Category: Athletics

While much of the world swelters, Auckland is feeling a bit chilly. American midfielder Rose LaVelle has impressed journalists with her attire: while at least one reporter wore a winter coat during a USWNT training session, Lavelle, a University of Wisconsin alum, practiced sleeveless and in shorts. Lavelle is a key player, but a pre-World Cup injury has worried USWNT observers. Will she be ready to go? If Lavelle’s taking on the cold head up, that seems like a strong sign she’s thriving.

Chris McIntosh’s tenure at the University of Wisconsin as athletic director has paralleled a new era of major college athletics with the introduction of the Name, Image and Likeness rules.

Badger football, volleyball, cross country, soccer prepare for fall 2023 season.

Opitz is a former Badger, world champion, Big Ten champion, and All-American. Opitz becomes the seventh coach in UW program history.

New UW women’s rowing coach Vicky Opitz talks her history with Badgers rowing ahead of taking over the women’s rowing program.

Ball, a two-time All-American tailback and 5,000-plus-yard rusher with 83 career touchdowns, learned in late March that he will be inducted into the Wisconsin Athletics Hall of Fame. As one of 13 members in the 2023 Class – headlined by J.J. Watt – Ball will be recognized on Hall of Fame weekend, Sept. 15-16 in Madison.

Athletic director Chris McIntosh reinstated Turner after an inquiry into his OWI arrest on June 26, according to a news release Monday. Turner’s arrest triggered the athletic department’s student-athlete discipline policy, which was changed last year to include OWI in the offenses that warranted automatic suspensions. Turner was not allowed to participate in practices, but had access to the weight room and sports medicine facilities.

Badger linebacker Jordan Turner was reinstated to the football team, UW-Madison Athletic Director Chris McIntosh announced Monday.Turner was indefinitely suspended from the team last month for violating the student athlete discipline policy.

Turner was previously suspended in June from competition and practice after violating the UW Department of Athletics’ Student-Athlete Discipline Policy.

Renowned broadcaster and reporter Mike Lucas, who has covered University of Wisconsin sports for more than 50 years, is rejoining the Cap Times.

Thomas played for the Badgers from 2003-2006, earning All-American honors during his junior and senior seasons.

Inside linebacker Jordan Turner, expected to be one of the key members of Wisconsin’s defense this season, has been suspended indefinitely after violating the athletic department’s student-athlete discipline policy.

“My parents raised me to do the right things in life and unfortunately this time, I didn’t,” Turner said. “I made the wrong decision. I’m very disappointed and embarrassed and I want to personally apologize to my parents, my teammates, my coaches, the fans and the University of Wisconsin.

Allen was arrested in April at the Mifflin Street block party, an end-of-year celebration for University of Wisconsin- Madison students.

Wide receiver Markus Allen made the announcement himself on social media Friday morning, saying his name will officially enter the transfer portal soon.

Chalk up one more award for J.J. Watt. The future NFL Hall-of-Famer will be headed to the University of Wisconsin’s Hall of Fame this year.

The University of Wisconsin Women’s Hockey team was recognized on Monday at the White House for winning the 2023 NCAA National Championship.

President Joe Biden and second gentleman Douglas Emhoff hosted College Athlete Day on the White House’s South Lawn on Monday, celebrating several women’s and men’s NCAA champion teams from the 2022-2023 season.

Members of the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team are headed to Washington, D.C., on Monday to be feted for the NCAA title they won in March. But UW officials until recently thought they had been forgotten in the process.

The University of Wisconsin’s men’s and women’s track teams turned in a well-rounded performance this week at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Austin, Texas.

Chryst, UW’s anchor from 2015-2022, will assume responsibilities as a special assistant in Austin.

If you had to sum up Gulce Guctekin’s state of mind in the days leading up to the University of Wisconsin volleyball team’s four-country foreign tour, it would be the give and take of those similar yet conflicting feelings.

Nick Oliver played in a Frozen Four and coached in one.

His next job will be to help the Wisconsin men’s hockey team get back to the college’s game showcase event.

Badgers coach Mike Hastings announced the hire of Oliver on Wednesday. He comes to UW after earning USHL coach of the year distinction this past season after leading the Fargo Force to the regular-season championship.

For the second consecutive year, in celebration of that milestone date, the Badgers are hosting a statewide “Wisconsin Football 100 Days to Kickoff Scavenger Hunt.” Partnering with communities across the state, UW staff will place 100 mini Badger football helmets in each of four regions across the state. The specific cities where the helmets can be found are: Burlington, Hudson, Madison, Mineral Point, Oshkosh, Sun Prairie, Verona, Waukesha and Wausau.

The confirmation came Saturday, six days after the Badgers finished sixth out of eight teams at the Big Ten Championship in Indianapolis. It was the second straight season that UW finished in that spot and missed the NCAA Championship after 13 consecutive appearances from 2009 to 2021.