Joe Nugent
Sports Director
Omaha
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Thanks for clicking on my bio. Enjoying life on the east coast (of Nebraska), especially sports. The CWS is such a great event and it’s nice to see all the people who come to Omaha cheering hard for their teams, plus those who come regardless, even if their school doesn’t make it.
Creighton men’s basketball is a lot of fun to cover. Greg McDermott proves time and time again how good he is leading a college basketball program. Plus, the support from this town is rare, not the norm across college basketball.
Nebraska football, despite the performance on the field as of late, is still a treat to experience. The atmosphere at Memorial Stadium for the Northwestern and Michigan games in 2021 was great. Would love to see them turn it around.
A little bit about myself, I’m from Ohio, lived most of my life there and went to college at Bowling Green. I am a sports junkie, this tweet documenting a 24-hour period explains it all.
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Some might think it’s a bit much, I love it!
I’ve become a big fan of the bike trails/pools/gyms in Omaha, the barbeque and all the different themes to the city’s restaurants. A unique collection, something for everyone, or five things for everyone.
What makes me a little different? I’m a five-star Uber rider, hooray! I like seeing where the airplanes flying over are headed, I like seeing military planes come in and out of Offutt (really looking forward to the runway completion) and my top speed on skis is 62 mph.
Thanks again for your curiosity, and if you happen to know any stories you think 6 Sports should tell, please send me an email!
Updated: May. 20, 2023 at 10:04 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
The Bellevue West quarterback is the best player in the state at the position and nationally he’s considered a top-25 recruit according to 247 Sports.
Updated: May. 19, 2023 at 10:44 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
Lincoln East finished off a great day of baseball at Tal Anderson Field with a Class A state championship.
Updated: May. 18, 2023 at 10:54 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
Future Nebraska receiver Jaylen Lloyd won a second gold medal at the state track meet in the long jump.
Updated: May. 18, 2023 at 6:43 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
In 21 games this season Gretna only gave up five goals and London De Fini who to moved to left-back this season played a big part in the Dragons’ defensive success.
Updated: May. 17, 2023 at 11:00 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
The Wildcats came into the day with two opportunities to beat Grand Island at Tal Anderson Field, and it took two games to do it.
Updated: May. 13, 2023 at 11:01 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
Three schools will occupy the final four spots Tuesday night at Morrison Stadium in the Class B state championships.
Updated: May. 11, 2023 at 6:37 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
Lucas Krapfl took on a big challenge this season, he moved into an entirely new role, one that was nothing like the one he had before.
Updated: May. 11, 2023 at 4:21 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
Nebraska has offered Westside High School’s Teddy Rezac a scholarship.
Updated: May. 10, 2023 at 9:58 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
The top two seeds looked every bit like the top two teams in Class B on the boys’ side.
Updated: May. 9, 2023 at 11:10 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
It wasn’t a doubleheader but it had the feel of one as Creighton and Nebraska split two games at Charles Schwab Field.
Updated: May. 8, 2023 at 7:28 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
Gretna and Papillion-La Vista South advance to face each other in the semis.
Updated: May. 5, 2023 at 10:51 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
Keelan Smith, the son of Neil Smith is the sixth commit in Nebraska’s 2024 class.
Updated: May. 4, 2023 at 10:44 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
The high school bowling season ended long ago in the winter but Emily Merten recently won a national award for her work growing the game.
Updated: May. 4, 2023 at 2:08 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
Omaha third baseman Mike Boeve has put together a great career at UNO, he was named the Summit League Player of the Year last season after hitting .365.
Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 11:13 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
The Bluejays will play 11 home matches during the regular season and play in tournaments at Omaha and Purdue.
Updated: May. 1, 2023 at 10:52 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
As a player at Wyoming the former quarterback from Skutt Catholic pitched a move to tight end.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2023 at 3:42 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
Casey Thompson will play his final season of college football somewhere other than Nebraska after entering the transfer portal.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2023 at 11:05 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
Volleyball Day in Nebraska sold out in three days, the last of the more than 82,000 tickets were bought this morning.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2023 at 7:30 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
Amari Laing has already had a very special track season and her coach, Shaun Tevis, doesn’t think she’s even reached her potential.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2023 at 10:37 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
Going back to the 1971 baseball season Nebraska had won 11 straight against South Dakota State, the streak came to an end tonight at Haymarket Park with an 8-3 Jackrabbits win.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2023 at 11:23 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
Ryan Kalkbrenner is the third Creighton player to enter the NBA Draft as an early entry candidate.
