If there’s any indication that play on the Camp Randall Stadium turf is coming in the direction of any of the six members of the crew that operates the down and distance equipment — the chain gang — they’re heading for safer quarters.
UW-Madison police reported that 42 people were ejected from Camp Randall Stadium and 26 people were arrested during Saturday’s game between the Badgers and Rutgers.
Lauren Carlini, 28, was one of two former Badgers standouts on the court when the USA clinched that berth, joined by middle blocker Dana Rettke.
The two most celebrated players in program history are in position to become the first Wisconsin alums to make an Olympic volleyball roster.
Badgers fans from all over came back to Madison for the time-honored tradition of the University of Wisconsin-Madison homecoming on Saturday.
A week of celebrations came to a head with festivities before the Badgers football game. For many, this week was a return to favorite traditions.
The line of championship banners that hangs from the LaBahn Arena ceiling above the south blue line now stretches across the entire rink.
What’s makes Troy Vincent Sr.’s Hall of Fame resume even more impressive is when he shined for the University of Wisconsin football program.
Wisconsin expanded alcohol sales beyond clubs and suites at the two venues this season so fans of legal drinking age in general seating areas can have a drink at a Badgers game. The beverages are available at most concession stands as well as the new stations with coolers around the concourse.
If you’ve followed Tauscher’s career as an offensive lineman with the University of Wisconsin football team and later the Green Bay Packers — a kid who grew up in Auburndale living out his own version of a Hollywood script — it’s possible you’ll remember the what-if scenario that played out for him in the spring of 1999.
The late Herb Brooks was known for many things in hockey circles. Not the least of which was coaching Team USA to the gold medal in the “Do you Believe in Miracles?’’ 1980 Olympics.
The slate of University of Wisconsin men’s hockey games on linear TV networks is set for a big decline this season.
The Big Ten released Thursday the conference opponents each team will face in the 2024-28 seasons after ditching the division format and including four former Pac-12 programs joining the league next summer: Oregon, Southern Cal, UCLA and Washington.
Greg Gillum did his background work, personnel work and hiring work and had the support staff built in July for the University of Wisconsin football team as training camp neared.
There has been at least one openly gender nonbinary athlete who competed in the Big Ten, University of Michigan swimmer G Ryan, but there are no known instances of any playing for a Wisconsin school at the NCAA level.
Assembly Bill 378 would implement similar rules for the University of Wisconsin System and the state’s technical colleges. The measure would require the designation of intercollegiate, intramural or club athletic teams or sports as being for men, women or both.
Bars and restaurants that show sports on their TVs are supposed to go through a licensing process to ensure the broadcasters get their share.
Every University of Wisconsin volleyball setter’s film session typically looks the same.
The Big Ten conference released its 2023-24 men’s basketball tip times and network schedules, and the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team is set to appear multiple times on Peacock.
University of Wisconsin volleyball coach Kelly Sheffield had something on his mind entering his news conference Monday.
Wisconsin Badgers fans will be familiar with the names behind the new voices on the radio broadcast for the 2023-24 men’s basketball season.
The university announced Thursday that former UW big man Brian Butch will join the Badger Radio Network as the lead men’s basketball analyst for game broadcasts, working alongside longtime play-by-play man Matt Lepay. Additionally, former Badgers forward Charlie Wills will fill in as analyst for some games.
Sunday’s CE3v3 event at Verona Athletic Center, a boys and girls grade six through college 3-on-3 tournament hosted by Essegian and partnered with the Derek Gray Foundation, started with a Tweet from Essegian in July about hosting an outdoor 3-on-3 tournament and grew into something that featured over 40 teams and around 150 participants.
On the pitch, Jones has been demanding a hard-working, attention-to-detail, defensive focus. On the season, the Badgers are 4-2-3 overall, 4-0-2 on their home turf at McClimon Soccer Complex.
Brian Butch, who scored over 1,000 points in four years with the Badgers from 2004-08, will take over as the lead men’s basketball analyst for the Badger Radio Network beginning this season, Wisconsin Athletics said in a release. Charlie Wills, who won a Big Ten title in 2002 and was a member of Wisconsin’s Final Four team in 2000, will also join the team by filling in as an analyst for select games.
Mike Hastings engineered one of the most successful turnarounds for a first-year men’s college hockey coach in the last 25 years, and two games at the Kohl Center served as an pivotal point.
Former University of Wisconsin star Sam Dekker, who just began his second year playing with the London Lions of the British Basketball League, apparently found a charming reminder of his old home in his new one.
Wisconsin spent more than $167 million in 2022-23, according to unaudited figures presented Wednesday at an Athletic Board committee meeting.
That’s 13% over the $148 million that was budgeted, and senior associate athletic director Adam Barnes attributed most of it to the move from Paul Chryst to Luke Fickell in football.
It’ll be a familiar trio: JP Cullen, Berners Schober and HOK also worked on the conversion of Camp Randall Stadium’s south end zone into premium seating before the 2022 season.
Video: UW-Madison chancellor Jennifer Mnookin and Wisconsin athletic director Chris McIntosh share their thoughts on the state of college sports during Sept. 15, 2023, interview.
The Badgers and Scarlet Knights will kickoff on Saturday, October 7 at 11:00 AM on Peacock.
When the University of Wisconsin women’s basketball team posted its first two coaching vacancies of the offseason last spring, Jaime Gluesing was quick to apply for the jobs.
