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2 Wisconsin softball players earn Big Ten honors

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Wisconsin State Journal

With fifth-seeded UW set to open postseason play against 12th-seeded host Illinois at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the opening round of the Big Ten tournament, pitcher Maddie Schwartz and first baseman Katie Keller were named to the all-conference first team after leading the Badgers to a 27-19 record, including a 12-10 mark against conference competition.

Scandals remind Wisconsin officials about educating athletes on NCAA gambling rules

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

University of Wisconsin athletic department officials were reminded recently of the importance of educating student-athletes on the risks of violating NCAA rules by gambling on sports.

Investigations are ongoing at Iowa and Iowa State. More than two dozen athletes across five sports at Iowa are being investigated and more than a dozen across three sports at Iowa State.

Why athletes are doing their own storytelling in place of traditional media

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Wisconsin Public Radio

Former Wisconsin Badgers linebacker Chris Borland is launching his own athlete storytelling company, ByUs Media. He and his co-founder, Olivia Hancock, join us to share why they started the platform and what they’re hoping to accomplish. Then, a sports media professor joins us to explore what we gain and what when miss out on when athletes tell their own stories, instead of relying on traditional media.

‘We put so much blood, sweat and literal tears into this place’: Derek and T.J. Watt have Pewaukee jerseys retired

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

On a beautiful Friday night there was a gaggle of young kids tossing around a football behind the stands at Feuerstein Field. This being at Pewaukee High School, most of the youngsters were clad in jerseys of the Watt brothers: a Derek fan in an old No. 34 San Diego Chargers jersey tried to wrestle the pigskin away from a ball-carrier sporting T.J.’s No. 90 in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ black and yellow. There were several No. 99s looking on, representing J.J.’s time both at the University of Wisconsin and the Houston Texans.

Wisconsin football player Kamo’i Latu and former high school teammate settle civil suit in 2018 assault case

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Kamo’i Latu was a significant contributor in his first season at Wisconsin, starting 12 games and finishing fifth on the team in tackles. The rising senior safety from Honolulu is expected to play a key role in UW’s defense in 2023 under new head coach Luke Fickell.

It’s unclear, however, whether his involvement in a civil suit stemming from a sexual assault case in 2018 will in any way affect his status at UW.

Polzin: How athletic director Chris McIntosh is carving out his own legacy at Wisconsin

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Wisconsin State Journal

The line is attributed to Teddy Roosevelt, but Chris McIntosh has heard it plenty of times over the years from a different source. It sometimes is directed toward one of his three children; other times, it’s aimed at the University of Wisconsin athletic director himself.

“A wise person once told me that comparison is the thief of joy, and that wise person is my wife, Deann,” McIntosh said. “And it’s a lesson that she has preached to everyone in our household.”

Wisconsin women’s hockey gains a Kohl Center distinction in 2022-23 season

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Wisconsin State Journal

The University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team has played at the Kohl Center four times since LaBahn Arena opened in 2012.

Those games have been big draws for the Badgers. The 2023 version didn’t bring in as many spectators as the games held in 2014, 2017 and 2020 but it held another distinction: It was the best-attended hockey game at the Kohl Center in the 2022-23 season.

Wisconsin basketball to celebrate milestone and rally for a coach in need

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Everyone loves the “Duck” – as Howard Moore is nicknamed – and everyone, it seems, from the Wisconsin basketball family is coming together to take advantage of a reunion to try to help him. Moore, a former Wisconsin player and assistant basketball coach, is severely disabled after a car accident three years ago and his out-of-pocket, at-home-care costs are $450,000 a year.

New ‘iso cam’ reveals the effort and attitude of the Wisconsin players

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

UW head coach Luke Fickell for years has instructed his team’s video crew to train one camera – the iso cam – on a particular position group.

The highlighted group Thursday was the safeties and, as has been the case all spring, the players weren’t aware they had been in the spotlight until the post-practice review session.

Do schools need to know when your last period was? Here’s what’s on student athlete forms and who sees it.

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The forms are meant to stay in the provider’s office, as with other medical evaluation forms a patient might fill out during an exam, said David Bernhardt, a UW Health Kids general pediatrician, sports medicine physician at UW Health and a professor of pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.

“The form is not designed to go back to the school, so the history and the physical exam form are meant as a framework to guide the provider in getting information in an efficient way,” he said.