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Greg Sharpe Was the Voice of the Huskers for an Entire Generation of Nebraska Fans
TJ Birkel
February 15, 2025
This one hurts, Common Fans. It was announced Saturday morning that Greg Sharpe, the voice of Nebraska football and baseball since 2008, had passed away on Friday.
Sharpe’s battle with pancreatic cancer was well known to Husker fans. When he learned of his prognosis roughly a year ago, his goal was simply to make it to August to call the first Nebraska football game. That tells you something about the severity of the diagnosis he received.
He accomplished his goal and much more. Throughout the football season and into this year, it has been heartwarming to see…