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UNP at SABR53

June 24, 2025June 23, 2025 univnebpress

The annual convention of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) begins tomorrow in Texas and will last through the weekend. Open to all baseball fans, the meeting includes featured speakers from around the baseball world, innovative panel discussions, groundbreaking research presentations, … Continue reading UNP at SABR53

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UNP at SABR’s 52nd Annual Convention

August 7, 2024August 6, 2024 univnebpress

The annual convention of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) begins today in Minneapolis and will last through the weekend. Open to all baseball fans, the meeting includes featured speakers from around the baseball world, innovative panel discussions, groundbreaking research presentations, … Continue reading UNP at SABR’s 52nd Annual Convention

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UNP at SABR’s 51st Annual Convention

July 6, 2023July 5, 2023 univnebpress

The annual convention of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) began yesterday in Chicago and will last through the weekend. Open to all baseball fans, the meeting includes top featured speakers from around the baseball world—front office executives, players, managers, … Continue reading UNP at SABR’s 51st Annual Convention

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From the Desk of Ron Rapoport: Bobby Jones and the Masters

April 5, 2021April 5, 2021 univnebpress

Ron Rapoport was a sports columnist and also served as the sports commentator for NPR’s Weekend Edition for two decades. He is the author of Let’s Play Two: The Legend of Mr. Cub, the Life of Ernie Banks and editor of The Lost Journalism … Continue reading From the Desk of Ron Rapoport: Bobby Jones and the Masters

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Will Geoghegan at Home: On Writing, Baseball, and Nostalgia

April 23, 2020April 23, 2020 univnebpress

Will Geoghegan is an award-winning sportswriter in Rhode Island who covers the Newport Gulls and Ocean State Waves of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. Since 2007 he has written about the Cape League at rightfieldfog.com. Why is Summer Baseball … Continue reading Will Geoghegan at Home: On Writing, Baseball, and Nostalgia

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Remembering Roger Kahn

February 10, 2020February 10, 2020 univnebpress

Roger Kahn passed away last Thursday in Mamaroneck, New York. He was 92. He has been called the dean of American sportswriters and was the author of the best-selling classic The Boys of Summer. He was also the author of eighteen nonfiction books … Continue reading Remembering Roger Kahn

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SABR49

June 26, 2019June 25, 2019 univnebpress

The annual convention of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) begins today in San Diego and will last through the weekend. Open to all baseball fans, the meeting includes top featured speakers from around the baseball world—front office executives, players, managers, … Continue reading SABR49

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News and Reviews

June 21, 2019June 20, 2019 univnebpress

Books No Place I Would Rather Be Roger Angell and a Life in Baseball Writing Joe Bonomo Praised in America Magazine: “Of the recent books I have read about baseball, Joe Bonomo’s book chronicling the career of Roger Angell, No … Continue reading News and Reviews

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Happy Book Birthday to Dream Like a Champion

September 13, 2018September 13, 2018 univnebpress

Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in tweets, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Dream Like a Champion: Wins, Losses, and Leadership the Nebraska Volleyball Way (Nebraska, 2017).  About the Book: Since becoming the Nebraska … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Dream Like a Champion

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New Books Give Husker Fans More from their Favorite Teams

September 11, 2018September 10, 2018 univnebpress

From fan confessions to championship reflections, two new editions highlight the ups and downs of being a Husker fan. Steve Smith immerses readers in the mad, mad world of Husker football fandom in Forever Red: More Confessions of a Husker … Continue reading New Books Give Husker Fans More from their Favorite Teams

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