Marcus Randle El, a former University of Wisconsin football player who played for the Badgers from 2004 to 2007, was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences for the 2020 murders of two women.
A former University of Wisconsin football player was sentenced Wednesday to two consecutive life sentences for the 2020 killings of two women, although his sentence gives him a chance to eventually seek early release.
A former University of Wisconsin football player was sentenced Wednesday to two consecutive life sentences for the 2020 killings of two women, although his sentence gives him a chance to eventually seek early release.
Camp Randall Stadium is scheduled for two major updates, one of which is tied to expansion of the College Football Playoff.
J.J. Watt and Kealia Watt are getting further into the soccer business, and they’re not the first Wisconsin-connected athletes to take that particular jump.
The $40,000 bonus that would have been paid to former Badgers football coach Paul Chryst for a seven-win season was listed as vacated in the table listing the amounts.
Achange to the University of Wisconsin athletic department’s discipline policy for athletes last June added an eighth reason for an automatic suspension and inquiry.
The newest addition to the Wisconsin women’s basketball coaching staff is no stranger to success or to the state.
The sophomore from Dayton, Ohio, was arrested during the Mifflin Street Block Party and brought into custody at the Dane County jail at 4:48 p.m. Saturday and released on bail at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, according to a sheriff’s office spokesperson.
Gloomy weather didn’t stop thousands of athletes from getting out for the 41st annual Crazylegs Classic.
Nick Herbig moved over 4,000 miles to play college football at the University of Wisconsin, and now he’s using his time as a Badger to propel him into the NFL.
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.”
The Badgers will take on the Boilermakers on Friday, Sept. 22 at Ross-Ade Stadium. Kickoff time and TV broadcast information has not yet been released.
There were 4,704 tickets scanned on average over 18 home games, according to data collected by UW. That was 4% lower than the average from 2021-22, which also set a program low in data kept since the start of the 2006-07 season.
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.
Madison was a prime target right from the start for the league, said Katlyn Gao, co-founder and CEO of LOVB (pronounced “Love”). She cited the fervent support for the University of Wisconsin volleyball team and the area’s growing club volleyball involvement as key factors in the city’s appeal.
Asubpar season on the court for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team carried over into the number of fans in the Kohl Center seats.
The Badgers announced the hiring of Margaret McKeon, Moseley’s former coach at Boston University, as an assistant coach in a news release Monday. McKeon fills one of two vacancies within the program.
The Badgers averaged 1,838 tickets scanned at their 14 games at the Kohl Center, the largest figure since 2011-12.
The University of Wisconsin athletic board on Friday approved one-year contract extensions for five winter sports coaches.
The most noteworthy extension was for men’s basketball coach Greg Gard, whose contract runs through May 31, 2028.
Greg Gard of men’s basketball, Marisa Moseley of women’s basketball, Mark Johnson of women’s hockey, Chris Bono of wrestling and Yuri Suguiyama of swimming and diving now have five-year contracts through the 2027-28 season.
NBC Sports, the new home for primetime Big Ten football, asked students interested in being part of a promotional campaign to come to the stadium wearing their Badger best.
College athletes always have been able to transfer, but it hasn’t always been as easy as it is now.
The University of Wisconsin is doubling down on hopes that new coach Mike Hastings will be the one to get the men’s hockey team another national championship.
NBC Sports – the new home for primetime Big Ten football – is coming to Madison this week to record part of a promotional campaign. The spots will air all summer and before games this fall and the network needs 300 UW students to come to the stadium and be a part of it.
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.
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.
A private luncheon is being held Saturday inside the Champions Club at Camp Randall Stadium, part of a massive fundraising campaign designed to take care of Moore’s healthcare needs for the remainder of his life.
Several former UW athletes will be playing basketball tomorrow at Madison College in the Easterseals 4th annual Celebrity Basketball Experience.
Competing for the University of Wisconsin, he won two N.C.A.A. wrestling titles, including one over John Smith, arguably America’s greatest wrestler. Mr. Jordan says he applies the lessons he learned from wrestling to his current role.
The University of Wisconsin Men’s Basketball team celebrated its 125th year as a program by helping an alumni and coach who was severely injured in a car accident.
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.
In November, ESPN explored the origins of the tradition in a 6-minute documentary, which was nominated for a Sports Emmy award Monday.
Letter to the editor: I wish there was an easy fix to this growing spirit of meanness, but I suspect it’s a microcosm of the larger culture. Perhaps sportsmanship should be added to the public and private school curriculum?
The UW Athletic Board’s Finance, Facilities and Operations Committee gave initial approval on Wednesday for a budget of $161.6 million for next season. The full board will consider the request at its April 21 meeting.
Offensive coordinator Phil Longo will be the highest paid University of Wisconsin football assistant coach, and the salary pool for the assistants is similar to last season’s.
