Category: Athletics

Wisconsin football’s matchup against Notre Dame, originally scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026, will now be played on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026, the two programs announced Wednesday

Chris McIntosh, UW-Madison’s athletics director, has called revenue-sharing with the students long overdue. But the settlement would mark another seismic shift in college sports, said Matt Banker, who runs MB Sports Consulting, is a senior adviser to CCHA Sports Law, and teaches an NIL workshop at Marquette University Law School. 

Jason Swarens recently uncorked a throw of 70 feet, 1.5 inches (21.37 meters) in a home meet at the McClimon Track Complex.

It’s the last Saturday of April, so that means it’s time for the Crazylegs Classic! One of Madison’s finest traditions raises money for UW athletics and 2025 marks the 43rd year of the 8K race through Madison.

The University of Wisconsin announced Camp Randall Stadium will be home to a golf event Aug. 1 and 2. Tee times will be available from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

The university has teamed with Upper Deck Golf to offer the opportunity to play a round of golf in the Badgers’ football stadium. Greens will be set up on the field turf and golfers will tee off from elevated tee boxes around the stadium.

Fans purchased more than $1.24 million of beer and other alcoholic drinks at Badgers basketball and hockey home games this school year. That was an average of $17,576 over 71 events.

The University of Wisconsin athletic board approved a contract extension for five of its winter sports coaches Wednesday. All the approvals were expected.

The 21-year-old first made headlines when she became the first Black woman to play for the U.S. senior women’s national team in November 2023. At worlds in Utica, N.Y., last year, she scored a tournament-leading six goals in seven games. This season, as a junior at the top-ranked University of Wisconsin, Edwards led the NCAA in scoring and was a top-three finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award, given to the best women’s hockey player in college hockey.

There’s never been a better time to be a Wisconsin women’s hockey fan. Both the UW-River Falls Falcons and the UW-Madison Badgers took home national titles in their respective divisions. We talk with the teams’ coaches about the stories behind their success.

Robin Pingeton held an introductory press conference as the new head coach of the Wisconsin women’s basketball team On April 1st, stressing the importance of recruiting and retaining talent for the team.

The University of Wisconsin was on the hook for more than $1.5 million of salary due to former football offensive coordinator Phil Longo when he came off the active books in January.

Wisconsin Director of Athletics Chris McIntosh officially introduced Robin Pingeton as the next Wisconsin women’s basketball coach on Tuesday afternoon.

Robin Pingeton might be the new coach on the block at Wisconsin, but we learned Tuesday that she has been familiar with the Badgers for quite some time.

In addition to being friends with former UW coaches Jane Albright and Lisa Stone, Pingeton played high school ball with Robin Threatt, a former Badgers standout who lettered from 1988-93.

Long before John Tonje’s baseline jumper fell short against BYU, his final shot as a collegian, University of Wisconsin coach Greg Gard was taking questions on the future.

College basketball’s future.

Jim Snider, like a lot of people around the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team, anticipated the Badgers to begin their NCAA Tournament journey Friday night in Milwaukee.

But Wisconsin’s strength and conditioning coach has learned a lot from the past, searching for greater efficiencies in his program at the start of every campaign.

No one has more national women’s hockey coach of the year awards than Mark Johnson, but the University of Wisconsin coach’s most recent recognition was 14 years ago.

That drought ended Thursday when Johnson was named the Division I Women’s Coach of the Year for the fifth time. No one else has won it more than three times.

By the time Friday’s semifinal is decided and one team has a spot in the championship game against either Ohio State or Cornell, a frequent occurrence will be reality again. Wisconsin or Minnesota has ended the other’s season 12 times in the last 24 seasons.

Graduate guard John Tonje was named a second-team All-American by the Associated Press on Tuesday. It’s the first AP All-American selection for a Badgers’ player since Johnny Davis was named a consensus All-American in 2021-22.

The University of Wisconsin athletic department paid more than $125,000 for coaching bonuses in the fall 2024 season.

The fight for an indoor training space for the UW-Madison Track and Field program continues. During the chilly winter months, the team is having to commute outside of Madison for practice.

Treating college athletes as employees would put athletic departments in impractical situations, University of Wisconsin athletic director Chris McIntosh told members of Congress on Tuesday.

“I’m trying to envision our HR department posting 800 positions, posting a position for a wide receiver on our football team,” he said.

Most of the lights were off at LaBahn Arena. The stickers on the boards, affixed earlier in the week, labeled the game that never happened.

University of Wisconsin men’s basketball graduate guard John Tonje is officially one of the best players in the Big Ten.

The contract extension keeping WIAA state championship events at University of Wisconsin facilities through 2033 changed the rental fee structure and added a chance for the university to propose new costs halfway through the deal.

Wisconsin’s women’s basketball head coach Marisa Moseley has resigned from her position, according to UW Director of Athletics Chris McIntosh.

Wisconsin head women’s basketball coach, Marisa Moseley, resigned from her role. Moseley was at the helm for four seasons, compiling a 47-75 record, while going 21-51 in Big Ten play.

Badgers Women’s Head Basketball Coach Marisa Moseley has resigned from her position with the university, 15 Sports has confirmed.

Moseley completed her fourth season with the Wisconsin women’s basketball program. The team lost in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament to Iowa on Wednesday night. Moseley compiled a 47-75 record with the Badgers and 21-51 in Big Ten play.

The Wisconsin Badgers women’s basketball team will have a new head coach next season. Marisa Moseley, who led the program since 2021, resigned just short of the completion of her fourth season. Associate head coach Margaret McKeon will serve as interim head coach.