Mike Kelley is usually a low-key guy but last Sunday afternoon he found himself yelling at his television because he wanted University of Wisconsin men?s basketball coach Bo Ryan to put Josh Gasser back into the game.
Kelley, who started at guard on the Badgers? 2000 Final Four team, was cheering on Gasser in his quest for the first triple double ? double figures in three different statistical categories ? in the 113-year history of the program.
Jon Leuer, a senior forward for the University of Wisconsin men?s basketball team, has been selected as one of 10 men?s basketball finalists for the Lowe?s Senior CLASS Award. The award is given to the student-athlete who best excels both on and off the court and is measured in four areas of excellence – community, classroom, character and competition.
It?s not hard to look at goaltender Alex Rigsby and think of her celebrated predecessor with the University of Wisconsin women?s hockey program. Like Jessie Vetter, Rigsby is a state product who came to UW with a resume of gender-bending achievement. Like Vetter, Rigsby has been asked to play a prominent role for the Badgers as a freshman.
Dr. William Clancy, who developed ACL and PCL reconstruction techniques now used worldwide, is returning to the UW-Madison community to treat student athletes and serve as the new chair of the sports medicine division at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.
Dr. William Clancy, recognized as a leader in pioneering anterior cruciate ligament ACL and posterior cruciate ligament PCL knee surgery, is returning to Madison to join the faculty of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Clancy, who founded the sports medicine program at UW-Madison in 1974, is the new chair of the sports medicine division within the department of orthopedics and rehabilitation, the university announced in an e-mailed release. He will help oversee a team of 10 sports medicine physicians.
Dr. William Clancy, recognized as a leader in pioneering anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) knee surgery, is returning to Madison to join the faculty of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Clancy, who founded the sports medicine program at UW-Madison in 1974, is the new chair of the sports medicine division within the department of orthopedics and rehabilitation, the university announced in an e-mailed release. He will help oversee a team of 10 sports medicine physicians.
The item was tucked below the fold on an inside page of USA Today late last month, right before the Rose Bowl, so followers of the University of Wisconsin football program may have missed it. In a piece about TV ratings and bowl games it was outlined how ESPN constantly, scientifically monitors the likes and dislikes of its many viewers. According to the story, the latest data compiled by the network showed the Badgers were 10th on a list of the most favorite college football teams in the nation.
The item was tucked below the fold on an inside page of USA Today late last month, right before the Rose Bowl, so followers of the University of Wisconsin football program may have missed it.
Wisconsin embarrassed Northwestern Sunday afternoon at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
The Badgers moved the ball better and shot the ball better, which resulted in five players scoring in double figures. They displayed more poise and energy on defense and won the rebounding battle decisively, which resulted in a game that was over by halftime.
Oh, yeah. They also got the first triple-double in program history as freshman guard Josh Gasser contributed 10 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in UW?s ridiculously easy, 78-46 Big Ten Conference victory.
Another day, another football team apparently interested in Wisconsin offensive coordinator Paul Chryst. The latest potential suitor: San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh.
It?s hard to imagine a better representative of the collegiate student-athlete than Alyssa Karel. The senior guard from Cretin-Derham Hall in St. Paul, Minn., has made her mark at the University of Wisconsin – both as a basketball player and as an honor student in the School of Nursing.
The immediate aftermath of the Rose Bowl has been dominated by one main topic where the University of Wisconsin football program is concerned.
PLATTEVILLE (WKOW) – It?s been a decade since UW-Platteville hosted the Bears? summer camps, but even today memories of the team?s visits still impact the town. A mix of students on campus have differing opinions on who might come out on top Sunday.
Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema put the finishing touches on his coaching staff Tuesday by elevating two assistants to co-defensive coordinators and hiring a veteran assistant to coach the team?s linebackers.
Yet the bigger news was that offensive coordinator Paul Chryst and Bielema have agreed to new compensation packages, which must be approved by the UW Board of Regents.
Ron Dayne was the college star who hardly knew it, or at least wished no one knew, and was a perfect fit at a program that has always thrived on its meat and potatoes image.
