Julie Slama

Life update: Andrew and I are thrilled to launch La Grone Slama, a Nebraska-based law firm focused on Government Affairs & Estate Planning. Reach out to our family-owned firm to navigate Nebraska’s government and plan for your family's future! lagroneslama.com

Incredible take from Charles Barkley on Tom Izzo: "The media, who don't know anything about sports, say 'Why is he yelling his players?' That's called coaching... if parents & friends get mad because you're getting yelled at, get better parents & better friends."

Husker fans have not only over taken Oklahoma City’s hotels, bars and restaurants, they also just overtook St. Joseph’s Old Cathedral for 4 pm mass. The priest couldn’t believe how much red was there. The church sat 700 people and was 85 percent Husker fans.

Nebraska fans directly helping fund Oklahoma’s football transfer portal budget for 2027 in one weekend

These texts would hit so hard if I was an 80-year-old with dementia. Political spam is some of the most annoying spam- right below “We’re calling about your car’s extended warranty.”

Perfection.

Some see leadership as primarily being performative. They focus on charisma and acting tough. In reality, leadership starts with having a moral compass and character. These two build trust. I’d rather stand with what is right than what is popular. Truth wins in the end.

GOOD NEWS: The Morrill Fire, Nebraska's largest wildfire in state history, is now at 98% containment. The Cottonwood and Road 203 Fires are now up to 80% containment as of Thursday evening - a week after the fires started (March 19, 2026). #nebraskawildfires

The final call of Nebraska’s first-ever tourney win from Kent Pavelka — who’s been calling games for over 40 years 👏🥺 x.com/HuskerVidz25/s…

Watch and dream 📻🏀🎤💤 x.com/HuskerVidz25/s…

The year is 2026, -Nebraska (basketball) won an NCAA Tournament game -Indiana (basketball) missed the NCAA Tournament for the 3rd straight year -Nebraska (football) hasn't beat an AP Top 25 team in a decade -Indiana (football) went 16-0

THE CURSE IS BROKEN! PIGS ARE FLYING AND IT’S SNOWING IN HELL! FEAR THE DAMN CORN! 🌽☠️🌽

From Lincoln to Scottsbluff, we've got you covered. Due to NCAA restrictions, tomorrow's game will not be streamed and only available on your favorite @HuskersRadio affiliate station. Pregame coverage with @KentPavelka and @Coach_JSmith14 begins at 10:30am CT. 📻🏀

The internet has delighted in calling Nebraska basketball pretenders and phonies all season. Joke’s on them. There’s nothing they can say to hurt us more than the decades of pain leading up to this glorious season. Troll away- we’re just happy to be here and enjoying the ride.

1% of his net worth could completely change Nebraska athletics btw

@madelineefry Yep! Three under three and my house is already swamped with toys. We always ask parents not to bring gifts on the party invites. Sometimes they listen, sometimes they don’t. Fwiw: I’m now watching my toddler happily ignore his outdoor toys to play with a stick in the yard. 🤷‍♀️

Are you a parent of young kids? Did you ask people not to bring gifts to their birthday parties? I want to hear from you!

19 years ago, a high school basketball coach put his team manager into a game for the final four minutes. The kid had never played a single minute of competitive basketball in his life. He scored 20 points. Jason McElwain was diagnosed with severe autism at age two. He didn’t speak until he was five. He couldn’t chew solid food until he was six. He wore a nappy for most of his early childhood. As a baby, he was rigid, wouldn’t make eye contact, and hid in corners away from other children. He tried out for his school basketball team every year and got cut every time. Too small. Too slight. Barely 5’6 and about 54 kilograms. But he loved the game so much that his mum called the school and asked if there was any way he could be involved. The coach created a team manager role for him. For three years, McElwain showed up to every practice and every game. He wore a shirt and tie on match days. He ran drills, handed out water, kept stats, and cheered every basket like he’d scored it himself. On 15 February 2006, the last home game of his final school year, the coach let him suit up in a proper jersey and sit on the bench. With four minutes left and a comfortable lead, the coach sent him in. His first shot missed. His second missed. Then something shifted. He hit a three-pointer. Then another. Then another. His teammates stopped shooting entirely and just kept passing him the ball. He hit six three-pointers and a two-pointer. 20 points in four minutes. The highest scorer in the game. When the final buzzer went, the entire crowd rushed the court and lifted him onto their shoulders. His mum tapped the coach on the shoulder, in tears. “This is the nicest gift you could have ever given my son.” McElwain won the ESPY Award for Best Moment in Sports that year, beating out some of the biggest names in professional sport. He’s 36 now. He works at a local supermarket, coaches basketball, has run 17 marathons including five Boston Marathons, and travels the country speaking about never giving up. When asked about that night, his coach still gets emotional. “For him to come in and seize the moment like he did was certainly more than I ever expected. I was an emotional wreck.”

It’s easy to shrug this off if you’re unfamiliar with Western NE, but the area burned is the size of Rhode Island. The fire destroyed grasses anchoring the Sandhills and the only food for thousands of cattle. Nightmare scenario for the Great Plains. Dust Bowl-level destruction.

Just so people understand what happened here: These women claimed asylum because they were likely to be tortured and killed for a gesture standing up to the regime. The regime then started kidnapping their families instead to force them to come home and face likely execution.

Life comes at you pretty fast sometimes

Iran has reportedly kidnapped the families of the Iranian women’s soccer team members who requested asylum & the women are now abandoning those claims and returning to the country to face torture or death. No prominent left wing American women’s soccer players have said a word.