Former University of Wisconsin and professional football player Erasmus James was charged Monday with felony battery for an alleged bar-time fight with a friend at a campus-area tavern. James, 27, of Madison, was charged with substantial battery and disorderly conduct for allegedly punching a friend, Kyle Massey. James is scheduled to appear in court on Thursday.
Wide receiver Maurice Moore has run out of chances with the University of Wisconsin football team. Badgers coach Bret Bielema said Moore is indefinitely suspended in the wake of the redshirt juniorâ??s arrest on suspicion of drunken driving early Sunday morning in Madison. Moore is not expected to return to the team; he was previously suspended for the Champs Sports Bowl last season for an unspecified offense.
Higher education is in crisis, staggered by a depressed economy that has shrunk state appropriations, endowments and overall institutional budgets. The Berkeley campus has taken a near $150 million cut in state funding and is laying off faculty and staff, imposing furloughs, cutting back new enrollment and paring course offerings while hiking studentsâ?? tuition. Most sports programs, though, spend on. Starting with football coachesâ?? salaries. USA TODAYâ??s latest study of compensation reveals that at least 25 college head football coaches make $2 million or more this season, slightly more than double the number two years ago.
University of Wisconsin Badgers head coach Bret Bielema said that a junior wide receiver who was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving this weekend is suspended indefinitely.Maurice Moore, 22, was involved in a single-vehicle crash on Regent Street over the weekend, suffering minor injuries.
University of Wisconsin football team wide receiver Maurice Moore was arrested Sunday morning on suspicion of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
Here is a little light read to help kick off your Saturday…Have you ever wondered what itâ??s like to work as Bucky Badger?
Bleacherreport.com spoke with one of the students who portrays Bucky and posted this entertaining article.
My favorite part of the story is when the student is asked, “Whatâ??s been the weirdest thing thatâ??s happened to you as Bucky?”
A University of Wisconsin football player was arrested early Sunday for operating while intoxicated on the 1300 block of Regent Street, near Randall Avenue, according to the Madison Police Department. Maurice M. Moore, 22, a wide receiver for the Badgers, was involved in a single-vehicle crash and taken to the hospital with minor injuries at about 12:41 a.m., police said.
After three games without a touchdown pass, even the unflappable Scott Tolzien was starting to wonder when the next one would come. “It was almost like being in a huge slump on the baseball field,” the University of Wisconsin quarterback said. Tolzien broke out of his slump with a touchdown pass to Isaac Anderson early in UWâ??s 31-28 victory over Indiana Saturday.
A UW menâ??s football player was arrested on drunken driving charges after being involved in a single vehicle accident Sunday. Madison police said 22-year-old Maurice Moore was arrested in the 1300 block of Regent Street at 12:41 am. Moore is a wide receiver for Badger menâ??s football team.
Last week, in part one of IBâ??s three-part series on former UW Athletes-turned-business icons, we featured Randy Wright and Rich Lynch. (Yes, Badger fans, we will hear from Al Toon â?? next week!) This week, we catch up with Pat Richter, former Oscar Mayer executive and University of Wisconsin Athletic Director; Bryan Renk, who just assumed the position of Executive Director for BioForward in Madison; Jim Bradley, now president and CEO of Home Savings Bank; Joe Armentrout, owner and broker of Pinnacle Real Estate Group LLC; and Marsh Shapiro, owner of “Madisonâ??s Birthday Bar,” the Nitty Gritty.
Mayor Dave Cieslewicz has said he will declare next Tuesday “On, Wisconsin!” Day, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first performance of the song. A birthday bash will be held at 1 p.m. next Tuesday on the steps of the Memorial Union. The event will include the Badger Band, a sing-along, and, of course, cake.
Former University of Wisconsin basketball player Darin Schubring is in critical condition at UW Hospital and Clinics with a head injury after being sucker-punched by a man in the Main Depot bar Saturday night. Darin SchubringSchubring, 42, had just purchased a drink and turned away from the bar on Halloween when he was hit by a man wearing a Wizard of Oz flying monkey suit and mask, according to Schubringâ??s father, John Schubring.
UW Athletics is trying to raise gift funds for a new practice and competition facility for the menâ??s and womenâ??s hockey programs. It would be located adjacent to the Kohl Center, cost $25 million and provide upgrades to the nearby Southeast Recreational Facility that would benefit the menâ??s and womenâ??s swim teams. But no one with ties to the hockey programs has come forth to write the big check. UW Athletic Director Barry Alvarez said between $8 million and $9 million in donations needs to be in hand by the end of the year or heâ??ll either delay or halt the project.