Despite the fact former University of Wisconsin running back great Ron Dayne hasn?t played in the NFL since 2007, it didn?t stop NFL teams from contacting him to see if he was willing to try it again.
Dave Huxtable is a passionate football coach who will occasionally try to liven up a lackluster practice by screaming, “Who loves football?”
Sophomore Justin Schultz is in position to do something unprecedented in the history of the University of Wisconsin men?s hockey program. No defenseman has ever led the Badgers in goals over the course of a season, but Schultz has a good shot to do so.
The starting time for Wisconsin?s Big Ten men?s basketball game Sunday at Northwestern has been moved up to 11:30 a.m. from noon.
Sharon Versyp has seen enough. Having faced the University of Wisconsin twice in the first five games of the Big Ten Conference season, the Purdue women?s basketball coach is convinced the Badgers are legitimate contenders for the conference title.
UW-Madison men?s basketball coach Bo Ryan might just be the best coach in all of college sports.
The University of Wisconsin football team is still looking up at Ohio State. The Badgers beat the Buckeyes, earned a share of their first Big Ten Conference title in 11 years and advanced to the Rose Bowl this past season. Still, Ohio State was the top-ranked Big Ten team when the final polls were released on Tuesday. The Badgers 11-2 finished seventh in the Associated Press media poll and tied for eighth with LSU in the USA Today coaches? poll. The Buckeyes 12-1 ? whose only loss was to UW 31-18 on Oct. 16 ? were fifth in both polls.
Sharif Chambliss valued his one season on the University of Wisconsin-Platteville men?s basketball coaching staff. But to return to Madison and work with Wisconsin Badgers coach Bo Ryan was an opportunity Chambliss could not pass up.
For the UW Badgers, who endured a heartbreaking loss to TCU, most certainly the “it might have been” path is still a painful one to tread. A dropped pass here, a missed kick there, and, ultimately, a pass batted down late in the game left UW on the losing end, wondering about what might have been in Pasadena on Jan. 1. And so it goes with many of the good folks who put together your favorite daily newspaper right here in Madison. Cartoonist Phil Hands created a Rose Bowl-related cartoon, intended to be used in last Sunday?s paper, but only if the Badgers won the game. After all, there?s not much celebrating after a loss, and nobody wants to see a Badger cry.
How costly was Wisconsin?s two-point loss to Texas Christian in the Rose Bowl? UW missed an opportunity to finish No. 2 in both national polls and ultimately fell four spots in the final USA Today coaches? poll and three spots in The Associated Press media poll.
In movies, the full moon has the power to transform humans into frothing, howling werewolves. But while the likes of Lon Chaney Jr., ?Teen Wolf? and ?Twilight?s? Team Jacob might own the night onscreen, here in Madison every full moon belongs to a hoard of bicyclists.
Since September 2007, the Madison FBC ?Full moon Bike Club? being the more family-friendly of the acronym?s dual meanings has taken to the streets for a late-night ride on the evening of each full moon.
John Clay?s signing with the University of Wisconsin football team created a stir and almost unrealistic expectations for one of the most accomplished prep running backs in state history. The departure of Clay, which appeared to be almost a foregone conclusion given his reduced role late in the season, will not create nearly the fanfare. Clay, a junior, announced Friday he is leaving school early to make himself eligible for the NFL draft, joining junior defensive end J.J. Watt, who announced he was leaving Thursday.
To University of Wisconsin women?s hockey fan Evie Zadzilka, 4, the three most important things at a game are, in order: Bucky Badger, high-fiving the players, and eating hot pretzels. Evie was one of about 200 children who turned out Sunday morning for the UW women?s hockey team?s first Outdoor Hockey Meet and Greet at the Vilas Park skating rink.
MADISON (WKOW) — The Badgers RB John Clay has decided to turn pro, according a JSOnline.com report. JSOnline.com says, according to a source, the fourth-year junior has decided to skip his final season of eligibility and enter the 2011 National Football League draft.
Wisconsin tailback John Clay appears poised to follow the path of teammate J.J. Watt. According to a source, the fourth-year junior has decided to skip his final season of eligibility and enter the 2011 National Football League draft.
