Eric Olson
The Associated Press
Omaha, NE, United States
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Iowa voids Illini students' tickets when it discovers prank
The Illinois student spirit group "Orange Krush" had its order for 200 tickets to the men's basketball game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Saturday canceled Wednesday after Iowa discovered the person who made the purchase falsely claimed the tickets were for a Boys and Girls Club in Champaign. → Read More
Crawford knocks out Avanesyan in 6th round, keeps WBO title
Unbeaten world champion Terence Crawford knocked out David Avanesyan in the sixth round Saturday night to retain his WBO welterweight belt. Crawford, fighting for the first time in more than a year… → Read More
AP All-Big Ten: Stroud, Campbell, Harbaugh take top honors
Iowa's Jack Campbell was second in the Big Ten with 118 tackles after leading the conference in 2021. → Read More
Brown powers Illini to sixth straight win
Chase Brown rushed for 149 yards and scored on consecutive series in the second quarter, helping No. 17 Illinois beat Nebraska 26-9 on Saturday. → Read More
Huskers beat Indiana 35-21 to end 9-game FBS losing streak
Casey Thompson threw threw for two touchdowns and ran for another and Nebraska beat a Football Bowl Subdivision opponent for the first time in 364 days with a 35-21 victory → Read More
Big Ten RB tradition alive and well behind Brown, Ibrahim
The Big Ten's tradition of producing elite running backs is alive and well → Read More
STAT WATCH: Illini RB off and running toward another 1,000
Illinois's Chase Brown is well on his way to a second straight 1,000-yard rushing season → Read More
Nebraska fires head football coach Frost following 1-2 start
Nebraska fired Scott Frost on Sunday, the situation so dire in the once-proud football program that athletic director Trev Alberts made the move only three weeks before the coach's contract buyout would have been cut in half. → Read More
Hunter Dekkers, taking over for Brock Purdy, hopes to add deep-ball element to Cyclones attack
Hunter Dekkers adds a new element for the Cyclones with his ability to throw the deep ball. He'll have one of the top targets in the country in Xavier Hutchinson. → Read More
Big Ten votes to add USC, UCLA as members starting in 2024
In a seismic shift in college athletics, the Big Ten voted Thursday to add Southern California and UCLA as conference members beginning in 2024. → Read More
Ole Miss wins first CWS title, sweeps Sooners
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The last team to get into the NCAA baseball tournament was the last team standing. → Read More
Big Ten’s best defenses come out of spring in rebuild mode
Coordinator changes and heavy player personnel losses made it a spring of uncertainty for the top Big Ten defenses. → Read More
Big Ten West teams are mild, but division race could be wild
The Big Ten West is a mess. It's also mesmerizing. Wisconsin and Nebraska already have fired their head coaches. Minnesota took up the mantle as West favorite, only to be upset at home. Illinois, picked sixth, is one of the hottest teams in the nation after outscoring two nonconference opponents and Wisconsin by a combined 89-13. Even Nebraska, an after-thought coming into the season, ended a… → Read More
Amid signing day chaos, SEC powers grab top recruits
Through all the changes to the college sports landscape with money-making opportunities for athletes and open transfers, one thing remains the same. → Read More
Championship Week Primer: CFP spots, bowl slots are at stake
Conference champions will be crowned, bowl selection pecking orders will be locked in and more clarity will emerge about which teams will and won’t be among the four picked for the College Fo… → Read More
Week 12 preview: Power 5 league title matchups taking shape
With two weeks left in the regular season, top-ranked Georgia is the only Power Five team to have clinched a spot in its conference championship game. → Read More
Big Ten preview: Spartans visit Ohio State for key East game
Things to watch during Week 12 of play in the Big Ten Conference: → Read More
Oregon, Iowa enter top 5; Arkansas has 1st ranking since '16
Oregon and Iowa are the big movers in The Associated Press college football poll after road wins over top-10 opponents → Read More
Stat Watch: Walker’s 264 yards most in an opener in 7 years
Michigan State’s Kenneth Walker III turned in the best rushing performance in a season opener in seven years when he went for a career-high 264 yards against Northwestern. → Read More
Martinez leads Huskers past Fordham in 52-7 bounce-back win
Fordham hung tough with Nebraska for a while, but ultimately the Cornhuskers imposed their will on their overmatched visitor from New York City. → Read More