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No. 12 Michigan, Nebraska square off looking to bounce back from losses
Michigan Head Coach Dusty May talks with coaches during the Indiana versus Michigan men’s basketball game at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. Two teams looking to rebound from defeats will collide Monday night when No. 12 Michigan visits Nebraska for a Big Ten contest in Lincoln, Neb.
The Wolverines are recovering from a tough home loss (75-62) Friday night to rival Michigan State in what was a battle for first place in the conference.
The Wolverines (20-6, 12-3) are still squarely in the race for a league title, but instead of being in firm control with a win over Michigan State, they are a half-game behind the Spartans entering their final five games of the regular season.
Michigan will start with a game at Nebraska; the Wolverines are 6-2 on the road this season.
“This group has proved all year that we respond and unify when things don’t go well,” said coach Dusty May, who agreed to a multi-year contract extension with Michigan before the Michigan State game tipped off. “There’s no reason to expect anything different.”
Michigan has relied all season on arguably the best frontcourt tandem in the country in 7-footers Danny Wolf — who is averaging 12.8 points and 9.9 rebounds per game — and Vladislav Goldin (15.9 ppg, 6.1 rpg).
Even though the Wolverines won six games in a row before the loss to Michigan State, one big concern recently has been their perimeter shooting.
In its last six games, Michigan is shooting 30 percent (40 of 133) from 3-point range, which has made it easier for opponents to clamp down on Wolf and Goldin in the lane.
“We really haven’t shot it well in probably three or four weeks,” May said.
Michigan hopes to break out of its shooting funk against a Nebraska team coming off a lopsided loss (89-72) at one of the league’s worst team, Penn State, on Wednesday.
The Cornhuskers (17-10, 7-9) are still in the hunt for an NCAA Tournament berth, and playing Michigan will present another opportunity to get a Quad 1 win to pad their resume.
Helping the cause will that Nebraska will be at home, where it is 10-3 this year. But the Cornhuskers first want to get the taste of the loss to Penn State out of their mouths.
“We’re playing for something right now,” Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg said. “We still have our goals in front of us. We can reverse this. We still have an opportunity to achieve what we set out to. But we’ve got to fix it in a hurry. We’ve got some soul-searching to do.”
Nebraska features one of the top scorers in the conference in Brice Williams, who is averaging 19.4 points per game. Juwan Gary (13.3 ppg) and Connor Essegian (10.8 ppg) also are averaging double figures.
Nebraska has won the last two meetings against Michigan, although the Wolverines have dominated the rivalry since Nebraska joined the Big Ten in 2011, owning a 16-3 record against the Cornhuskers.
–Field Level Media
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Robert Kraft: Patriots offered CB Christian Gonzalez record-setting deal
Jun 9, 2026; Foxborough, MA, USA; New England Patriots cornerback Christian Gonzalez (0) takes questions from the media at minicamp at Gillette Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Eric Canha-Imagn Images New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft said the team offered Christian Gonzalez a contract extension that would make him the highest-paid cornerback in the NFL.
Kraft did not reveal the specific terms of the deal on Saturday, the first day of training camp.
“We love Christian Gonzalez,” Kraft said during the team’s Pawtriots pet adoption event, per the Boston Herald. “We love him as a player, as a person. That’s why we’ve made an offer to him that makes him the highest-paid player ever to play that position in the NFL, and coincidentally, it’s the highest contract in the Patriots franchise history.
“So we’re glad we drafted him and we developed here, and we hope he’ll be with us for a long time.”
Gonzalez is eligible for a contract extension for the first time after being selected by the Patriots with the 17th overall pick of the 2023 NFL Draft.
The Los Angeles Rams’ Trent McDuffie is currently the NFL’s highest-paid cornerback, pocketing $31 million per season on his four-year, $131 million contract that he signed this offseason.
Gonzalez, 24, made the Pro Bowl last season after posting 69 tackles and 10 passes defensed in 14 starts. He has three interceptions, 24 passes defensed, one fumble recovery, one sack and 145 tackles in 34 career games (all starts).