Football assistant coaches Charlie Partridge and Joe Rudolph are in their second year on Bielemaâ??s staff and both have made an impact as recruiters. On more than one occasion recently, head coach Bret Bielema has expressed his excitement about the young talent in the program, specifically the past two recruiting classes.
With a red-and-white striped sweater, Adidas tennis shoes, and that big smile, Bucky Badger is one of the most recognized college mascots in the country. Bucky makes appearances at every University of Wisconsin athletic event, including football games, and also hundreds of other events around the state.
Trevon Hughes, a three-year contributor and the most familiar face among the Badgers, is the player who holds the key to the season that gets rolling with Wednesdayâ??s exhibition game against Bemidji State. If Hughes can become the complete, consistent floor leader that coach Bo Ryan craves at point guard, the Badgers will likely change the surprisingly low opinion analysts have of them nationally.
Erin Jacobsen scored with 55 seconds left Monday to give the University of Wisconsin womenâ??s soccer team a 2-1 victory over Northwestern and clinch third place in the Big Ten Conference.
Jacobsen turned and fired from 30 yards out as the Badgers (9-5-5, 5-1-4 Big Ten) closed the regular season on a seven-match unbeaten streak and secured third place in the conference, the programâ??s best finish since 2000.
UW bolstered its candidacy for an NCAA tournament bid, which would be the first for the program since 2005.
Two heavy hitters took the time to weigh in on the debate about what the true role of the University of Wisconsin-Madisonâ??s Athletic Board should be. Steven Underwood and Donald Downs wrote a guest column which appeared on the Cap Times website Monday.
….At the October meeting of the UW-Madison Faculty Senate, the University Committee — the senate’s governing board — announced it had formed a seven-person ad hoc committee composed of faculty members to review the Athletic Board and determine whether it is fulfilling its oversight duties of the athletic department. It will be interesting to see what conclusions the ad hoc committee comes to.
Only one thing seems clear: As long as there is an athletic department on the UW-Madison campus, there will be an ongoing debate regarding the level and method of control that faculty on campus should be exerting over the athletics enterprise.
….The Athletic Boardâ??s self-report, supported by Professor Walter Dickey, current chair of the Athletic Board who replaced Professor Bruce Jones after Jones complained about not being informed of the Bret Bielema hiring as football coach, concluded that the Athletic Board is merely an advisory committee that has no binding authority when it comes to hiring head coaches. These decisions, the report stated, are made by the chancellor and athletic director. In this regard, however, the self-report belies both tradition and the rule of law at the UW-Madison.
University of Wisconsin Police arrested 15 people and ejected 36 from the UW Badgers football game at Camp Randall against Purdue on Saturday. Fifteen people were arrested, 12 of whom were UW-Madison students, the department said.
University of Wisconsin freshman defensive end David Gilbert celebrated his 18th birthday Saturday, but that doesnâ??t mean the nickname given to him by the older players on the team is going to change. Gilbert, called “Young David” by the teammates who tease him about his age, was little more than two months removed from his 17th birthday when he enrolled at UW in January.
University of Wisconsin Police arrested 15 people at Saturdayâ??s Badger game. Twelve of those arrested were UW students.
The University of Wisconsin Athletic Board chair welcomed the ad hoc committee that met for the first time Wednesday to investigate recent allegations of iniquity in the boardâ??s actions and adamantly defended its actions and procedures.
Former UW-Madison basketball recruit Jeremy Glover pleaded guilty Thursday to burglarizing a campus dorm room with a fellow recruit and was placed in a first offenders program.
The NCAAâ??s decision Thursday to approve new rules aimed at shutting down money trails in menâ??s basketball recruiting wasnâ??t a surprise to Big Ten Conference coaches. But while the coaches agreed that the changes will help clean up a notoriously problematic part of the game, some expressed concern over one portion of the package of legislation that may limit who they can hire to help run their camps and clinics. University of Wisconsin menâ??s basketball coach Bo Ryan said that restricting those jobs to students or campus employees, as the legislation suggests, would force coaches to greatly reduce the number of campers who could attend.
The University of Wisconsin Police Department has clarifyied its carry-in policies for Camp Randall Stadium and the Kohl Center for athletic events. Halloween costumes will also be allowed at both venues this weekend, but the costumes must fit in a normal seating space and be “of an appropriate nature.”
The University of Wisconsin Athletics and the UW Police Department are clarifying past stories about what you can and canâ??t bring into Camp Randall and the Kohl Center.
