Contributor: The Nerd My long-term goal is to publish a novel about a high school runner, but it's been difficult to find chunks of free...

Contributor: The Nerd Missing the nuance There have been a number of sports events over the last month that have made me scratch my...

Contributor: The Nerd We're a bit light on fresh content but we're including a summary of the news we've been tracking since our last...

Contributor: The Nerd We don't have a lot of new material this week - work is kicking my tail - so this is largely a compilation of the...

Contributor: The Nerd Burying your treasures I've been a runner for over 40 years but have had two periods of intense devotion to the...

Contributor: The Nerd We're still not in writing shape but we're using the indoor season to improve our fitness. Here's a quick hit of...

Contributor: Derek Fey, XC Head Coach, College of St. Mary Nerd note: We want to expand the content we provide to our followers, and...

Contributor: The Nerd We're technically in our dormant season as we recover from a hectic XC season, but we wanted to share a collection...

Contributor: The Nerd Technology moves quickly, but even the Internet isn’t fast enough to keep up with Sara Vaughn. Sara’s Wikipedia...

Contributor: The Nerd For those of you didn't watch/record the epic NCAA XC races on Saturday, they are now free on YouTube: Mens D1: ...

Contributor: The Nerd Nebraska doesn't offer an indoor track season, but racing opportunities have dramatically increased this year. If...

Contributor: The Nerd So this is it... If you're like me, your adrenaline levels are finally back to normal after Friday's thrilling...

Contributor: The Nerd Earlier this week we had a radio interview with Rich Barnett of High Plains Radio in McCook. To prepare for the...

Contributor: The Nerd Celebrate the journey My two sons played baseball for Memorial Little League through 8th grade. Like most other...

Contributor: The Nerd The best thing I saw this week As a writer I'm annoyed at myself when someone publishes an article that I wanted...

Contributor: The Nerd We have a joke in our family that since Nerd Junior was three or four years old, he has had an endless series of...

Contributor: The Nerd Failing forward We have a joke in our family that since Nerd Junior was three or four years old, he has had an...

Contributor: The Nerd Rankings We'll just lead off with this because there's bound to be some confusion. The rankings we posted on...

Contributor: The Nerd California dreamin’ With apologies to those of you who read our Saturday morning social media posts, here’s a...

Our specialty is written word and photography, but every two or three weeks we catch up with Rich Barnett from High Plains Radio in...