As the vote nears on the Rec Sports Master Plan, which includes updates and renovations to the Southeast Recreational Facility, the Natatorium and the Near East and Near West Fields, the TAA called for UW Athletics to foot half the bill for any Rec Sports updates in a statement Friday.
Would you be OK with the University of Wisconsin football team playing an occasional home game on Friday night?
Mike Eaves reached a nice plateau over the weekend when the University of Wisconsin men?s hockey coach picked up his 250th career victory.
A path to Milwaukee has been cleared for the Badgers, though they?re understandably leery of any speed traps that could pop up along the way.
Melvin Gordon might have been the top running back in the NFL draft if he had not decided to remain in school.
The UW-Madison Athletics Department can afford to carry its own weight and kick in a bigger share of the cost of proposed multi-million dollar improvements to campus recreational sports facilities, the university?s Teaching Assistants? Association is arguing.
With the rise of social media, a public figure?s personal critics are never more than 140 characters away.Student-athletes are among those who feel the sting of ill-advised or critical social posts, which has raised the question as to whether universities should take steps to regulate the sites.
Camp Randall Stadium bucks the trend for young people a little. There were 13,213 seats allocated for students this past season. Eighty percent of those student tickets were used for six of the seven home games. … The only wart for the student section at the University of Wisconsin is tardiness.
Ron Dayne came from humble beginnings that helped him stay grounded ? even when he was running for more yards than anyone in college football history!
The student-athletes participated as a part of the Beyond the Game program. The program aims to improve student-athlete graduation rates, post-graduation prospects and activity involvement with classes, seminars and hands-on experiences, such as Science Saturday.
Joel Rumpel is such an easygoing, uncomplicated person it?s easy to see how the junior goaltender for the University of Wisconsin men?s hockey team could be somewhat misunderstood.
Is there a better feeling in the world than knowing you took a tremendous risk, made a dream come true and did so giving every ounce of your being?
It?s a brotherhood nearly 40 years in the making and Joe Pavelski is thrilled to be a part of its exclusive ranks. Since 1976, every U.S. men?s hockey team to take part in the Olympics has included at least one player from the University of Wisconsin. That streak of 11 consecutive Winter Games will come to life Thursday when Team USA ? which has six former UW players serving in some capacity ? will open the tournament against Slovakia (6:30 a.m., NBC Sports Network) in Sochi, Russia.
Mike Cerniglia has worn a badge as a Dane County sheriff?s deputy, worked for two of the most accomplished coaches at the University of Wisconsin and been a face of the Badgers on radio and television. Somewhere along that career path are lessons that should help him now. Cerniglia is six weeks into his role as executive director of the National W Club, a nonprofit that represents men and women who have won varsity letters competing in sports sponsored by UW Athletics.
The operating budget for the University of Wisconsin Athletic Department will drop to just under $100 million for 2014-15 under a proposal unveiled Tuesday.
It appears Gary Andersen still has a thing or two to learn about being the football coach at the University of Wisconsin.
University of Wisconsin football coach Gary Andersen interviewed recently for the Cleveland Browns head coaching job, a UW spokesman confirmed on Tuesday.
To many, it?s considered the ?Stanley Cup? of women?s ice hockey. One thing?s for sure, it?s an Olympic match-up many will be watching, especially in Madison.
In a statement, Wisconsin football coach Gary Andersen says the Cleveland Browns contacted him about their head coaching position.
Whenever major sports headlines are made at other colleges, good or bad, it?s natural to wonder how the details would play out at the University of Wisconsin.
When you?re 6,200 miles from home, about to climb onto the world?s largest stage, it?s nice to be able to look around and feel a connection to family.
She won two WIAA state golf titles, played on the University of Wisconsin?s 1994 Big Ten Conference championship team and twice won the Madison City tournament.
The University of Wisconsin has a long tradition of sending current and former athletes to compete in the Olympics and this year?s games in Sochi will be no different.
UW announced 25 scholarship recruits and five walk-ons on signing day Wednesday.
Five UW scholarships went to wide receivers on signing day on Wednesday.
A University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents planning committee heard plans and details regarding the Recreational Sports Master Plan at its February meeting Thursday.
MADISON – The University of Wisconsin may lack a first-round talent among their former players getting ready for the 2014 NFL Draft. But what they don?t lack is overall depth in the class.
The final stage of the $86 million Camp Randall renovation, the Fetzer Center for Student-Athlete Excellence, opened in January as a place for student-athletes to hang out between classes and practice.
Around 50 students came ready to get in the ring Wednesday at the UW-Madison boxing clubs first practice–a testament to just how much some have wanted and waited to compete.
Wisconsin coach Gary Andersen and his staff identified three areas of critical need for the 2014 freshman class:Offensive line, wide receiver and secondary.
