Terence Crawford will return to the ring September 12 in Las Vegas for a long-awaited super-fight against undisputed super middleweight boxing champion Canelo Alvarez. The Omaha native is one of three male boxers in history – and the first – to become the undisputed champion at more than one weight class. He will attempt to do it a third time at Allegiant Stadium this fall. Crawford (40-0, 29 KOs) and Alvarez (62-2-2, 38 KOs) are widely regarded as two of the best pound-for-pound boxers in the sport and could cement their legacies among boxing’s all-time greats with a win.
The Omaha Supernovas captured the PVF regular-season title and league’s No.1 seed in the upcoming playoffs with Sunday’s win over the Atlanta Vibe. Omaha snapped Atlanta’s league-record 13-match winning streak. The Supernovas finish the season with the most wins (21) and sweeps (10) in a season in PVF history. They begin their title defense with No. 4 seed Indy Ignite at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the semifinals. All games will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network and KCRO 660 AM in Omaha.
Omaha Women’s Basketball announced Sunday that Jamie Carey will be its next head coach effective immediately. Carey played four years in the WNBA and brings 10 years of Division-I coaching experience to the Mavericks. She most recently was an associate head coach at UTSA, reaching the postseason in 2024 and 2025.
The NCAA Academic Progress Rate data was released on Tuesday. The APR is a metric of academic performance for Division I student-athletes. It awards programs points for each athlete remaining eligible and returning to school or graduating. Nine Creighton and 11 Omaha programs were recognized by the NCAA Tuesday for having perfect multi-year APR scores. For Creighton: men’s cross country, men’s golf, men’s soccer, men’s tennis, men’s track, women’s basketball, women’s cross country, women’s tennis and women’s track. For Omaha: men’s golf, men’s soccer, men’s swimming and diving, men’s tennis, baseball, hockey, women’s golf, women’s soccer, women’s tennis, softball and volleyball.
Four Creighton Softball players earned All-Big East honors this season. Sydney Potter and Sydra Seville were named to the first team. Kaelan Schultz and Lily West made the second team. Bluejay shortstop Ashten Pierson was named the Co-Big East Defensive Player of the Year for the second year in a row, becoming the second player in league history to win the award more than once.
Grant Feldman of Creighton men’s golf was named second team All-Big East for the second straight year. He becomes the third player in program history to be honored more than once by the conference, joining former Bluejays Nate Vontz and Charlie Zielinski.
Creighton Baseball staved off a long-winded comeback from Nebraska Tuesday night to win 8-7, securing its sixth straight series win in the rivalry. Creighton got out to a 6-0 lead in the fourth inning, then let four Nebraska runs across before scoring another run. The two runs the Jays scored in the top of the ninth proved to be crucial, with Nebraska scoring three runs in the bottom of the frame to come up just short of the comeback. Coach Ed Servais went 13-3 over his last 16 games against Nebraska and got the last laugh on his ride into the sunset.
Supernovas teammates Brooke Nuneviller and Natalia Valentín-Anderson were named to the PVF’s 2025 All-League teams Tuesday. Nuneviller captured first team honors for the second consecutive year, finishing top five in the league in kills (381), kills per set (3.77) and total points (413). Valentín-Anderson earned second team honors for the first time in her career, leading all PVF setters at 3.11 digs per set.
Brooke Nuneviller padded her rapidly filling trophy case even more Wednesday, being named PVF Outside Hitter of the Year. The former Oregon Duck continued to ascend this season, improving her averages in kills, digs, hitting percentage, assists, blocks and points. She joins Betty De La Cruz, who was the 2024 Server of the Year, as the only other Supernova to win a PVF individual award.
Four Creighton Basketball players earned Division I-AAA Scholar-Athlete Honors this week. Ryan Kalkbrenner, Steven Ashworth, Lauren Jensen and Morgan Maly were recognized for their performances on the court and in the classroom with the annual award. Kalkbrenner was named the men’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year, joining previous winners Anthony Tolliver and Michael Lindeman. Maly was named the women’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year and earned the $5,000 post-graduate scholarship.
