After a few days to reflect, the pain is still there, but less for the loss, and more just knowing I’ll never put on a Husker jersey again. Thank you Husker fans for making this experience the past 5 years the greatest of my life. This place means everything to me. GBR for Life❤️
Sam Hoiberg dreamed of being part of a @HuskerMBB turnaround.
The walk-on-turned-starting PG never envisioned playing such a big role in it.
The Journey features the Hoibergs before Sam's senior day Sunday 👇
The #Huskers Sam Hoiberg is on pace to become the 5th college basketball player in the last 40 years to average 4.6+ assists per game, 2+ steals per game, and fewer than 1 turnover per game.
The last player to do so was Niagara's Jeremiah Johnson in 1999
Sport shouldn’t mean amnesia, and the Olympic movement should help stop wars, not play into the hands of aggressors. Unfortunately, the decision of the International Olympic Committee to disqualify Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych says otherwise. This is certainly not about the principles of Olympism, which are founded on fairness and the support of peace.
I thank our athlete for his clear stance. His helmet, bearing the portraits of fallen Ukrainian athletes, is about honour and remembrance. It is a reminder to the whole world of what Russian aggression is and the cost of fighting for independence. And in this, no rule has been broken.
It is Russia that constantly violates Olympic principles, using the period of the Olympic Games to wage war. In 2008, it was the war against Georgia; in 2014 – the occupation of Crimea; in 2022 – the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. And now, in 2026, despite repeated calls for a ceasefire during the Winter Olympics, Russia shows complete disregard, increasing missile and drone strikes on our energy infrastructure and our people.
660 Ukrainian athletes and coaches have been killed by Russia since the full-scale invasion began. Hundreds of our athletes will never again be able to take part in the Olympic Games or any other international competitions. And yet, 13 Russians are currently in Italy competing at the Olympics. They compete under “neutral” flags at the Games, while in real life publicly supporting Russian aggression against Ukraine and the occupation of our territories. And they are the ones who deserve disqualification.
We are proud of Vladyslav and of what he did. Having courage is worth more than any medal.