Much like any other sport in Nebraska, when someone says “Nebraska Baseball” the top of mind would be the baseball team of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Of course, although that team had distinguished itself by turning up some exceptional players and generating some impressive collegiate records, there are other Nebraska Baseball teams, programs [...]
When somebody says “Nebraska Football” the state of mind immediately turns toward thoughts of the Cornhuskers, which would be one of the most powerful college football teams in the history of non-professional American football. It’s quite possible that Nebraska football is one of the most major pastimes that the Nebraskans engage in when it’s [...]
The Nebraska Cornhuskers is essentially a nickname that the Nebraskans embraced as part of who they are. Called “Cornhuskers” because of their affinity with farming, the Nebraskans now use this term colloquially to refer to the youthful things that bring their great state pride – specifically, their college sports stars and athletes. Today, [...]
Lincoln, Nebraska has been the capital of the American state of Nebraska since the first of March 1967, and is one of the most important cities in Nebraska. Apart from being the capital of the state, it is also the county seat of Nebraska’s Lancaster County and the site where the University of [...]
Omaha, Nebraska used to be Nebraska’s capital before it got replaced by Lincoln (which was, at the time called “Lancaster”) back in the late 1860’s. Nevertheless, Omaha, Nebraska is the biggest city anyone can find in the Cornhuskers’ State with a size of about three hundred and nine square kilometers. While it [...]
There are two public university systems in Nebraska, and one of them is the University of Nebraska. As a university system, the University of Nebraska is known to be the base of four of the state’s more major universities and one of that same state’s technical colleges. The universities under this system [...]
Nebraska is one of America’s fifty states, and is located somewhere in the central part of North America. Its name, “Nebraska”, is derived from a native American word meaning flat water – a reference to the fact that the place is home to the Platte River (which is just that, a flat body [...]