MADISON, Wis. — The Badgers will be bilingual this weekend. Wisconsinâ??s home football game against Purdue on Saturday will air in Spanish on ESPN Deportes in Madison and Milwaukee besides the usual English versions on the Badger Sports Network.
In hopes of resolving a longstanding debate over the role and operations of the University of Wisconsin Athletic Board, a Faculty Senate-appointed ad hoc committee met for the first time Wednesday to investigate several serious allegations.
University of Wisconsin-Madison sophomore Meg Six is earning national recognition for her unselfish sportsmanship at the Midwest qualifying race for the national sailing championships. Six, who races for the University of Wisconsin Sailing Team but was out of contention for nationals, gave her boat to Lauren Knoles of Michigan State, whose own boat had become disabled.
MADISON (WKOW) — UW Police want to spread the word again this week that a more strict carry-in policy is in place at Camp Randall stadium and the Kohl Center, which includes a ban on large bags and backpacks.
With Halloween weekend approaching and Freakfest nearby on State Street later Saturday night, police have clarified that costumes may be worn at either venue, provided the fan can fit into a normal seating-space and that the costume is appropriate. Carry-ins or props that are part of the banned list will not be allowed.
Most college presidents at schools with the largest athletic programs claim they are powerless when it comes to containing escalating costs associated with big-time college sports.
Really? While such a statement seems absurd, the Chronicle of Higher Education reports that is just one of the key findings of a new report released by the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics that focuses on the financing of major-college athletics programs.
Few topics elicit more heated discussion among University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty leaders than the schoolâ??s athletic department. And to a certain degree, says David McDonald, thatâ??s understandable.
“A number of faculty, and this has gone on for 110 years, have wondered what big-time athletics are doing on a college campus,” says McDonald, who chairs UW-Madisonâ??s history department.
“I think a big part of the tension today is the apparent discrepancies in resources. Even though the athletic department is self-supporting, we read the salaries these coaches are making in the big sports and see the money being spent over at Camp Randall, and some feel a certain amount of resentment.”
Even after redshirting last season, University of Wisconsin freshman forward Ryan Evans possesses an offensive game that can best be described as being in the developmental stage. However, Evans showed during the annual Red-White scrimmage Sunday at the Kohl Center that he could contribute this season because of his athletic ability, hustle and tenacity on both ends of the court.
If a dream is worth pursuing, it almost always comes with a bar code, letting you know thereâ??s a cost. Mark Johnson is in mid-transaction, his payment plan all about installments.
Some of Karen Wellsâ?? most cherished keepsakes are in her favorite room in the house Wendell Bryant bought for her in Florissant, Mo. When sheâ??s feeling lonely because her son is 1,600 miles away in Arizona, she can look at the awards, posters and framed photos from his outstanding career with the University of Wisconsin football program and feel instant comfort.
A shortfall in private donations threatens to put a $27 million University of Wisconsin-Madison hockey project on ice.
“We’re not going to move forward on this project until we have a funding source in place,” said Gary Brown, UW-Madison’s director of campus planning and landscape architecture. “We’re committed to the designs we’re working on. ”
What an odd contradiction in Tom Oates’ column Wednesday, “Blue’s clue: It’s about buzz.”
Most of the column details the many successes of Bo Ryan’s University of Wisconsin basketball program. Then he concludes we may have “already seen the best years of his tenure.”
Not long after he died, Mike Websterâ??s brain wound up in a plastic tub that was sitting on a table in the living room of a Pittsburgh man named Bennet Omalu.
Bret Bielema is filling two jobs this week: University of Wisconsin football coach and counselor.
“The part that we have to understand and get across to our players is: â??Youâ??re a very good football team. Youâ??re a 5-2 football team that has done some good things,â??” Bielema said after UW limped into its bye week with a 20-10 Big Ten Conference loss to Iowa. “Unfortunately weâ??ve played two very good opponents that we didnâ??t play well in the second half.â??.â??.â??.
“Our guys are very hungry. And Iâ??ll have to make them understand where they can finish.”
Keaton Nankivil believes almost everybody weighing in on Vander Blueâ??s decision to play for Marquette is taking a simple situation and making it too complicated.
Deep down inside, Taylor Mehlhaff knows that he will be getting a phone call or a text message from a National Football League team offering a tryout. He just doesnâ??t know when.
Madison golfers Andy North and Steve Stricker will serve as honorary coaches for the University of Wisconsin menâ??s basketball teamâ??s Red and White scrimmage this Sunday at the Kohl Center.Thereâ??s no word yet whether the teams will be re-named Monona Grove and Edgerton or Florida and Illinois in honor of the honorary coachesâ?? high school and college alma maters.
