Category: Athletics

In a vote taken last week, UW-Madison opposed a new NCAA policy that allows schools to offer athletes multi-year scholarships.

You may as well flip a coin to determine the more impressive feat accomplished by Bo Ryan?s basketball team Sunday at Value City Arena.

Was it that Wisconsin wiped out an eight-point, second-half deficit to stun the No. 8 Buckeyes, 63-60, and snap a string of 40 consecutive road losses to top-10 Big Ten teams?

Or was it that the victory came three days after UW suffered a one-point loss at Iowa, a defeat that was punctuated by a long, quiet bus ride home that ended at around 3 a.m. Friday?

Text messages sent by former University of Wisconsin Athletic Department official John Chadima included multiple references to alcohol, which may prompt further changes in university policy.

Former University of Wisconsin quarterback Brooks Bollinger is joining ex-UW offensive coordinator Paul Chryst?s staff at Pitt, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported Sunday. Bollinger will coach quarterbacks. He is the sixth assistant with UW ties to be hired by Chryst, who was named Panthers coach in mid-December.

During the reception of the Maragos and Rihani wedding, the University of Wisconsin mascot Bucky Badger was in attendance along with members of the University of Wisconsin marching band as a surprise for the newly-married couple.

Some family trees bear a lot of NFL fruit. Former Wisconsin WR Nick Toon hopes his apple didn?t fall far from his dad?s tree.

Text messages sent by former University of Wisconsin-Madison Athletic Department official John Chadima during his trip to the Rose Bowl were mostly about team matters or friends hoping for Rose Bowl tickets.

Former University of Wisconsin quarterback Russell Wilson is among 10 quarterbacks who have been picked to meet with Monday Night Football analyst Jon Gruden for his ESPN show. It?s the third year Gruden, a former NFL head coach and Green Bay Packers assistant, has worked with quarterbacks prior to the NFL draft for “Gruden?s QB Camp.”

Newly released records reveal that University of Wisconsin officials never issued a reprimand to former top athletic official John Chadima for a 1998 incident in which he allowed a star football player to drive his truck while drunk.

Text messages sent by former University of Wisconsin-Madison Athletic Department official John Chadima during his trip to the Rose Bowl were mostly about team matters or friends hoping for Rose Bowl tickets.

But some text messages made references to alcohol or duties assigned to students. None of the messages that Chadima sent or received in the month before he resigned his post contain graphic or sexual content, though some of what they reveal may prompt changes in university policy.

Former UW Athletic Director Pat Richter said he?s certain John Chadima got a verbal reprimand for a 1998 incident in which he allowed a starting Badgers quarterback to drive his truck drunk, but he doesn?t recall whether there was ever a scolding in writing. Documents released to the State Journal Wednesday showed Chadima?s personnel file did not include a letter of reprimand, despite comments from Richter in 1998 that he would receive one.

Dakota Whyte has been doing her homework this winter. When she hasn?t been playing basketball ? first for her Notre Dame Catholic High School team and now for her Advantage Basketball rep team — Whyte has spent as much time as she can studying up on her future team, the University of Wisconsin women?s basketball team.

Text messages sent by former University of Wisconsin-Madison Athletic Department official John Chadima during his trip to the Rose Bowl are revealing more details in the investigation into Chadima?s conduct.

MADISON (WKOW) ? 27 News now has the text messages some called “concerning,” exchanged between former UW Athletics administrator John Chadima and what is presumed to be a student worker. A report from January looking into Chadima?s alleged misconduct mentioned he sent messages demanding a student to go to his suite and threatening to fire him if the student did not.

UW-Madison officials never issued a written reprimand to John Chadima for a 1998 incident in which he allowed a star football player to drive his truck while drunk, according to university records released to the State Journal on Wednesday. That contrasts with public statements at the time by then-Athletic Director Pat Richter, who said after the incident that the university would issue a letter of reprimand to Chadima.

The WIAA boys and girls basketball state tournaments are one step closer to coming to Green Bay.

It is time for the debate to be settled over the future location of the state high school basketball tournaments.

Few figures in the history of the Wisconsin men?s hockey program stand as tall as former head coach ?Badger? Bob Johnson.

