Well, both Husker basketball teams lost to ranked squads this weekend. The road doesn’t get any easier as the Big Ten has more ranked teams yet to be played. The men played a decent game against Illinois, but the height of the Illini and their zone defense kept the Huskers off balance. The ladies were right in it toward the end, coming within four, but then Ohio State hit the gas and distanced themselves again.

Now that football has ended and it is too early to start gardening, I need a TV series or two to fill my “spare” time. I have a wide range of interests, so give me your recommendations in the comments!

Illinois vs Nebraska basketball: Keaton Wagler, Illini pull away from the Huskers
Behind a game-high 28 points from star freshman Keaton Wagler, No. 10 Illinois overcame a six-point halftime deficit to knock off No. 5 Nebraska 78-69 on Sunday, February 1 at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska.

No. 11 Ohio State women survive late run by Nebraska, win 90-71
For six weeks this season, the Nebraska Cornhuskers saw their name in the top-25 Associated Press rankings, until this week. Even so, Big Red brought a two-game winning streak with them to Columbus for a matchup with No. 11 Ohio State women’s basketball in a matchup of two star sophomore point guards in Buckeye Jaloni Cambridge and Cornhusker Britt Prince.

Husker wrestling outmatched by Penn State
Nebraska wrestling failed to seize the moment against top-ranked Penn State on Friday night, losing its third straight bout and falling to the Nittany Lions 26-12.

Huskers make 2028 quarterback offer in New Jersey
Hun School (N.J.) quarterback Lukas Prock reported an offer from the Big Red on Thursday following Rhule’s visit.

Nebraska extends offer to top-20 Florida defensive end
Nebraska has dipped back into Florida for one of the 2027 class’s most intriguing young defenders, extending an offer to rising edge rusher Kaiden Robinson‑Vickers.

Alcaraz beats Djokovic to become the youngest man ever to complete a Grand Slam
MELBOURNE, Australia — Carlos Alcaraz is the youngest man ever to complete a career Grand Slam after securing the Australian Open title against Novak Djokovic, who had never lost in his 10 previous finals at Melbourne Park.

Lindsey Vonn sits out final race after crash, but remains on track for the Olympics
“No she is not racing today but preparing for Cortina as usual,” Chris Knight, Vonn’s personal head coach, said in a text message to The AP.

Test event shows Milan Cortina hockey arena still unfinished
Concerns about the ice hockey arena being built for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, continued after a test event confirmed the venue remains unfinished amid ongoing construction less than four weeks from the first game

LeBron James earns streak-extending 22nd All-Star berth
The NBA announced its reserves for the Feb. 15 midseason showcase Sunday night on NBC before James and his Los Angeles Lakers faced the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden.

AI agents have their own Reddit-style social network, and it’s getting weird fast
On Friday, a Reddit-style social network called Moltbook reportedly crossed 32,000 registered AI agent users, creating what may be the largest-scale experiment in machine-to-machine social interaction yet devised. It arrives complete with security nightmares and a huge dose of surreal weirdness.

This young Australian says he is the president of his own European country
At just half a square kilometre in size, the territory is tiny — but still larger than Vatican City, Daniel is quick to point out.

Renaissance readers left chemical clues inside these medical manuals. Were they using feces and tortoise shells to treat diseases?
In the 16th century, a German doctor published recipe books featuring cures for ailments like bad breath, mouth ulcers and hair loss. Now scientists have analyzed traces of proteins found inside these medical manuals, and they’ve identified evidence of plants, animals, and human sweat and feces.