Patrick Johnson and Craig Smith could be the poster boys for a mature, responsible, important development within the University of Wisconsin men?s hockey team. The 13th-ranked Badgers are breaking important new ground when it comes to taking penalties this season and Johnson, the senior left winger, and Smith, the sophomore center and assistant captain, stand out in that regard.
The festivities surrounding the Rose Bowl college football game ? in particular, the Wisconsin pep rally that brought out more than 25,000 Badger fans ? helped drive business up 30 percent for at least one local business, according to an employee.
There?s an impressive aerial photo of the Rose Bowl, during the F-18 flyover just before the game, in this week?s edition of Sports Illustrated. The shot is taken from above the jets as they fly over the stadium, but one of the most interesting things from the SI shot is the stark division of red and purple in the stadium. It?s an awesome shot, but the thing that stood out to me from the SI photo is the size of the Texas Christian fan section. I thought at most the crowd was two-thirds Badgers fans. In the game story, I only felt comfortable saying more than 50,000 Badgers fans were at the game. UW?s official estimate of Badgers fans at the game is 65,000, which would be roughly two-thirds.
Louis Nzegwu is losing more than a teammate with J.J. Watt?s decision to leave the University of Wisconsin football program with one year of eligibility remaining to enter the NFL draft. The former Platteville athlete and fellow Badgers defensive end is also losing a roommate. Nonetheless, Nzegwu supports Watt?s decision to forego his senior season, he wrote in a Twitter message today shortly after Watt?s announcement.
Most NFL mock drafts will be getting a serious overhaul over the next 24 hours with Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck?s decision to stay in school and play his senior season with the Cardinal. However, most mock drafts before Luck?s announcement Thursday projected University of Wisconsin defensive end J.J. Watt as a late first-round or early second-round selection in April?s NFL draft.
Though it certainly would have been fun to watch J.J. Watt play another year for the Badgers, it?s impossible to find fault with his decision to leave early. Most mock drafts have him going in the middle to late stages of the first round, though that is subject to change between now and the draft in April. Watt?s stock could conceivably rise a little higher if he had a great senior season, but it wouldn?t be enough to make the risk of playing another year of college football worth it. One injury or even a slight dip in performance and Watt could be out millions of dollars.
All-American defensive lineman J.J. Watt has decided to forego his senior season at the University of Wisconsin and enter the NFL draft. The Pewaukee native, who transferred to UW after spending his freshman year at Central Michigan as a tight end, served as an emotional leader of a team that earned the Badgers? first Big Ten Conference championship and Rose Bowl berth since 1999.
At Thursday night?s Dane County board meeting, county board chair Scott McDonell followed through with a Rose Bowl Bet.
There is no denying his connection to the Madison community and football teammates aren?t the only ones sad to see J.J. Watt go. He?s a fan favorite and his decision to go pro and leave the University of Wisconsin is one fans are already struggling with because of what he does both on and off the field.
University of Wisconsin Badgers defensive end J.J. Watt is leaving school early to enter the NFL draft.
Cross off one potential suitor for the services of University of Wisconsin offensive coordinator Paul Chryst.
When J.J. Watt, the University of Wisconsin?s relentless defensive end, declared his intentions to enter the NFL draft after his junior year Thursday, I couldn?t help but think of one name.
Taylor Wurtz has put the rest of the Big Ten Conference on notice ? she?s not just a one-dimensional player anymore.Two games into the conference season the University of Wisconsin sophomore guard has quickly undermined the notion that she?s just a rebounder.
Wisconsin quarterback Scott Tolzien has accepted an invitation to play in the 86th East-West Shrine Game, UW officials announced Wednesday.
While the Wisconsin Badgers didn?t win the Rose Bowl game, UW-Madison officials said that beyond athletics, the game was a major victory.
In the aftermath of a football academic scandal at Auburn in 2006 that caused two department heads to step down and the N.C.A.A. to investigate, university officials are no longer bragging ? or even talking ? about the team?s once-stellar scholastic record.
