Tag: Nebraska

Fred ‘The Mayor’ Hoiberg had another tough season as the head basketball coach for Nebraska. (Image: Steven Branscombe/USA Today Sports)

The Mayor Stays at Nebraska, Fred Hoiberg Keeps Job But With Pay Cut

Despite three-straight losing seasons, the Nebraska Cornhuskers will retain Fred ‘The Mayor’ Hoiberg as their head basketball coach next season, but he will have to take a pay cut. Nebraska slipped to 7-20 on the season and 1-15 in the Big Ten this season after they lost to Northwestern. Out […]

Madison mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway is one of 12 mayors from Big Ten cities asking the conference to include community concerns when coming up with protocols to fight COVID-19 as football season gets underway this weekend. (Image: News3Now/YouTube)

Could Return of Big Ten Football Be a COVID-19 Superspreader?

As the Big Ten readies to kick off its truncated college football season this weekend, host city mayors are concerned that not enough precautions have been taken to protect communities already at “uncontrollable” levels of COVID-19 spread. In an open letter sent Monday to Big Ten conference officials, mayors for […]