My friend gave me his nano with a cracked screen, anything I can really do?

It works perfectly, except the for the whole cracked screen, I was just wondering if there was any support I could get besides sending it to one of those 3rd party repair sites.

If I had a Nano with a broken screen, I'd look for someone selling a DOA Nano on eBay, buy it (if reasonable), and perform brain surgery on my Nano, using the screen from the dead Nano.
If you're not up to this type of stuff, try to find an iPod hacker who might do it for you. Sites exist on the net that go into the details of iPod disassembly.
Alternately, sell your broken Nano on eBay and put the proceeds towards a new iPod.
HTH !

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