Bob Johnson never laid eyes on the Kohl Center, but it has embraced his legacy as a hockey icon in more ways than one. The latest tribute came Monday when University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez announced the Bob Johnson Rink will be christened at the Kohl Center in 2012-13.

The way Jerry Palm sees it, the University of Wisconsin men?s basketball team has done enough to sew up its 14th consecutive trip to the NCAA tournament. “I think Wisconsin?s safe,” said Palm, who projects the 68-team NCAA tournament field for CBSSports.com. “(The Badgers) are not going to lose the rest of their games, but even if they did I think they?re safe.”

MADISON – The University of Wisconsin Athletic Department says that it will be naming the ice rink at the Kohl Center after one of its legendary former coaches.

The University of Wisconsin Athletic Department is not giving up in its effort to convince the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association to keep the state boys and girls basketball tournaments in Madison.

State Journal columnist Chris Rickert raised some interesting issues last week regarding what UW Athletic Director Barry Alvarez and coach Brett Bielema knew about John Chadima and when they knew it. Having been involved with Division 1 athletic governing councils and having worked closely with the NCAA, I understand how tightly knit and secretive collegiate athletic program cultures are.

When I saw the independent investigation into the alleged misdeeds of former UW-Madison senior associate athletic director John Chadima could cost as much as $100,000, I thought, big whoop ? it?s not like the UW Athletic Department doesn?t have the money. Given the millions in revenue generated by big-time UW sports and the seven-figure salaries it pays some of its coaches, it would appear the department could put Barry Scheck, Alan Dershowitz and Matlock on retainer and still have enough left over for Bucky Badger?s year-end bonus.

The Wisconsin athletic department should take in slightly more than $1 million in additional ticket revenue in 2012-?13 thanks to a plan approved Friday.

The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of Control supported an Executive Staff recommendation to enter into a five-year agreement with PMI and the Resch Center in Green Bay, as soon as 2013 and extending through 2017, if the University of Wisconsin is unable to accommodate the State Boys and Girls Basketball Tournaments in accordance with the terms of the existing agreement.

Aslam Hidayat doesn?t know who Bucky Badger is. But the former local union leader and about 2,700 other factory workers in Tangerang may someday credit the payment of $1.8 million in long-due compensation in part to Bucky?s US university, halfway around the world.

Former Dane County Circuit Court Judge Patrick Fiedler, now in private practice, has a signed contract to lead the inquiry into allegations of misconduct by former University of Wisconsin senior associate athletic director John Chadima.

The contract, approved by Gov. Scott Walker after a request from UW, states Fiedler?s law firm, Axley Brynelson, will be paid at the rate of $300 an hour, plus out-of-pocket costs.

The bye week in the University of Wisconsin women?s basketball team?s schedule is not to be confused with an off week. While the UW players got a couple days off of practice, the coaching staff took advantage of the weekend break in the schedule to hit the recruiting trail.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison agreed Tuesday to enter into mediation with adidas as a means of resolving a dispute with the company over the treatment of former workers at a factory in Indonesia.

Wisconsin officials are one step from implementing a variable pricing model for single-game football tickets in 2012.

The plan, first detailed in a letter by athletic director Barry Alvarez, was approved Tuesday by UW?s Finance, Facilities and Operations committee.

University of Wisconsin officials have been approved to pay up to $100,000 to investigate allegations of misconduct by John Chadima, former senior associate athletic director.

The cost of a University of Wisconsin football single-game ticket to “the big games” will be significantly more this fall than it was in 2011. UW Athletic Director Barry Alvarez, in a letter to season-ticket holders, said he will recommend a variable price model for single game tickets to the Finance and Facilities Operations committee of the UW Athletic Board when it meets today.

In order to take honest stock of the University of Wisconsin men?s hockey program at this juncture, some facts must be acknowledged. UW is deep in the second division of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association because its top goal-scorer, top assist man and another double-digit goal-scorer turned pro after last season before exhausting their UW eligibility.

If former Maryland quarterback Danny O?Brien eventually transfers to Wisconsin, the UW staff should send a note of thanks to Terrapins coach Randy Edsall.