Updated: 10:56 PM The Lincoln Renegades are returning to the capital city following a four-year absence.

Posted: 8:02 PM ESPN has notified about 100 employees that they will be losing their jobs.

Posted: 7:59 PM ESPN college football analyst Lee Corso is recovering from a minor stroke but plans to be back for the start of the season this fall.

Posted: 7:56 PM The Chicago Cubs have placed infielder Ryan Freel on the 15-day disabled list with a left hamstring strain.

Posted: 7:54 PM Defending champion Arizona State picked up right where it left off at the Women's College World Series, pouncing on Missouri with six early runs and coasting to a 7-3 victory Thursday.

Posted: 7:50 PM Chicago Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano has been suspended for six games for his tirade this week during a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Updated: 7:47 PM Freshman Niki Williams hit her first home run in three months, and national player of the year Danielle Lawrie threw a six-hitter as third-seeded Washington beat Georgia 3-1 Thursday in the opening game of the Women's College World Series.

Posted: 1:03 PM Omaha native Andy Roddick is in the third round of the French Open for the first time since 2001.

Posted: 9:11 PM Lincoln Saltdogs slugger Juan Richardson will miss the remainder of the season with a fractured ankle.

Updated: 6:59 PM The Lincoln Saltdogs end their homestand with a 2-1 loss in front of 2,000 Lincoln Public Schools fifth-graders.

Posted: 4:12 PM The Kansas City Royals are 4 games back in the AL Central after losing to the Tigers 8-3 Wednesday afternoon.

Posted: 3:38 PM The individual ballots for the USA Today college football coaches' poll will be kept confidential beginning in 2010.

Posted: 3:34 PM Former Husker Correll Buckhalter denies being a customer of a Pennsylvania marijuana dealer.

Posted: 12:00 PM Former Texas A&M head football coach Dennis Franchione will return to the Big 12 this fall as an analyst for Bustersports.com.

Posted: 11:54 AM Nebraska pitcher Molly Hill is the program's sixth multi-time Academic All-American.

Posted: 11:50 AM Kansas City Royals manager Trey Hillman has been suspended for one game for arguing with an umpire.

Posted: 11:07 PM Lincoln wins 7-6 over Sioux City on a walkoff home run in the 9th inning.

Posted: 10:06 PM Zack Greinke struck out eight while pitching his fifth complete game and Mitch Maier drove in three runs after coming off the bench, leading the Kansas City Royals past the Detroit Tigers 6-1 Tuesday night.

Posted: 7:54 PM Police say the 4-year-old daughter of boxer Mike Tyson has died a day after her neck accidentally was caught in a treadmill cord while she was playing at home.

Posted: 7:51 PM North Carolina voters aren't likely to get a chance to send former Nebraska Cornhusker Mike Minter to Congress as he has decided not to run for political office.

Posted: 7:47 PM Former Nebraska baseball coaches Dave Van Horn (Arkansas) and Rob Childress (Texas A&M) are in the NCAA Baseball Tournament.

Updated: 7:32 PM Lincoln Saltdogs third baseman Steve Alexander is leading the team in batting average and slugging percentage.

Posted: 3:17 PM Joba Chamberlain will make his regularly scheduled start after suffering a bruised knee in his last outing.

Updated: 11:49 PM The Lincoln Saltdogs are (1-2) at home.

Posted: 7:26 PM Former Lincoln Saltdog Chris Jakubauskas is (3-5) this season.