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  • Plains to Mountains: Ex-Husker, 2-time Olympic medalist pushing for USA bobsledding glory in Italy

    Greg Echlin, Flatwater Free Press|Feb 11, 2026

    Shelby native Curt Tomasevicz fulfilled his dream of playing football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, where he was a scrappy special teamer. But since then, his life and career have taken a circuitous route - a twisting, turning path kind of like a bobsled course. Tomasevicz, who grew up in a 700-person town hundreds of miles from the nearest mountain, is now on the USA Bobsledding leadership team as director of sport performance. And he's currently at the Winter Olympics in Italy. The...

  • Rare disease cost a Nebraska woman her leg. Now she's competing for a national golf championship.

    Greg Echlin, Flatwater Free Press|Jul 9, 2025

    This will be Mandi Sedlak's fourth time competing in the U.S. Adaptive Open, one of the sport's major championships for physically and mentally impaired adults. In Mandi Sedlak's world, everything seems to fit. Even in her worst moments. It's true of her golf game, her husband, her career and the prosthetic leg connecting these threads. The Kearney native will be relying on the list's last item when she competes in the U.S. Adaptive Open at Woodmont Country Club in Maryland July 7-9. It will be...

  • MLB All-Star and Omaha native Alec Bohm winning over fans with performance on, off the field

    Greg Echlin, Flatwater Free Press|Oct 9, 2024

    The Kansas City Royals game played through the car radio as Jeff Hovden drove south on a Friday night. Jeff and his son Jack had tickets for the next day. During the drive, the broadcast team noted the strong Omaha contingent in attendance, many sporting jerseys with the name "Bohm" across the back. The next day the Hovdens experienced it in person. "It was pretty impressive," said Hovden, a Phillies fan and car wash soap salesman from Vermillion, South Dakota. The "Bohm" on the many jerseys...