Updated: Apr. 24, 2023 at 11:05 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
The Huskers road game at Illinois that was scheduled for Saturday, October 7th has been moved a day earlier to Friday night.
Updated: Apr. 24, 2023 at 6:03 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
The spring game was a mix of good and bad and it wasn’t a surprise when you consider the workload the players are experiencing as they learn a new way under a new staff.
Updated: Apr. 23, 2023 at 10:05 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
After two years in the program Arthur Kaluma announced on Instagram he is entering the NBA Draft without saying anything about remaining college eligibility.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2023 at 11:12 AM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
This was the first practice since Thursday thanks to a short break over Easter weekend.
Updated: Apr. 10, 2023 at 10:48 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
For the second time this season Kansas State shutouts Creighton, this was a 10-0 final.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2023 at 10:06 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
Nebraska’s offense delivered 11 runs in the series finale at Michigan beating the Wolverines 11-3.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2023 at 10:02 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
Nebraska had a great chance in the eighth inning trailing by two runs with the bases loaded, but Garrett Anglim struck out on the way to an 8-6 loss to the Wolverines.
Updated: Apr. 4, 2023 at 11:03 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
Brian Buschini spent some time learning more about Brook Berringer this offseason and what he found was an inspirational story.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2023 at 7:05 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
Josiah Dotzler scored 16.5 points per game his senior season at Bellevue West, a go-to guy player for the T-Birds in their state championship season.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2023 at 10:02 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
Frank Solich is returning to Memorial Stadium. The former Huskers coach and player will be honored at the spring game April 22nd
Updated: Mar. 29, 2023 at 7:44 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
As Caitlin Clark and the Hawkeyes prepare for the Final Four Caitlin Clark is the recipient of the 2023 Naismith Trophy, the most prestigious individual basketball honor celebrating women’s college basketball’s most outstanding player.
Updated: Mar. 26, 2023 at 4:03 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent and Grace Boyles
The Bluejays’ historic NCAA Tournament run comes to an end at the hands of the Aztecs, 57-56.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2023 at 10:53 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent and Grace Boyles
The Jays brought an end to the Tigers’ Cinderella run, 86-75, to land a spot in the NCAA quarterfinals for the first time ever.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2023 at 9:11 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
Creighton has a chance to be the first team in program history to win three games in a single NCAA Tournament, to do it they will have to go through a fearless Princeton team.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 6:39 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
Princeton will try to become the second 15th seed in two years to advance to the Elite Eight, following Saint Peter’s a year ago.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 9:28 AM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
There wasn’t a message, it wasn’t a test, Matt Rhule simply wanted to practice today and work around classes to give the players Easter weekend off in a few weeks.
Updated: Mar. 19, 2023 at 6:00 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
In front of a sold-out crowd at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Caitlin Clark led Iowa with her 16th double-double this season in a 74-66 win against Georgia.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2023 at 10:59 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
Creighton has won three of five all-time matchups between the two programs and only one of them was in the NCAA Tournament.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 11:08 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
The Bulldogs led wire-to-wire in South Bend beating the Bluejays 81-66 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 10:57 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
Payton Sandfort led Iowa with 21 points. Kris Murray added 15 points but struggled shooting only connecting on 5-of-18.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 6:44 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
Brooks Kissinger’s rebounds, assists and steals were all up from a season ago.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 11:22 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
Thanks in part to a Jaz Shelley heave near midcourt, Nebraska advances in the WNIT 74-65 against Missouri State.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 11:18 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent
The list of eligible players for the Naismith Trophy Men’s Defensive Player of the Year award is down to four men and Ryan Kalkbrenner is one of them.
Updated: Mar. 11, 2023 at 8:41 PM CST
|By Joe Nugent
Bellevue West played great defense holding the Mustangs to 28% shooting and not allowing a field goal until the first minute of the second quarter.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 11:32 PM CST
|By Joe Nugent
Bellevue West and Millard North will meet for a fourth straight year in the Class A state championship.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 11:18 PM CST
|By Joe Nugent
After taking a 5-0 lead early it was all Xavier after that in the BIG EAST Tournament semifinal, Musketeers won 82-60.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 11:02 PM CST
|By Joe Nugent
The Bluejays will play in yet another BIG EAST Tournament semifinal Friday night after beating Villanova 87-74.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 6:44 PM CST
|By Joe Nugent
It was a great three-game stretch for Mya Babbitt and Millard South at the state tournament.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 11:14 PM CST
|By Joe Nugent
Keisei Tominaga had a look as the clock hit zero to force overtime but his shot that came from close to midcourt hit the back of the rim.
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