SeatGeek.com, an online ticket search engine, is reporting that the secondary ticket market is heating up for this Sunday’s Big 10 basketball game between Michigan State University and the University of Wisconsin at the Kohl Center.
Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez on Monday announced a partnership with UW-Madison?s School of Education for the football team?s spring game on April 12. Proceeds from the game will help fund the school?s efforts to improve student literacy.
A billboard battle over Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is bringing national attention to a road-side ad on Capital Boulevard near Wake Forest.
Look, an organized attempt by student-athletes to unionize appears flawed and a major long shot for implementation. There?s a strong argument to be made they aren?t employees ? they receive grants in aid ? and their status at a school, both as a student and as an athlete, is voluntary. But the College Athletes Players Association, introduced last week by former Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter and lauded by his athletic director, James Phillips, raises a lot of issues that need to be explored.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Recreational Sports sought feedback Monday from the Associated Students of Madison Student Judiciary on ballot language for a proposal to redevelop its facilities.
When boxing is in your blood, you will find a place and time to do it.
Nearly 54 years after boxing was banned at the University of Wisconsin, students once again are getting ready to start sparring and hitting the heavy bag on campus.
Several years ago, as University of Wisconsin-Madison faced treacherous weather conditions not unlike last week?s ?polar vortex,? a few lucky Badgers got a surprise lift from Wisconsin Badgers Women?s Hockey player Hilary Knight. Likely, few realized they were catching a ride with a future Olympian.
It was only a few short years ago that Russell Wilson played at Camp Randall Stadium. While he fell just short of winning a Rose Bowl, Sunday, he became a Super Bowl champion.
MADISON ? I?ll never forget the first time I saw Russell Wilson.
NEW YORK ? One day last week during a Broncos film session, running back Montee Ball suddenly realized he had covered more ground in his rookie season than his 559 rushing yards suggest.
A body language expert wasn?t needed to determine that something was bothering Sam Dekker on Thursday afternoon.
Jersey City, N.J. ? Thomas Hammock is assistant head coach, running backs coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of Wisconsin.
While many University of Wisconsin student-athletes said they understood they were forfeiting a large amount of time and the chance to take a job by signing on to play Division I sports, administrators continue to debate whether they should be compensated.
Barry Alvarez has no problem with athletes at Northwestern trying to join a labor union. It?s their right. But that doesn?t mean the University of Wisconsin athletic director agrees with the move.
Police said four people stole a sign posted outside above a University of Wisconsin athletic office last week.
A new student athletic academic center opens as the final piece of an $86-million project that has kept Camp Randall under construction for over two years.
NEW YORK CITY — Nowhere is the fervor for Super Bowl XLVIII whipped any higher, of course, than in the football-mad states of Colorado and Washington, where the Broncos have gone 15 years since taking part in their most recent Super Bowl parade and the Seahawks have never had reason to plan one in the franchise?s 38-season history.
Russell Wilson will take snaps next Sunday evening in Super Bowl XLVIII for the Seattle Seahawks, and no doubt many in Wisconsin will be rooting for the second-year quarterback to best Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos.
When the Super Bowl kicks off next Sunday evening, University of Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema will sit down on his couch and make the easiest recruiting phone calls of his life.
The University of Wisconsin Athletic Board on Friday approved contract extensions for the fall sports coaches.
Diane Nordstrom is in her 24th season in the University of Wisconsin Athletic Communications department and is the primary contact for women?s basketball and volleyball. She also serves as the coordinator of the department?s annual report and is on the UW Athletic Hall of Fame selection committee.
Hey you. Yes, we?re talking to you. Do you have dreams of having a sick flow, dangling and sniping your foes, playing killer pranks on your buds and occasionally engaging in sick celes (sic, cellys)?
When Jessie Vetter left the University of Wisconsin women?s hockey program in 2009, it looked as though the standout goaltender?s record for career victories may stand for a long time to come.
The sight of Mike Eaves changing a diaper, rubbing the back of a sleepy toddler and dancing with preschoolers might shock those who don?t really know the University of Wisconsin men?s hockey coach.
Are you kidding? Of course, Whitney Hite would love to have a new competition pool for his University of Wisconsin men?s and women?s swim teams.
AJ Cochran, one of the most decorated players in University of Wisconsin men?s soccer history, has an addition to his resume after being selected Thursday in the Major League Soccer draft.
Are you kidding? Of course, Whitney Hite would love to have a new competition pool for his University of Wisconsin men?s and women?s swim teams.
The University of Wisconsin men?s basketball team moved up a spot to No. 3 in this week?s Associated Press Top 25 poll.
He lived in a small upstairs apartment on Douglas Avenue near the old Devine?s Sporting Goods, but the exact location escaped him when he was asked several years ago.