When Barry Alvarez decided he was ready to leave his post at Notre Dame and accept the challenge of taking over the University of Wisconsin football program, one of the men he targeted to join his first UW staff was Bernie Wyatt.
Mike Hastings heard the question a few times in the past few days and has given a consistent, quick answer.
Hastings, who was hired by the Badgers on Thursday, will make $700,000 next season, athletic director Chris McIntosh said. That’s $100,000 more than former UW coach Tony Granato made.
Mike Hastings is the first University of Wisconsin men’s hockey coach who didn’t either play for or serve as an assistant coach with the team since Bob Johnson joined the program in 1966.
Since a U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2021, college athletes have been permitted to turn their local fame into real money by endorsing products, making paid posts on social media and even recording birthday videos for fans. NIL has exploded into a multi-million-dollar industry, providing a lucrative side hustle for some college athletes and delivering massive paydays to the biggest stars.
But international athletes, even elite performers like Orzol, are stuck on the free-market bench.
Noted: Before cross-country runner Sarah Shulze, 21, died by suicide at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in April 2022, the athletics department was expanding its professional mental health support from two staffers to six to help the school’s approximately 800 student-athletes, said David Lacocque, the department’s director of mental health and sport psychology. The department, known until eight months ago as “clinical & sport psychology,” changed its name in part because student-athletes were asking for mental health support.
In addition to scheduled appointments, the sports liaisons attend practices, team meetings, training sessions, and competitions to help normalize mental health concerns.
“Gone are the days when we sit in our office and wait for people to knock on the door and talk to us,” Lacocque said.
A 10-year period of remarkable growth in University of Wisconsin volleyball attendance finished with another record. The Badgers averaged nearly 6,000 tickets scanned per home game in the 2022 season, by far the highest number.
The University of Wisconsin Women’s Hockey team made history — again.
The team won its seventh national title on Sunday in a major upset, beating the Ohio State Buckeyes, the top ranked team of the season and the 2022 defending NCAA champions. The Badgers now lead Minnesota with the most national titles of all time in the Frozen Four.
Letter to the editor: In short, they are champions because they embody all of the selfless yet competitive characteristics that puts the team ahead of the individual, raising up all of them.
The bus ride back from Duluth, Minnesota, on Sunday night was a lively one for the newly crowned NCAA champions from the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team.
Junior Phoebe Bacon finished second in the 200-yard backstroke A finals in a time of 1 minute, 49.28 seconds. This secured her third All-American honor of the meet. She earned the No. 2 seed with a 1:50.03 time in the prelims. Sophomore Paige McKenna placed third in the 1,650 freestyle with a time of 15:48.71.
The University of Wisconsin is hosting a rally at 6 p.m. Monday at LaBahn Arena. The doors for the free event will open at 5 p.m.
“I’m going to grab the trophy (Monday) and then I’m taking it over to sit down with my mom and get a picture with my mom,” Johnson said. “Because she’s not doing real well. So it’s something that I’ll be able to have with me for a long period of time.”
Video of the Badgers arriving early Monday morning after securing their seventh national championship. They received a colorful welcome.
This 179-day journey began with an unusual splash of cold water thrown at the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team and at one point had a historic low point.
It ended Sunday with a more common sight: The Badgers piled onto the ice to celebrate a national championship and later splashed the cold water on coach Mark Johnson.
There were less than 3 seconds on the clock, one faceoff left and it was 150 feet away from her. University of Wisconsin women’s hockey goalie Cami Kronish raised her hands to her helmet.
“I cannot believe this is my life right now,” she said later, recalling her thoughts in the moment.
Video: Badgers players and coach Mark Johnson get the NCAA championship trophy after defeating Ohio State 1-0 on Sunday in Duluth, Minnesota.
Starting at 6 p.m., people are invited to the LaBahn Arena for the free event. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. and it’s free to attend.
The team will be back in Madison on Monday, UW Athletics announced, and there will be a Welcome Home Event held at LaBahn Arena.
After taking down top-ranked Ohio State to win their seventh National Championship in program history, the UW women’s hockey team will celebrate their victory with fans on Monday night at LaBahn Arena.
Wisconsin Badgers Women’s Hockey is once again on top of the collegiate hockey world, winning their seventh title Sunday in a 1-0 title bout over the Ohio State Buckeyes. For a group of fans watching from Paul’s Neighborhood Bar in Middleton, it is a moment they will hold dear because of their special bond with the program.
Sunday’s victory marks Wisconsin’s seventh national championship in program history, third in four complete seasons.
The Badgers earned their third national title in five years, and seventh as a program, overtaking the Buckeyes with a single goal.
University of Wisconsin sophomore Abby Carlson claimed second place in the 500-yard freestyle during Thursday’s portion of the NCAA women’s swimming championships at the Allan Jones Aquatic Center in Knoxville, Tennessee.
