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July 9, 2026

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Phish makes a new mythology in Madison

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The Cap Times

Every Phish show generates its own mythology. In Madison that mythology dates back to 1998, when the band’s last appearance at the Kohl Center was nearly upstaged by an onstage streaker.
This week, some 28 years later, the Vermont-based jam band icons returned to Madison and the Kohl Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to open their summer tour. They delivered another performance fans are likely to be talking about for years — an expansive, 18-song marathon spanning two sets and an encore over more than three hours.

Athletics

Wisconsin, Under Armour unveil special uniforms for Notre Dame tilt

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Wisconsin State Journal

The long-awaited finale of the University of Wisconsin football team’s series against Notre Dame will feature special uniforms.

Wisconsin will wear a red jersey and pants combination that is darker than its usual cardinal, with larger, silver, drop-shadowed numbers on the front and back, when it takes on the Irish at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 6 at Lambeau Field. The Badgers also will wear a red helmet with a silver motion W decal. Under Armour, the apparel sponsor for both Wisconsin and Notre Dame, also crafted a uniform for the Fighting Irish. The game will be televised on NBC.

Wisconsin tried to limit vacation payouts. Chris McIntosh took more than $100K anyways

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Wisconsin State Journal

When Chris McIntosh was athletic director, the University of Wisconsin started limiting the vacation payouts it owes coaches who elect to depart the school before the end of their contract.

Language to that end started appearing in contracts with newly hired coaches in 2025, a BadgerExtra analysis showed.

Wisconsin also asked coaches already on staff to amend their contracts to insert a sentence taking away pay for banked vacation time if the coach ended the agreement. Some signed the clause into their contracts in amendments with routine extensions given in 2025; some didn’t.

Business/Technology

UW alum develops app to fight screen addiction

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The Daily Cardinal

Over the course of a day, Americans spend six hours and 40 minutes on average looking at a screen, with the average person spending two hours and 40 minutes on social media alone.

“It starts with a message from your friend or checking your email, and then you slide into TikTok, and it’s like 30 minutes gone out of your day, eventually, without even realizing,” Prafull Sharma, a 2023 University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate and co-founder of Spool, told The Daily Cardinal. “I built [Spool] as a way to fight back against that and reclaim my focus.”