Creighton softball’s Sydney Potter broke Creighton softball’s single-season RBI record, knocking in her 59th of the season in Wednesday’s Big East Tournament opener. That RBI was Potter’s sixth career Big East Tournament RBI and moved her into a tie with Alyssa Gappa for the most in program history.
Union Omaha has been active this past week, playing Forward Madison to a draw on Saturday and then falling to St. Louis in the U.S. Open Cup Wednesday night. The U.S. Open Cup is an Interleague knockout tournament is comprised of 96 teams, with 64 coming from all three levels of the U.S. soccer league system and 32 amateur teams. The round of 32 featured 16 MLS teams vs. the 16 winners of round three, one of which was Omaha. The Owls are now eliminated. Omaha will host its first home match of the season against expansion club Portland Hearts of Pine at 7 p.m. on Saturday at Werner Park. Saturday is the club’s “Championship Celebration” of last year’s USL League One title.
Omaha softball played its first game of the Summit League tournament today, taking down No. 4 North Dakota 4-2 behind a complete game from star pitcher Maddia Groff. Omaha will play the winner of today’s game between South Dakota and South Dakota State on Friday at 1 p.m. for the opportunity to advance to the Summit League tournament championship.
Creighton softball took down Butler 6-3 Wednesday to advance to the second round of the Big East softball championship. Thursday, they drew No. 1 seed St. John’s and looked for an upset. After falling behind early 3-0, the Bluejays scored five unanswered runs, including three in the top of the sixth, to complete the upset 5-3. Creighton will play the winner of today’s game between UConn and Providence on Friday at 12 p.m.
The Omaha Storm Chasers look to dig themselves out of a hole against the Louisville Bats this evening after falling behind in this week’s away series, 0-2. First pitch tonight is at 5:35 p.m. All games can be streamed on MLB.TV and are broadcast locally on KOIL 1290 AM.
Omaha Baseball will begin a home series against South Dakota State on Friday at 6 p.m. The Mavericks have an opportunity this weekend to climb the Summit League leaderboard and tune up for the season series finale against Creighton next Tuesday. That game will be played at Tal Anderson Field at 6 p.m.
The first-ever Aksarben Crit is coming to Aksarben Village Saturday, May 17. For the layperson, a “crit,” or “criterium,” is a bicycle race of a specified number of laps on a closed course over public roads closed to normal traffic. The event will begin near Baxter Arena at 3 p.m. with the Men’s Open. Then, a new race will start for different divisions at the top of each hour before the final event of the night at 8:15 p.m. for the Men’s Professional. Admission is free.
Fun Fact: Sunday’s Stanley Cup Playoffs Game 7 between St. Louis and Winnipeg advanced to double overtime and was the third-longest game 7 in NHL history. The winning goal came on an Adam Lowry redirect of Neal Pionk’s shot on goal. Pionk, an Omaha native, was not credited with the goal, but got the winning assist in one of the most epic comebacks in Stanley Cup Playoffs history.
Upcoming Games
• Omaha Storm Chasers at Louisville Bats | May 6 – May 11 | 5:35 p.m. Tonight
• Creighton Baseball vs. Xavier | May 9 – May 11 | 6:00 p.m. Friday
• Omaha Baseball vs. South Dakota State | May 9 – May 11 | 6:00 p.m. Friday
• Omaha Supernovas vs. Indy Ignite | Friday, May 9 | 7 p.m.
• Creighton Softball – Opponent TBD | Friday, May 10 | 12 p.m.
• Omaha Softball – Opponent TBD | Friday, May 10 | 1 p.m.
• Omaha Beef at Sioux City Bandits | Friday, May 10 | 7:10 p.m.
• Union Omaha vs. Portland | Saturday, May 10 | 7 p.m.
• Creighton Softball – Opponent TBD | Friday, May 10 | 12 p.m.
• Omaha Softball – Opponent TBD | Friday, May 10 | 1 p.m.
