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USA Today
4 days ago
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- USA Today
Nebraska legend Aaron Taylor named to the Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2025
Nebraska legend Aaron Taylor named to the Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2025 An all-time great Nebraska football player has been named to the Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2025. Aaron Taylor played for the Cornhuskers from 1993 to 97. Taylor holds the distinction of being the only football player in Nebraska history to earn All-America honors at two positions (left guard, center). He was a two-time first-team All-American and a three-time national champion. Taylor's No. 67 jersey was retired in 1998, and he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2018. Joining Taylor in the 2025 class are Kevin Davis (men's gymnastics, 1985-88); Diandra Hyman (bowling, 1999-2002); Lisa Reitsma (volleyball, 1994-97); and Stephanie Thater (volleyball, 1989-92). Nebraska athletic director Troy Dannen had high praise for the five new Hall of Famers. 'We talk regularly in Husker Athletics about setting a standard by which everyone else will aspire to achieve. These Hall of Famers did that and more, and now inspire our current student-athletes to achieve greatness. We look forward to welcoming our 2025 Hall of Fame Class back to campus for our induction ceremony this fall, where we will celebrate their accomplishments and recognize their impact on the University of Nebraska.' The 2025 Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame class will be inducted on Friday, Oct. 31, before being recognized during the Nebraska-USC football game on Saturday, Nov. 1. Contact/Follow us @CornhuskersWire on X (formerly Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Nebraska news, notes, and opinions.
NBC Sports
28-05-2025
- Automotive
- NBC Sports
Good news, bad news ahead of Nashville weekend for NASCAR Cup teams
The NASCAR Cup Series begins the second half of the regular season with Sunday's trip to Nashville Superspeedway. Ross Chastain's Coca-Cola 600 victory last weekend made him the fourth different winner in the last four points races. Kyle Larson won at Kansas, Joey Logano at Texas and Austin Cindric at Talladega in that stretch. Here is a look at the good news and bad news for Cup teams heading into Sunday's race at Nashville Superspeedway. 23XI Racing — Good news: Tyler Reddick placed third in last year's Nashville race. … Corey Heim will drive the No. 67 car in a fourth entry for the organization this weekend at Nashville. Bad news: Bubba Wallace has finished 33rd or worse in the last three points races, dropping him from seventh to 12th in the standings. … Reddick has one top 10 in his last seven Cup points races. … Riley Herbst has finished 27th or worse in seven of the last 10 points races. … Herbst has six pit road speeding penalties, tied with Shane van Gisbergen for most in the series this year. … The team has one top-10 finish in the last five races. Front Row Motorsports — Good news: Noah Gragson has finished in the top 15 in three of the last four races. … Gragson's five stage points in the Coca-Cola 600 were more than he's scored in the previous 12 races. … Todd Gilliland has finished 18th or better in six of the last seven races. … Zane Smith finished a Cup career-best second at Nashville last year. Bad news: Smith comes to Nashville after a 39th-place result in the Coca-Cola 600. Haas Factory Team — Good news: Cole Custer has averaged 17.5 points per race in the last four races after averaging 9.4 points per race in the first nine races of the season. Bad News: Custer is one of four full-time drivers without a top-10 finish this season, joining Ty Dillon, Riley Herbst and Cody Ware in that category. Hendrick Motorsports — Good news: Kyle Larson has a 4.5 average finish at Nashville, his best at all tracks. … Larson is the only driver to finish in the top 10 in all four races at Nashville. … Larson has won six of the last 11 stages. … Hendrick drivers have combined to lead 72% of the laps in the last six races. … The organization has had at least one driver finish in the top five in all 13 races this season. … William Byron's average start this season is 8.8, best of all drivers, and his average finish of 9.5 is best of all drivers. … Byron has finished in the top three in five of 13 races this season. … Chase Elliott is the only driver to finish in the top 20 in every race this season. … Alex Bowman will make his 268th career Cup start for Hendrick Motorsports, passing Ken Schrader for sixth on the team's all-time starts list. Bad news: Bowman has finished 27th or worse in five of the last seven races. Dustin Long, Hyak Motorsports — Good news: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will make his 450th Cup start this weekend. … Stenhouse is in a playoff spot halfway through the regular season. … Stenhouse has four consecutive top-20 finishes. Bad news: Stenhouse has started in the top 20 only twice in the first 13 races of the season. … Stenhouse has yet to lead a lap this year. Joe Gibbs Racing — Good news: Denny Hamlin will make his 700th career Cup start this weekend. … Chase Briscoe finished a season-best