cross the finish line at the end of the half marathon Sunday in Lincoln.
Tommy Denton said the 2022 Spring Nationals this weekend will kick off what he hopes to be a banner year at Beatrice Speedway.
The virus can be spread through contact with other horses. Even if one horse sneezes in one stall, the contagions could be inhaled by a neighboring horse if there’s enough of a drift in the air.
The illness is believed to be the equine herpes neurological virus because of some of the symptoms that the horses have shown.
Nebraskans can't legally bet on Sunday's Super Bowl, nor will they likely be able to bet on next year's game as the state slowly begins to establish sports wagering at casinos that were approved by voters in 2020.
Organizers of the race, which will take place May 1, are hoping to bring back popular traditions such as a pasta dinner the night before the race and a race expo.
Brian Forbes found a way to channel his stress and soothe his mental scar tissue. An obsession. A mission: He wanted to be one of the few people in the world to bench-press 1,000 pounds.
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"No one leaves this place a loser," the ESPN broadcast picked up Hastings coach Dustin Rader telling his players.
Hunter Nepple had another big game as Hastings stayed alive at the Little League World Series.
After Hastings tied the game in the bottom of the sixth inning on a three-run blast, Hawaii scored eight runs in extra innings en route to an 11-3 win.
The team from Hastings is moving on after a big two-way performance and a lineup that peppered 11 hits around Volunteer Stadium in Williamsport.
Hastings, representing Nebraska and the Midwest region at the Little League World Series, won its opening game against Toms River, N.J., on Thursday in Pennsylvania. Associated Press photos
Omaha Skutt grad Thomas Gilman, a four-time Nebraska state champion who became an All-American at Iowa, won an Olympic bronze medal Thursday in the freestyle wrestling competition.
Thursday marked the final night of the I-80 Nationals, featuring the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, at I-80 Speedway near Greenwood. Photos by Eakin Howard, Journal Star
Last year's opening ceremonies were virtual due to COVID-19. This time, a welcomed return of normalcy — "We are very happy with what is going on."