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.
Nebraska baseball, 20th-ranked and the top seed in its regional, was all-in on South Dakota State Friday. Never mind that the Jackrabbits were the fourth seed with a 24-31 record. Carson Jasa was the Huskers’ starter, and after he threw 92 pitches in 6.1 innings,...
Nebraska baseball's Lincoln Regional has some “name brands in college baseball.” That was included in a response by Coach Will Bolt when asked about the “other” teams in the regional, Ole’ Miss and Arizona State. No disrespect to South Dakota State, which I’m...
Rewind to Sunday, May 3, following Nebraska’s 10-1 loss at Ohio State. “We had a decision to make,” Coach Will Bolt said on the Huskers Radio Network, referring to his message to the team. “And obviously the message was, is that this group, we finish because we’re...
“Never a doubt, right?” Nebraska baseball Coach Will Bolt began his media availability following Saturday’s victory against Iowa at Haymarket Park with that. The final score was 15-11, step two in a three-game sweep of the Hawkeyes. The question probably could’ve have...
Nebraska baseball traveled to Columbus, Ohio, for a weekend series with Ohio State, according to the schedule. But the 16th-ranked Huskers didn’t show up, figuratively speaking. The Buckeyes, who went into the series with a 10-11 record in Big Ten play, swept...
No. 20 Nebraska baseball coach Will Bolt challenged his team following its 10-5 loss to Illinois in Champaign Friday night, and the result was as he intended. The Huskers won the next two games to take the series. “They didn’t really have each other’s backs is how...
Seven innings into the weekend series against 12th-ranked USC, Nebraska trailed 7-2. Mason Edwards, the Trojans’ ace, had struck out 12. Enter the USC bullpen. At that point you wouldn’t have expected a Husker victory, much less a series sweep. But a three-run home...
Where to begin? With the end of Tuesday night’s Nebraska baseball win over Creighton at Haymarket Park, of course. The No. 25 Huskers edged the Bluejays for the second time this season, the final 5-4. Nebraska beat Creighton in the first meeting in Omaha 6-5, in case...
Six innings into the first game of the Nebraska baseball series with Oregon in Eugene Friday, the 19-ranked Huskers trailed the 21st-ranked Ducks by five, 7-2. Game over, right? Well, yes and no. Nebraska scored four runs in the eighth inning to pull within 7-6 and...