third in last weekend's Coca-Cola 600. … Christopher Bell has six top 10s in the last eight races. … Bell has three top 10s in four starts at Nashville. Bad news: Hamlin has finished 16th or worse in the last four races. … Briscoe has not finished better than 21st in four Nashville starts. … Ty Gibbs has placed 17th or worse in each of the last four races. … Bell has led eight of the 1,923 laps run in the last six races. Kaulig Racing — Good news: AJ Allmendinger is coming off a season-best fourth-place finish in the Coca-Cola 600. … Allmendinger won a race in the Xfinity Series in 2023 at Nashville. … Ty Dillon has finished in the top 20 in six of 13 races this season. Bad news: Allmendinger is 13 points out of the last playoff spot at the halfway point in the regular season. Legacy Motor Club — Good news: Erik Jones has placed in the top 15 in two of the last three races. … John Hunter Nemechek won the Xfinity race at Nashville last year. Bad news: Nemechek finished 31st last year at Nashville in his only Cup start there. Richard Childress Racing — Good news: All three of Austin Dillon's top-10 finishes this season have come in the last five races. … Dillon has three top-15 finishes in four Cup starts at Nashville. … Kyle Busch has two Xfinity and two Truck wins at Nashville. Bad news: Busch has one top-10 finish in the last nine races. Rick Ware Racing — Good news: Cody Ware's 25th-place finish in the Coca-Cola 600 is his best result since placing 24th at Phoenix in March. Bad news: Ware has started 33rd or worse in 11 consecutive races. RFK Racing — Good news: Ryan Preece has five top-10 finishes this season, tied for the most he's had in a Cup season. … Preece has scored back-to-back top-10 results… Brad Keselowski finished a season-best fifth in the Coca-Cola 600. … Chris Buescher's crew chief, Scott Graves, returns after sitting out the past two races (Coke 600 and All-Star Race) for a violation after the Kansas race. Bad news: Nashville is the only oval that Keselowski does not have a top-10 finish. … Chris Buescher's average finish of 22.3 at Nashville his his worst among active tracks. Spire Motorsports — Good news: Michael McDowell scored a season-best seventh-place result in last weekend's Coca-Cola 600. … Carson Hocevar has scored points in seven of the last 11 stages. Bad news: Justin Haley finished 30th or worse in each of the past two races. … Hocevar has had two blown engines this season. Team Penske — Good news: Joey Logano is the defending winner at Nashville, taking the checkered flag after five overtimes. … Logano has three top 10s in four Nashville starts. Bad news: Austin Cindric has one top-10 finish in the last eight races. … Ryan Blaney has failed to finish five races, tied with Bubba Wallace and Brad Keselowski for most in the series. Trackhouse Racing — Good news: Coca-Cola 600 winner Ross Chastain is finishing 20.7 positions better than he's starting over the past seven races. … Chastain has six top 10s in the last nine races. … Chastain has three top-five finishes in four Nashville starts, including a win in 2023. … Shane van Gisbergen's 14th-place result in last weekend's Coca-Cola 600 is his best finish on an oval since last October at Martinsville. Bad news: Daniel Suarez has three finishes of 33rd or worse in the last five races. … Shane van Gisbergen has six pit road speeding penalties, tying Riley Herbst for most in the series this year. Wood Brothers Racing — Good news: Josh Berry started second in last year's Nashville race, his first Cup start there. … The 169 laps he's led this year are his most in a season. Bad news: Berry has four finishes of 26th or worse in the last seven races.
NBC Sports
07-05-2025
- Automotive
- NBC Sports
Good news, bad news for NASCAR teams going into Kansas weekend
The NASCAR Cup Series makes its first of two visits this season to Kansas Speedway this weekend. A year ago, Kyle Larson beat Chris Buescher by .001 seconds. In last fall's playoff race, Ross Chastain won. Here is a look at the good news and bad news for Cup teams heading to Kansas. 23XI Racing — Good news: The organization has won three of the last six races at Kansas Speedway. … Tyler Reddick has led in each of the last seven Kansas races. … Bubba Wallace ranks third in the series with 100 stage points. … Wallace's pit crew ranks first, according to Racing Insights. … Riley Herbst finished a season-best 14th at Texas last weekend. … Corey Heim will make his first start of the season and fourth in his Cup career this weekend, driving the No. 67 car. Bad news: Wallace has placed 19th or worse in three of the last four races. … Reddick has placed 20th or worse in five of the last seven Kansas races. Front Row Motorsports — Good news: Todd Gilliland has placed 16th or better in four of the last five races. … Gilliland's 11th-place result last week at Texas was his best finish in 24 career starts on 1.5-mile tracks. … Zane Smith finished 10th in last fall's race at Kansas. Bad news: Noah Gragson has finished on the lead lap in only three of the last eight races. Haas Factory Team — Good news: Cole Custer has scored back-to-back top 20s for the first time this season, placing 13th at Talladega and 19th last weekend at Texas. Bad News: Even with those finishes the last two weeks, Custer