Throwback Thursday: Blue Springs High School Girls Basketball Team
Today's Throwback Thursday features a set of images depicting the 1924 Blue Springs High School girls basketball team.The six young women (and occasionally their coach) ...
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What We Found
Too Much Beef, a Nebraska Football Story
Early Nebraska football games could be a bit mismatched, but some were a bit more one-sided than others.
A December 9, 1895 game between York College and a local high ...
Omaha’s Lillie Williams became a professional bicycle racer in 1889
Starting in the high-wheel bicycle era, Lillie Williams of Omaha became a multi-sport professional athlete at a time when women’s sports were widely regarded as improper ...
Nebraska Olympians
In Paris, the Olympics are underway and the Paralympics open August 28. Nebraska has had numerous Olympians and Paralympians over the years. Here are a few of ...
The Omaha Supernovas and Active Collecting
This volleyball is from a game played by the Omaha Supernovas during their inaugural season in 2024. The jersey was worn by Sophie Davis during gameplay. Davis was ...
Marker Monday: Kay Cover, “Let Her Fly!”
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Softball gained popularity in Nebraska during the Great Depression and World War II as an athletic opportunity for girls and women. It continued to ...
Earliest video of Husker football
Film clips from a circa-1919 game against Notre Dame are spliced together with clips from an even earlier game, circa 1912-1914. We believe this is the earliest known ...
William Jennings Bryan’s daughter runs the hurdles, circa 1902
Ruth Bryan Owen was a pioneering congresswoman and diplomat who grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska. She was also a noted public speaker and author, and in 1922 became one of ...
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