–Field Level Media
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49ers' Kyle Shanahan to be limited in camp after serious car crash
San Francisco head coach Kyle Shanahan talks to the media during the NFL League Meetings on March 30, 2026, at Arizona Biltmore Resort in Phoenix. San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan broke his nose, three ribs and his hand, needed over 40 stitches to his face and sustained a severe concussion after he was involved in a car accident last week, ESPN reported Saturday.
Per the network, the accident occurred on July 14 after Shanahan collided with an SUV near his northern California home.
The other driver was not injured, per Palo Alto lieutenant Nicholas Martinez. Martinez added that drugs and alcohol were not involved.
The 49ers said Shanahan will participate in team activities on a limited basis at the start of training camp, with ESPN reporting doctors will not clear Shanahan for all activities until concussion symptoms clear.
The team said assistant head coach Chris Foerster along with team coordinators will handle the head-coaching responsibilities during this time.
49ers general manager John Lynch is scheduled to hold a news conference at 4 p.m. ET on Saturday.
The Niners are scheduled to hold their first practice of training camp Sunday morning and are set to open the season on Sept. 10 against the Los Angeles Rams in Melbourne, Australia.
Shanahan, 46, will begin his 10th season as head coach in San Francisco. He owns an 82-67 record in the regular season. He has a 9-5 postseason record, guiding the 49ers to a pair of Super Bowl appearances — losing to the Kansas City Chiefs both times (2020, 2024).
–Field Level Media
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Jenny Shin inches closer to first LPGA Tour win in 10 years
Jun 19, 2025; Frisco, Texas, USA; Jenny Shin plays her shot from the 18th tee during the first round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Mandatory Credit: Raymond Carlin III-Imagn Images Jenny Shin carded a 1-under-par 71 on Saturday to maintain her five-stroke lead heading into the final round of the Women’s Scottish Open in North Ayrshire.
Shin recorded two birdies and a bogey at Dundonald Links on Saturday to ascend to 12-under 204 for the tournament.
The 33-year-old South Korean is bidding for her first LPGA Tour win since capturing the now-defunct Volunteers of America Texas Shootout 10 years ago. The last LPGA Tour player to go 10 or more years between official victories was Vicki Fergon, who went 12 years and three months between wins at the 1984 S&H Golf Classic and the 1996 Michelob Light Heartland Classic.
“I’ve never been in this position (a five-shot lead), so I don’t know how to feel (on Sunday),” Shin said. “I’m going to go and practice for a little bit and get a good feel for tomorrow so I’m not such a mess in the morning.”
Shin made a birdie on the sixth hole and answered a bogey on the 10th hole by making another birdie on No. 11.
“That was a very tough round. I was quite nervous for the first five holes, so I’m really glad that I was able to finish the day in red numbers,” she said. “It was a pretty boring and nerve-wracking day at the same time.”
“That was a bit of a hiccup on No. 10. I changed my setup this week because of all the wind and out of habit, I lined up the putt and went back to my old setup. I shut the face. I knew what I was doing, so I was able to get back pretty easily.”
Shin holds a five-stroke lead over Thailand’s Pajaree Anannarukarn, who had three birdies during her bogey-free round of 69.
“I would say almost everything went well,” Anannarukarn said. “I was driving the ball well and hitting it good out there. The putter was very hot today, so that was the key. It was a challenging day, and also, at the same time, I had good fun battling with the wind. It was a great day out there.”
Japan’s Erika Hara (71 on Saturday) and Germany’s Esther Henseleit (73) sit at 5 under for the tournament.
Despite her troubles, Henseleit said she wasn’t going to press as she attempts to record her first win since joining the LPGA Tour in 2020.
“It’s really hard to press on this golf course, to be honest. Just no matter like if you want to take birdie or par, you kind of have to hit the same shots because they are the only possible shots,” Henseleit said.
“So I don’t think my game plan really changed, and yeah, I’m just trying to do my thing out there and hopefully tomorrow I can hit a few close and make some putts.”
–Field Level Media
Robert Kraft: Patriots offered CB Christian Gonzalez record-setting deal
49ers' Kyle Shanahan to be limited in camp after serious car crash
