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Blackshirts (football)
The Blackshirts are the starting defensive players for the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, a reference to the black jerseys worn by the unit during practice. Origin In 1964, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA ended the one-platoon system, allowing unlimited substitutions to create dedicated offensive, defensive, and special teams units. Nebraska head coach Bob Devaney ensured his units would be visually distinguishable during practice by having them wear contrasting colors, and tasked assistant Mike Corgan with obtaining new Scrimmage vest, jersey pullovers for defensive players. Defensive line coach George Kelly later said the use of black was "an accident of availability," because the store Corgan visited gave him a discount on the color. The jerseys likely began use prior to Nebraska's 1964 game at 1964 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Minnesota, the first game Devaney used a two-platoon system. Initially, black jerseys were only assigned to defens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Year 915 (Roman numerals, CMXV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Summer – Battle of Garigliano: The Christian League, personally led by Pope John X, lays siege to Garigliano (a fortified Arab camp in the area of Minturno), which is blockaded from the sea by the Byzantine navy. After three months of siege, plagued by hunger, the Saracens decide to break out of Garigliano and find their way back to Emirate of Sicily, Sicily by any means possible. Christian hunting parties fall on the fleeing Arabs, and all are captured and executed. * July – The Hungarians, Magyars (Hungarians), led by Zoltán of Hungary, Zoltán, only son of the late Grand Prince Árpád, attack Swabia, Franconia and Saxony. Small units penetrate as far as Bremen, burning the city. By topic Religion * December 3 – John X crowns the Italian sovereign Berengar I of Italy, Berengar I as the Holy Roman Emperor in Rome. Berengar returns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stencil (typeface)
Stencil refers to two typefaces released within months of each other in 1937. The face created by R. Hunter Middleton for Ludlow was advertised in June, while Gerry Powell's version for American Type Founders appeared one month later. Both fonts consist of only capital letters with rounded edges and thick main strokes, much like a Clarendon typeface, except with breaks in the face to give it the appearance of the stenciled alphabets used on boxes and crates. Powell's exploration of ''Stencil'' became very popular over time and is still used today. Later versions Digital versions of Gerry Powell's design for ATF have been published by many digital foundries, including Elsner+Flake, Adobe, and URW Type Foundry. Mecanorma also provided a version as dry transfer lettering. In 1997, Alexei Chekulaev made a Cyrillic version of ''Stencil Bold'', called ''Stencil Cyrillic Regular.'' In ''Rookledge's Classic International Typefinder'', the entry ''Stencil Bold'' shows the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McCook, Nebraska
McCook is a city in and the county seat of Red Willow County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 7,446 at the 2020 census. History McCook was platted in 1882 when the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad was extended to that point. It was named in honor of Alexander McDowell McCook, a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Demographics 2020 census The 2020 United States census counted 7,446 people, 3,328 households, and 1,733 families in McCook. The population density was 1,363.7 per square mile (526.6/km). There were 3,911 housing units at an average density of 716.3 per square mile (276.6/km). The racial makeup was 90.26% (6,721) white, 0.54% (40) black or African-American, 0.43% (32) Native American, 0.43% (32) Asian, 0.16% (12) Pacific Islander, 3.57% (266) from other races, and 4.61% (343) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.0% (289) of the population. Of the 3,328 households, 18.6% had children ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omaha World-Herald
The ''Omaha World-Herald'' is a daily newspaper in the midwestern United States, the primary newspaper of the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area. It was locally owned from its founding in 1885 until 2020, when it was sold to the newspaper chain Lee Enterprises by its most recent local owner, Warren Buffett, chairman of Omaha-based Berkshire Hathaway. For more than a century it circulated daily throughout Nebraska — a state that is long. It also circulated daily throughout all of Iowa, and in parts of Kansas, South Dakota, Missouri, Colorado, and Wyoming. It retrenched during the 2008 financial crisis, ending far-flung circulation and restricting daily delivery to an area in Nebraska and Iowa within an approximately radius of Omaha. Background The newspaper was the world's last to print both daily morning and afternoon editions, a practice it ended in March 2016. The ''World-Herald'' was the largest employee-owned newspaper in the United States from 1979 until 2011 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nebraska Cornhuskers Women's Volleyball
The Nebraska Cornhuskers women's volleyball team competes as part of NCAA Division I, representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten Conference. Nebraska played nearly four decades at the Nebraska Coliseum, NU Coliseum until moving to the larger Bob Devaney Sports Center in 2012. The program has been led by Dani Busboom Kelly since she succeeded longtime head coach John Cook (coach), John Cook in 2025. The program became an official varsity sport in 1975 and has become one of the most decorated in women's volleyball – Nebraska has won more games, spent more weeks ranked number one, and produced more American Volleyball Coaches Association, AVCA All-Americans than any other program. Head coach Terry Pettit, hired in 1977, turned the Cornhuskers into a national power at a time when the sport was traditionally dominated by West Coast of the United States, West Coast schools. He produced NU's first national championship in 1995 before handing the program over to as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Student Section
