Category: Athletics

Dallas Lewallen insists he never lost hope. He never considered limping away from football.

Leon Jacobs and Alec James epitomize what Wisconsin defensive coordinator Dave Aranda demands in an outside linebacker.

New coach, same high expectations at Wisconsin.

When Corey Clement signed with Wisconsin in February, he anticipated he would start out at the back of a line five tailbacks deep for the start of camp.

One number Dave Aranda charted in his lone season as Utah State?s defensive coordinator doesn?t show up on the NCAA?s list of statistics:False-start penalties drawn per game.

Dallas Lewallen insists he never lost hope.He never considered limping away from football.

A new era is about to begin for the University of Wisconsin men?s and women?s track and cross country programs.

Nine queries and more than 17 minutes into a question-and-answer session during a speaking engagement with Downtown Madison Rotarians, new Wisconsin football coach Gary Andersen had his demeanor introduced into the discussion.

Don Schuster, of Schuster?s Playtime Farm in Deerfield, hitched a GPS device to his lawnmower last week and carved a maze in the shape of Andersen?s head, along with the message ?Welcome to Camp Randall,? into an 8-acre plot of corn.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. ? Louis Nzegwu?s NFL journey continued Friday night as the Platteville native played the best game of his brief professional career.

The Boys & Girls Club of Dane County has been selected by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Athletics to receive a $95,000 donation that will be used to assist young people with life skills support and child safety programs.

Leon Jacobs didn?t like the look of the helmet he was originally given as a member of the University of Wisconsin football team.

It seems that not even the buzz of a new coach and the bump from a third straight Big Ten Conference championship last season could keep the renewal rate for University of Wisconsin football season tickets from slipping again.

Wisconsin?s Bart Houston was beaming after practice Tuesday afternoon.

Wisconsin?s first scrimmage under head coach Gary Andersen revealed that the three-man race for the No. 1 quarterback job soon could be a two-man battle.

When Corey Clement signed with Wisconsin in February, he anticipated he would start out at the back of a line five tailbacks deep for the start of camp.

Senior linebacker Ethan Armstrong, sidelined since suffering a left-leg injury on Day 2 of camp, believes he will be on the field when Wisconsin opens the college football season Aug. 31 against visiting UMass.

Wisconsin?s first scrimmage under head coach Gary Andersen revealed that the three-man race for the No. 1 quarterback job soon could be a two-man battle.

With senior Ethan Armstrong sidelined indefinitely because of a leg injury, the No. 1 field linebacker position belongs to Joe Schobert.

When spring football practice ended in April, Wisconsin defensive coordinator Dave Aranda knew his work was far from finished.

Wisconsin?s Kyle Costigan feels a bit like a novice.The redshirt junior from Muskego High School, who started nine games at right guard last season, is trying to regain his starting spot after missing winter conditioning and spring ball while recovering from surgery on his right knee.

The University of Wisconsin football team?s first practice in full pads on Friday started and ended with a live-tackling session.

In the world of college football, as in high society, there is old money and there is new money.

Wisconsin center Dan Voltz respects and admires his recent predecessors.

Barry Alvarez is cited more than a few times in new book titled ?Unbeatable? by Jerry Barca (St. Martin?s Press, 310 pp., $26.99) about Notre Dame?s 1988 undefeated national championship team.

Ethan Armstrong, set to be Wisconsin?s No. 1 field linebacker, is out indefinitely because of a minor left-leg injury.

Wisconsin football fans eager to see UW face LSU at Lambeau Field can start planning for the event.

GREEN BAY ? Mike McCarthy has just one small request for the University of Wisconsin football team when the Badgers open their 2016 season against LSU at Lambeau Field.

It?s understandable why coaches and administrators might want to strictly manage the social media habits of their student-athletes, but that?s not what happens at the University of Wisconsin.According to Justin Doherty, the UW associate athletic director for external relations, the department has guidelines for its 800-plus student-athletes, not specific demands and restrictions.

A quick update of sorts on the ongoing talks between Wisconsin and LSU:Scott Rabalais of The Advocate in Baton Rouge tweeted Wednesday night that according to LSU athletic director Joe Alleva, the Tigers and UW will open the 2016 season at Lambeau Field.

Too many times last season Derek Watt was treated like the lightweight on the beach.

Dan Voltzs grasp of the Wisconsin offense is at its zenith.The redshirt freshman center from Barrington, Ill., has gone through two spring practices, a redshirt season and is two days into his second preseason camp.Yet the main reason Voltzs comfort level with the offense spiked this August is that the players received iPads when they reported for camp Sunday.

Ryan Groy believes he is adequately prepared for the most onerous assignment he has faced at Wisconsin.

It?s unwise to try to draw any lasting conclusions from the first football practice of preseason camp.

One of the tools first-year coach Gary Andersen is using to build chemistry and cohesion in the Wisconsin locker room is his “Big Brother” program.

Shortly after being hired to coach Wisconsin?s offensive line, T.J. Woods explained his expectations for his unit in 2013 and beyond.

Doubts about Kyle French?s ability to provide Wisconsin with a consistent kicking game have nothing to do with the strength of his right leg.

Recruited out of Houston, quarterback Chuckie Keeton played only two seasons for Gary Andersen at Utah State.

The Wisconsin Badgers are No. 23 in the preseason USA Today coaches college football poll that was released Thursday.

University of Wisconsin football coach Gary Andersen didn?t just inherit a quality program on the field. He apparently got a smart one off of it, too.

When Chris Borland spoke to the masses last week in Chicago, the senior linebacker for the University of Wisconsin football team apologized for not being totally up to speed on the curious case of Ed O?Bannon.

A new era is about to start in NIU athletics: the Sean Frazier era.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison has named Learfield Levy Foodservice, a joint venture of Learfield Sports and Levy Restaurants, as its new restaurant partner for Camp Randall Stadium, the Kohl Center and other university athletic facilities.

When it comes to University of Wisconsin football, it?s not so much what?s in a name ? although Hugs Etienne has to make even the most cynical of Badgers fans feel good ? but it?s what?s in the number.

We?ll soon run a story examining Wisconsin?s recruiting plan under new coach Gary Andersen. Until then, enjoy some comments from Andersen when asked about the topic at the Big Ten preseason meetings.

Our latest stories on Wisconsin coach Gary Andersen have been posted. Both stories, generated from our June trip to Utah, examine the raw emotions in Logan after Andersen decided to accept the UW job.

One was a decorated tailback from a marquee high school program located in a state that produces dozens of Division I players every year, yet he was the No. 2 back on his team.

CHICAGO ? Gary Andersen and Urban Meyer went to lunch here this week, which can only mean one thing.

CHICAGO ? Gary Andersen hasn?t called a play, addressed a loss or said anything remotely controversial since showing up in Madison seven months ago, but already the first-year University of Wisconsin football coach is taking a bit of heat.

Military veterans from Wisconsin have until next week to submit an application for free tickets to University of Wisconsin-Madison?s season-opening football game.

There was a different feel for those covering the University of Wisconsin on day one of the Big Ten Media Days.

Tony Granato was fresh off an iconic career with the University of Wisconsin men?s hockey team when he got his first taste of the Olympics.

Picking the University of Wisconsin football team?s three representatives for the Big Ten Conference media days in Chicago is more challenging some years than others.

A man accused of kicking the head of former UW running back Montee Ball last year was ordered to stand trial Tuesday after a brief preliminary hearing.

Wisconsin quarterback Tanner McEvoy is back with the team after being mugged in Madison over the weekend.