is 34th in the points. Hendrick Motorsports — Good news: Kyle Larson has ranked first or second in speed in the previous two races on 1.5-mile tracks. He ranked second in speed at Homestead, a race he won, and first in speed at Texas, a race he finished fourth. … Larson's average finish on 1.5-mile tracks this season is a series-best 4.7. … Larson leads the series with seven top-five finishes and eight top 10s this year. … Larson has scored a series-best 108 stage points. … Alex Bowman's 10 top 10s at Kansas are his most at any track. … Chase Elliott is the only driver to finish in the top 20 in every race this season. … Elliott has four consecutive top 10s at Kansas. … William Byron's average finish this season is 8.91, best in the series. … Byron has scored 107 stage points to rank second to Larson in that category. Bad news: Bowman has three finishes of 35th or worse in the last four races. Hyak Motorsports — Good news: Ricky Stenhouse Jr.'s sixth-place finish at Texas last weekend moved him into the the final transfer spot to the playoffs. … That finish also was his best result at Texas in 21 starts. Bad news: Stenhouse has one top 10 finish in 24 Cup starts at Kansas. Joe Gibbs Racing — Good news: Christopher Bell has won the pole for the last three races at Kansas. … Bell has led each of the six Kansas races in the Next Gen era. … Bell has 10 top 10s, including two wins, in the last 14 races on 1.5-mile tracks. … Denny Hamlin has seven consecutive top-10 finishes at Kansas. … Ty Gibbs has started in the top 10 in the last three races. Bad news: The organization has led only 16 laps on 1.5-mile tracks this season. … Hamlin has finished outside the top 20 in the past two races. … Chase Briscoe has not finished better than 13th in eight Kansas starts. … Gibbs' average finish of 23.8 at Kansas is his worst among 1.5-mile tracks. Kaulig Racing — Good news: Ty Dillon finished a season-best 12th last weekend at Texas after gaining six spots in overtime. … AJ Allmendinger has four top-10 finishes in his last five starts on 1.5-mile tracks. Bad news: Allmendinger has finished 18th or worse in four of his last five races. Legacy Motor Club — Good news: Placed both cars in the top 10 last weekend at Texas, marking the first time the team has done that since the season-opening Daytona 500. … Erik Jones finished a season-best fifth at Texas and John Hunter Nemechek was eighth. … The organization's five top 10s this year is one less than what it had all of last season. … Nemechek has two Xfinity wins and one Truck win at Kansas. Bad news: Jones has made 90 starts since his last Cup victory. Richard Childress Racing — Good news: Austin Dillon has scored three top-10 finishes in a row, tied for his longest Cup streak. … Jesse Love makes his third start of the season and will be in the No. 33 at Kansas. Bad news: The organization has only one top-five finish this season. … It is now 68 races win Kyle Busch's last Cup win. Rick Ware Racing — Good news: Last weekend's race at Texas saw Cody Ware finish 30th, marking the fifth time he's placed between 24th and 30th this season. Bad news: Ware has not started better than 33rd in the last nine races. RFK Racing — Good news: All three of Ryan Preece's top 10s on 1.5-mile tracks were in the last four races. Bad news: It was this race a year ago that Chris Buescher lost to Kyle Larson by a series-record .001 seconds. … Buescher has finished 18th or worse in four of the last five races. … Brad Keselowski has finished 26th or worse in eight of the 11 races this year. … Preece has had four finishes of 20th or worse this season. Larson edges Buescher in historic Kansas finish Kyle Larson and Chris Buescher wheel nose-to-nose as the checkered flag waves in the AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway, combining for the closest finish in NASCAR Cup Series history with a margin of 0.001 seconds. Spire Motorsports — Good news: The team has won the pole for two of the last three races at 1.5-mile tracks. … Carson Hocevar has scored points in five of the last six stages. Bad news: Justin Haley has not finished better than 18th in eight starts at Kansas. … Michael McDowell has one top-10 finish in the last 21 races on 1.5-mile tracks. Team Penske — Good news: Team has won the past two Cup races with Austin Cindric winning at Talladega and Joey Logano winning at Texas. … Ryan Blaney placed a season-best third at Texas last weekend. … Logano has three Kansas wins. Bad news: Austin Cindric does not have a top-10 finish in seven Kansas starts in Cup and has finished 31st or worse in each of his last four starts there. Trackhouse Racing — Good news: Ross Chastain has finished in the top 10 in five of the last seven races, including his runner-up finish last weekend at Texas. … Chastain's last win came at Kansas in last year's playoff race. … Daniel Suarez has scored back-to-back top 10s. Bad news: Shane van Gisbergen has started 33rd or worse in each of the last six races. Wood Brothers Racing — Good news: Josh Berry's victory this season came on a 1.5-mile track (Las Vegas). … He led 41 laps last weekend at Texas, also 1.5-mile track. Bad news: Berry finished 32nd at Texas due to damage suffered in a crash. … Berry has finished 26th or worse in four of the last five races.