Pittsburgh has begun interviews to replace former coach Mike Haywood, a source close to the search said, adding it?s not expected that Rich Rodriguez will be a candidate. Rodriguez was fired Wednesday after three seasons as Michigan?s coach. According to the source, among those who are strong candidates at Pittsburgh include Alabama associate head coach Sal Sunseri, Tulsa coach Todd Graham, Penn State defensive coordinator Tom Bradley, Wisconsin offensive coordinator Paul Chryst and former Florida defensive coordinator Teryl Austin.
Start over in Texas or continue nurturing what you have built during the last six seasons at Wisconsin? That appears to be the question facing Wisconsin offensive coordinator Paul Chryst.
Immediately after the Rose Bowl ended, Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema said he didn?t see anything that would set the program back heading into next season.
For big-time college sports, late December is more than the season of holiday basketball tournaments and myriad football bowl games. It?s also the time for making tax-deductible gifts to the booster club of your favorite college team.
These gifts don?t get mentioned much when we hear talk of the excess costs of college sports, but they play a surprisingly large role in the college athletics business, and at considerable cost to the taxpayer.
(Charles Clotfelter, a professor of public policy at Duke University, is the author of the forthcoming book ?Big-Time Sports in American Universities.? This column first appeared in the Washington Post.)
Legendary sports columnist Leonard Shapiro is going to be teaching a journalism course at UW-Madison. Shapiro is retiring from the Washington Post after 41 years of covering pro football and golf, and writing a popular TV/media sports column. The 1968 UW-Madison graduate made note of his upcoming teaching gig in a farewell column on Dec. 30.
A source inside the University of Wisconsin athletic department said prior to the Rose Bowl that the Dallas Cowboys loomed as a bigger threat to hire away Badgers offensive coordinator Paul Chryst than the Texas Longhorns.
Noted: Jet-lagged and grouchy Badger fans will spend the rest of the week grumbling about that missed field goal or the botched two-point conversion in the Rose Bowl?s final minutes, but to avoid busting a stress blood vessel, try to hold on to the magic little moments that make the whole Rose Bowl experience worthwhile, win or loss.
Every table at Buckets Pub, save one, was filled during the Rose Bowl.That table, also the only one with a table cloth, was reserved for someone who could only be at the game in spirit. Alfred “Bucky” Hudec sat there every away game. If the team was at Camp Randall, so was Hudec. The longtime Badger fan hadn?t missed a home football game since 1952.
Two Minnesota Golden Gophers basketball fans were attacked and injured early Wednesday morning following the Wisconsin Badgers victory over the Gophers at the Kohl Center Tuesday night, Madison police reported. A Badger fan was arrested for allegedly attacking the Gopher fans, in a case of “friendly banter” between rival fans going awry.
Not everyone could make it to Pasadena, but they could still be among hyped-up Badger fans. About 350 people in red clothes and Mardi Gras beads packed State Street Brats.
He has carted assistant coaches? artificial Christmas trees to Orlando, passed an entire weight room?s worth of equipment over a security fence, been flashed by an appreciative female fan, and regularly splurges for $425 fill-ups at the gas station.What a long, strange trip it?s been for Kenny Kangas.
Among the 94,000 people in the Rose Bowl, there was one fan keeping an especially critical eye on University of Wisconsin quarterback Scott Tolzien. “He forgot (to avoid) the big hits,” said Jaxson Hinkens, a second-grader in Appleton. Jaxson got to know Tolzien last year when he was 6 and diagnosed with stage four neuroblastoma, a high-risk form of cancer.
At no point in the Badgers’ 21-19 loss to the Horned Frogs did they look like the merry band of marauders that had steamrolled through the second half of the season to claim a Big Ten Conference title and land on the Bowl Championship Series’ second-biggest stage.
As the sun sank low behind the Rose Bowl, so did the hopes of every University of Wisconsin football fan. Texas Christian?s 21-19 victory finally silenced the Badger Nation, which had dominated the stadium in both size and noise throughout the game. “It was a heartbreaker,” said Mark Braden, 58, of Lake Geneva, making his fifth trip to the Rose Bowl.