A student section or student cheering section is a group of students, student fans that supports its school's student athlete, athletic teams at spectator sport, sporting events; they are known for being one of the most visible and vocal sections of a sports crowd as well as for their occasionally raucous behavior. They are most often associated with NCAA basketball and NCAA football, football games, but can be found in several sports in both college and high school. A student section is an important part of a school's fanbase and a significant contributor to home advantage. Function A student section can vary in size from dozens to thousands of people, and comprises current students, the school's marching band or pep band, and in some cases, recent alumni. The students often arrive and fill their designated section in the stadium before the rest of the fans, sometimes hours before the beginning of the game, and will usually remain standing throughout. Before, during, and after th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Frost
Scott Andrew Frost (born January 4, 1975) is an American football coach and player who currently serves as the head football coach for UCF Knights football, UCF. He was the head football coach at the Nebraska Cornhuskers football, University of Nebraska-Lincoln from 2018 to 2022, and previously served as UCF's head coach from 2016 to 2017. Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, Frost played college football as a quarterback for the Stanford Cardinal football, Stanford Cardinal and the Cornhuskers, the latter of which he led to a 1997 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, shared national championship in 1997. Frost has coached Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota and Heisman candidate McKenzie Milton. He played six seasons in the National Football League (NFL). After retiring as a player, Frost served as an assistant coach for several college football teams, most notably as the offensive coordinator for the Oregon Ducks football, University of Oregon from 2013 to 2015, where he helped the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Minnesota Golden Gophers Football Team
The 2013 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Jerry Kill and played their home games at TCF Bank Stadium. They were a member of the Legends Division of the Big Ten Conference. Schedule Rankings Before the season The Gophers had their first, full intrasquad scrimmage during the Spring Game under Kill's tenure; his previous two Spring Games had been limited in scope. The game attracted 8,400 fans, the largest attendance for a Gophers Spring Game since Lou Holtz coached the team in the mid-1980s. Game summaries UNLV New Mexico State Western Illinois San Jose State Iowa Michigan Northwestern Nebraska The game was Minnesota's first win against Nebraska since a 26–14 victory on September 24, 1960. Indiana Penn State Wisconsin Michigan State Syracuse (Texas Bowl) Roster Players drafted into th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ESPN
ESPN (an initialism of their original name, which was the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by the Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Communications (20%) through the joint venture ESPN Inc. The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen, Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan. ESPN broadcasts primarily from studio facilities located in Bristol, Connecticut. The network also operates offices and auxiliary studios in Miami, Orlando, New York City, Las Vegas, Seattle, Charlotte, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. James Pitaro has been chairman since March 5, 2018, following the resignation of John Skipper on December 18, 2017. , ESPN is available to approximately 70 million pay television households in the United States—down from its 2011 peak of 100 million households. It operates regional channels in Africa, Australia, Latin America, and the Netherlands. In Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zack Bowman
Zackary Bowman (born November 18, 1984) is an American former professional football cornerback. He was selected by the Chicago Bears in the fifth round of the 2008 NFL draft. He played college football at Nebraska and New Mexico Military Institute. He also played for the New York Giants and Miami Dolphins. Early life Bowman attended Batesburg-Leesville High in Batesburg, South Carolina, and later attended Bartlett High School in Anchorage, Alaska, and graduated in 2003. College career After Bowman attended New Mexico Military Institute, he attended University of Nebraska–Lincoln. In his two seasons at Nebraska Bowman had a total of 56 tackles, 20 pass break ups, 3 interceptions, and he played in 22 games, 9 of which he started. Bowman had to redshirt the 2006 season due to torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee on the third day of fall practice and missed the season. Professional career Chicago Bears (first stint) The Chicago Bears selected in the fifth round of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Illustrated
''Sports Illustrated'' (''SI'') is an American sports magazine first published in August 1954. Founded by Stuart Scheftel, it was the first magazine with a circulation of over one million to win the National Magazine Award for General Excellence twice. It is also known for its annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, swimsuit issue, which has been published since 1964, and has spawned other complementary media works and products. Owned until 2018 by Time Inc., it was sold to Authentic Brands Group (ABG) following the sale of Time Inc. to Meredith Corporation. The Arena Group (formerly theMaven, Inc.) was subsequently awarded a 10-year license to operate the ''Sports Illustrated''–branded editorial operations, while ABG Brand licensing, licenses the brand for other non-editorial ventures and products. In January 2024, The Arena Group missed a quarterly licensing payment, leading ABG to terminate the company's license. Arena, in turn, laid off the publication's editorial staff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third Jersey
A third jersey, alternative jersey, third kit, third sweater or alternative uniform is a team jersey or uniform that a sports team can wear instead of its home outfit or its away outfit during games, often when the colors of two competing teams' other uniforms are too similar to contrast easily. Alternative jerseys are a lucrative means for professional sports organizations to generate revenue, by sales to fans. Of North American sports leagues, the National Football League (gridiron football) generates $1.2 billion annually in jersey sales, with the National Basketball Association second, selling $900 million annually. Another use of the alternative uniform is for identifying with causes, like the Central Coast Mariners wear an alternative pink kit on pink ribbon day. Extra alternative uniforms or fourth and fifth kits are not commonly used, but are sometimes required when teams' other uniforms cause color clashes, or the uniforms are unavailable to use. In cases where te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
