Mike Babcock

Mike Babcock is in his 47th season covering Nebraska football. Babcock also covered most other Husker sports at some point in his journalism career. Mike earned his undergraduate degree in English from Cal State-Chico and Masters in English (teacher preparation) from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Babcock spent seven years teaching English and Introductory Literature at Parkland Community College. Mike wrote sports part-time at the Champaign-Urbana Courier as well as for Lincoln Journal and Star for 17 years for the sports department covering Nebraska as a sports columnist. Babcock then wrote for Huskers Illustrated before Hail Varsity and Hurrdat Sports.
Rhule Rewards Bower Power

Rhule Rewards Bower Power

Go to X, or TikTok, or Facebook, wherever you’re comfortable on social media, and search for “Jacob Bower.” You’ll easily find the post-football-practice session during which Nebraska football coach Matt Rhule announces Bower will be placed on scholarship. After a...

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Maryland Up Next for Nebraska Baseball

Bottom line, Coach Will Bolt wasn’t happy with Nebraska baseball's 4-0 loss to Kansas at Haymarket Park Tuesday night. Of course not. “Losing sucks,” he said. “I absolutely hate it.” Even so, “I don’t think we played bad,” said Bolt. The Huskers just need to flush it...

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Husker Football’s Tight End Tradition

​Kansas State football coach Jim Dickey was commenting on Nebraska’s Junior Miller in the late 1970s. If that was “Junior,” Dickey said, he’d hate to see “Senior.” ​Actually, “complimenting” would be better than “commenting on.” ​Miller, listed at 6-foot-4, 242...

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