Mnookin said she wanted “sensible and well-defined guardrails” in place for the sale of beer, wine and prepackaged alcoholic beverages starting this season at Wisconsin’s Kohl Center and LaBahn Arena.
Kerdiles died in Nashville after his motorcycle allegedly drove through a stop sign and hit the driver’s side of an SUV. According to Metro Nashville Police Department, the crash was reported just after 3:30 a.m.
Kerdiles was selected by the Anaheim Ducks in the second round of the 2012 NHL Draft. He played two seasons with the Ducks between 2016 and 2018, according to hockeydb.com. He attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he played with the Wisconsin Badgers.
He played in college for the University of Wisconsin, whose hockey program also mourned Kerdiles on social media, posting about his “great spirit as part of our Badger family.”
Letter to the editor: But a University of Wisconsin-Madison game is and should be a special experience — one that is different than the ordinary world. It’s not ordinary, it’s not an everyday experience, it’s not close to boredom. It’s amazing, incredible, almost unique. My point: Tradition in this case should be upheld 100%.
It’s a long-standing practice that Gard has continued since taking over the University of Wisconsin program from Ryan, beginning with Gard’s first full season as the UW head coach in 2016.
The University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team will start its 25th season in a familiar spot: the top of the national rankings.
Wisconsin opens Big Ten play against Michigan State on Dec. 5, then plays three more nonconference opponents before its Big Ten schedule resumes against Iowa on Jan. 2. The 31-game slate features 17 matchups with teams that qualified for the NCAA Tournament a season ago (plus a potential matchup with 2023 NCAA Tournament team West Virginia, depending on the outcome of games at the Fort Myers Tip-Off on Nov. 20). Two of those teams advanced as far as the Sweet 16.
He also be happens to be on a six-person team from UW-Madison that has developed a machine-learning network that can help neurosurgeons mitigate the impact of cerebral hemorrhaging.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Athletics adjusted its game plans for all things audio Saturday at their second Badger football home game of the season.
The No. 1 University of Wisconsin team has been a part of several college volleyball attendance milestones over the last few years. It hit a new one in its four-set victory Wednesday.
The coaches of the WCHA are split on the subject of the league’s top team.
University of Wisconsin Athletics Executive Chef Marlene Duke says some of the items will be open to all Badger fans, while some will be a little more exclusive.“It’s a new era, as we’re saying, right?” Duke said. “So with that being said, we want to raise the bar as far as what we’ve been seeing in our kitchens.”
The expectation from this neck of the woods is that history will be made at Fiserv Forum on Wednesday night.
Letter to the editor: Thank you to the State Journal for the coverage about the terrible noise at the recent Wisconsin Badgers football game. Sadly, we have experienced the same horrific noise levels for several years at the UW basketball games.
Agoal for organizers of The Varsity Collective in its second year in business is to lock in on a mission of supporting name, image and likeness opportunities for players from all 23 University of Wisconsin sports.
Wisconsin licensing officials wanted to know whether the team really wanted to use an old-school W inside a circle — not the Motion W that’s the school’s primary athletics logo — as the dominant element on the face of rings to celebrate the Badgers’ record seventh NCAA crown.
Jaime Gluesing started her career as a graduate assistant at UW-Milwaukee and during her three-year tenure (2016-19) climbed the ranks to assistant coach/recruiting coordinator.
The University of Wisconsin women’s basketball team closed out its coaching staff Wednesday after it announced the hiring of Jaime Gluesing as an assistant coach.
Athletic director Chris McIntosh said Wisconsin is working on the volume after fans vented about elevated levels during the Badgers’ 38-17 victory against Buffalo in the season opener.
Fans took to social media after the game to complain about the volume and timing of the music, saying it was both too loud and that it played at the wrong times, sometimes covering the sound of officials.
A spokesperson wrote, in part, “This is something we will monitor and adjust as needed moving forward. Our goal is to make Camp Randall the top destination in the country for college football.”
Letter to the editor: The Wisconsin Badgers game day experience at UW-Madison took a big step backward off the field on Saturday.
Letter to the editor: I have been a Wisconsin football season ticket holder for over 30 years. I attended Saturday’s UW football game anticipating a great afternoon of college football. What I experienced was horrible.
An email mix-up left the University of Wisconsin athletic department only a few days to put together a trip to the White House, with last-minute airline tickets bought for flights from more than a dozen locations.
Over 200 fans required medical observation due to high temperatures at Camp Randall Stadium during Saturday’s victory over Buffalo.
The man with his toes in the sand is getting strange looks from the families trying to enjoy some beach time. Kids are running around and swimming, their parents basking in the sun while sneaking in a little rest and relaxation. Meanwhile, he’s by himself and in his own world.
Wisconsin, like others in the entertainment business, has been looking for ways to sell people on being there for the presentation of the game and not just what’s happening on the field. That’s taking a step up at Camp Randall in 2023, starting with Saturday’s opener against Buffalo.
A high volume level from the stadium speakers was one of the most frequent complaints aired by fans during and after Saturday’s 38-17 victory against Buffalo.
UW-Madison police reported that 14 people were ejected from Camp Randall Stadium and six people were arrested during Saturday’s game between the Badgers and Buffalo.
A new membership system is being offered to Badger fans to receive new benefits in supporting their team. The Camp Randall Club allows fans to pick from five levels of membership ranked by stars. The One Star level begins at $250 and features benefits like access to the Luke Fickell Radio Show, a t-shirt and a discount on Badger merch.
