Contributor: The Nerd Welcome to track season, that magical time in Nebraska when a track meet could feature a 100-degree heat index or...

Contributor: The Nerd   My wife is one of the smartest people I know.  Despite this, she has a 30-year history of (a) throwing away...

Contributor: The Nerd team Updated through 2/23/25 We love data, and winter open meets often are good indicators of who will perform...

Contributor: The Nerd We don't want to pull a muscle by starting the track season too fast, so here's a short Nerdsletter for your...

Contributor: The Nerd Since our founding, the Nerd team has strongly encouraged high school athletes to extend their athletic careers...

Contributor: The Nerd Nebraska doesn't offer an indoor track season, but racing opportunities have dramatically increased the past few...

Contributor: The Nerd The season is over. You won. I'm no math genius but I'm guessing that, on average, the athletes who competed at...

Contributor: The Nerd Note: I wrote this article two days after the 2023 Nebraska State high school cross country meet. The effort and...

We caught up with Rich Barnett, the do-everything-guy at McCook's High Plains Radio, to discuss Friday's State meet. ...

Contributor: The Nerd The finish line It's become my tradition to review the District XC results each year and hope that the 16th-place...

Contributor: The Nerd Heaven and running One of the readings at church this weekend was Mark 10:17-30. A man tells Jesus that he is...

Contributor: The Nerd No room for fear or doubt The State meet is sixteen days away. You've got a handful of hard workouts remaining. ...

Contributor: The Nerd We're a bit off We love the UNK meet and how UNK coach Brady Bonsall and his race day team allowed over 1,800 kids...

Contributor: The Nerd Sports parents, play your role If you follow us on social media, by now you're tired of my shameless promotion for...

As parents, too often we focus on outcomes and forget the true value of sports. A performance coach shows us how to do it better.

Contributor: The Nerd Stay safe out there, kids Distance runners are known for their work ethic but that's not always a good thing. An...

Contributor: The Nerd We're a bit behind on photo editing so this week's Nerdsletter is going to be abbreviated. We apologize in...

Contributor: The Nerd The Platte River Rumble cross country meets are among the largest in the state and they're held at Mahoney State...

Contributor: The Nerd Welcome to the Nerd Life More than likely you're an old friend of the Nerd team and you know what we do. However,...

The Nerd fully admits that he doesn't have a radio voice or even a good podcast microphone (hit us up at jayslagle@hotmail.com if you...