Leave it to sophomore defensive end J.J. Watt to describe succinctly and accurately where the University of Wisconsin stands entering a bye week.
“Weâ??re not in the position we want to be in at this point,” Watt said after UWâ??s 20-10 loss to Iowa.
After the loss, UW sits in fifth place in the Big Ten Conference with a 2-2 mark, 5-2 overall.
After the Department of Homeland Security issued a terror alert for stadiums and arenas back in September, University of Wisconsin police decided not to allow fans to bring bags, backpacks, or purses into Camp Randall Stadium.
On the list of “banned items” at UW home football games are large bags and backpacks, two things UW Police say could hold unknown and potentially dangerous weapons relating to terrorism.
After last yearâ??s troubled season, the UW Marching Band made several changes to try to prevent more incidents of hazing.
In his basement, Mike Leckrone stands two feet from a small TV screen, watching as the UW Marching Band forms a “W” on the field of Camp Randall.
With the same intensity of a football coach, he’s reviewing the footage – forward, then backward – from a halftime show during a September game between the Badgers and Wofford College.
UW-Madison police kicked more people out of Camp Randall Stadium during the Badgersâ?? loss to Iowa on Saturday than they did during the teamâ??s prior two home games.
MADISON, Wis. — A former University of Wisconsin-Madison basketball recruit has pleaded guilty to burglarizing dorm rooms.
A judge on Thursday placed 18-year-old Diamond K. Taylor in a first-offenders program. If the Bolingbrook, Ill., native completes the program the burglary charge will be dismissed.
An opportunity for students, alumni and the community to come together, the University of Wisconsin Homecoming 2009 began with kick-off events last Friday and will conclude with the Badger Huddle and football game against the Iowa Hawkeyes Saturday.
The UW wants the public’s help to put a new spin on a an old familiar favorite.
The Badger fight song “On Wisconsin” is celebrating it’s 100 year anniversary, and to honor the occasion, the University is holding a contest for different versions of the tune.
Yes, the Badgers rake in the money, but Barry Alvarez and Co. spread plenty of it around.
If you want to get under Barry Alvarez’s skin, invoke the notion the University of Wisconsin Athletic Department is strictly a self-serving campus entity.
A lot is made of the fact UW Athletics, outside of utilities and tuition remissions, is self-sustaining. Its $83.326 million operating budget for 2009-10 is built on ticket sales, revenue sharing with the Big Ten Conference, gift funds, multi-media contracts, concessions and events such as concerts and WIAA tournaments.
A former University of Wisconsin basketball recruit pleaded guilty Thursday to burglarizing a dorm room and was placed in a first-offenders program.
A parade, fireworks and football game Saturday will cap UW-Madison’s homecoming week.
At 6 p.m. Friday, Bucky Badger and members the university’s Spirit Squad and Marching Band will make their way down West Gilman and State streets for the homecoming parade.
Afterward a pep rally is set for Union Terrace, a reception at Tripp Commons and a fireworks display over Lake Mendota, weather permitting. Admission to the reception is $10; children younger than 12 get in free.
This weekend Wisconsin renews its young rivalry with Iowa as the Badgers and Hawkeyes clash in the sixth edition of the battle for the Heartland Trophy, a game fans should be excited for.
The UW Police Department announced recently it will not allow carry-ins of any kind into Camp Randall for the remainder of the football season for security reasons.
Win or lose, football Saturdays provide Scott Tolzien with moments that are poignant and memorable – and offer a reminder that life is meant to be cherished.
Before kickoff, the University of Wisconsinâ??s starting quarterback checks his voicemail for a weekly pregame pep talk. After the game, win or lose, Tolzien returns the phone call to discuss the game.
The voice on the other phone is that of 6-year-old Jaxson Hinkens of Appleton, who loves football, worships quarterbacks, is a fervent fantasy league competitor and has moved Tolzien with his courageous battle against cancer. Jaxson has Stage 4 neuroblastoma, the highest and most serious classification of the disease, which is the most common extracranial solid cancer in children.
Win or lose, football Saturdays provide Scott Tolzien with moments that are poignant and memorable – and offer a reminder that life is meant to be cherished. Before kickoff, the University of Wisconsinâ??s starting quarterback checks his voicemail for a weekly pregame pep talk. After the game, win or lose, Tolzien returns the phone call to discuss the game.
University Police are banning fans from bringing all bags, backpacks purses and other carry-ins into Camp Randall stadium for the remainder of the UW football season.
