The junior defended his title in the 500-yard freestyle and was a member of the second-place 400 medley relay Thursday at Canham Natatorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
“Obviously, her love for the university stood out,” McIntosh said in an exclusive interview with BadgerExtra on Saturday. “Her support of our program. But even closer to home, her support of our student-athletes. She understood the impact of athletics here and what it can do for the people that come through our program. She was there every step of the way to help support us.”
His public address announcer voice carries through the Kohl Center speakers with a signature phrase before the band breaks into “On, Wisconsin!” as the Badgers skate onto the ice. “All right fans, it’s time for period number two, are you ready? Because here cooooommmme the Badgers!”
Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball coach Greg Gard took a few moments after his team’s win against Michigan on Tuesday night to share his thoughts on this week’s deadly mass shooting on the campus of Michigan State.
The University of Wisconsin volleyball team will play three spring matches, including one at the UW Field House.
Hoare had a track and field scholarship waiting for him at the University of Wisconsin, but the fear of the unknown was beginning to overwhelm him: Was it the right move? Did he want to spend the next four years so far from home? How would he manage on his own? Did he need a credit card? It was all too much.
University of Wisconsin graduate Alicia Monson made women’s track and field history during Saturday’s Millrose Games at The Armory in New York City. The 24-year-old set an American record in the 3,000 meters with a time of 8 minutes, 25.05 seconds.
The Badgers are on pace for their lowest announced attendance average since they moved to the Kohl Center in 1998. A massive dropoff in season ticket sales after a fourth losing season out of five set up the downturn.
After being drafted third overall in 2007, Thomas spent his entire 11-year NFL career with the Cleveland Browns before retiring in 2018. He was a six-time first-team All-Pro and a ten-time Pro Bowler.
The COVID-19 pandemic had a massive effect on the sports world. Surprisingly one of the biggest impacts was on game day attire for coaches.
We’re only a few hours beyond Groundhog Day, and our local groundhog, Jimmy, thinks winter will be around for a few more weeks. But nevertheless it’s February, and you know what that means: Baseball is just around the corner.
A graduate of Brookfield Central High School who was a consensus All-American at Wisconsin as a senior in 2006, Thomas should soon be headed to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Nurse played college hockey for four years at the University of Wisconsin. As a Badger, Nurse helped the team win the WCHA Championship, scoring two goals on the way to defeating Bemidji State.
Maty Wilke’s adjustments make sense. The college game is faster and it’s more physical, so of course the freshman on the Wisconsin women’s basketball team is trying to match that fire with her own. The players are older and the teams are better prepared, so there are some mental gymnastics to navigate, too.
Daniel Howell Jr. , a former Badger football player with two decades of experience in social services but a newcomer to electoral politics, is running for mayor as a write-in candidate.
The salary pool for University of Wisconsin football assistants is on track to surpass last season’s total after the university turned over five of the 10 coaches’ contracts Tuesday.
The University of Wisconsin might be on the outside looking in if the NCAA men’s basketball tournament began today, while Marquette is looking to lock down a top-four seed. And don’t forget about UW-Milwaukee, which is tied for first place in the Horizon League and could reach the Big Dance for the first time since 2014 by triumphing in the Horizon League Tournament.
Here’s what bracket projections are saying on the precipice of February.
University of Wisconsin officials on Monday provided the contracts of three new football assistants, Colin Hitschler, Paul Haynes and Greg Scruggs.
Former University of Wisconsin linebacker T.J. Edwards has been an essential cog for the Super Bowl-bound Philadelphia Eagles, working his way up from undrafted free agent to the best linebacker on an NFC champion team.
Noted: The Super Bowl will also feature a pair of former Badgers going head-to-head. Rookie Leo Chenal, a star linebacker for the University of Wisconsin before turning pro after the 2021 season, plays largely on special teams for the Chiefs. Linebacker T.J. Edwards, who went undrafted in 2019 despite four solid years with UW, has become one of the best players on Philadelphia’s defense.
The Wisconsin football running back room is no stranger to coaching transitions at this point, but Luke Fickell may have found a long-term answer on his staff to lead the tailbacks.
The board voted in closed session to approve athletic department recommendations and add a year to agreements with volleyball coach Kelly Sheffield, women’s soccer coach Paula Wilkins and men’s soccer coach Neil Jones.
Season tickets for Luke Fickell’s first season as the Badgers football coach are available for purchase.
The University of Wisconsin football team has finalized its defensive coaching staff with the hire of Matt Mitchell as outside linebackers coach and special teams coordinator.
“I’m thrilled to be joining the staff at the University of Wisconsin,” Mitchell said in a statement released by the school Monday. “Coach Fickell has a proven track record of success and has assembled a championship level staff. That, in combination with the tradition and enhancements being made at Wisconsin, has me excited for the future of this program.”
The University of Wisconsin men’s basketball game against Northwestern that was postponed from Saturday finally has an official start time — 5:30 p.m. Monday.
The top six athletes came together as a group in the final loop. With 1,000 meters remaining, a leader finally emerged when Micah Wilson of the University of Wisconsin broke away from the pack. But the lead didn’t last long as Marco Langon of Villanova caught up quickly. The competitors went back and forth until Young sprinted ahead of the duo heading into the homestretch.
The schools announced Thursday night that Saturday’s Big Ten Conference game in Evanston, Illinois, won’t take place as scheduled because of health and safety protocols with the Wildcats. They’ll try to find a date to reschedule but it won’t be Sunday.
The University of Wisconsin football team had more trouble with the wind than it did with Maryland in a 23-10 victory that started just after 11 a.m. that Saturday. The inclement weather — some parts of Dane County recorded nearly 2 inches of rain for the day — was a factor in that game setting the high-water mark for no-shows at a Badgers football home game in the 16 seasons since UW started using ticket scanners.
The black market for explicit, compromising leaks (both real and phony) of images connected to niche scandals is certainly robust: last year, celebratory locker room nudes taken by the University of Wisconsin-Madison women’s volleyball team after a championship win were openly shared and critiqued across social media.
With a top-35 attendance average last season and over 3,200 fans per game at the Kohl Center already this year, the University of Wisconsin women’s basketball program has one of the top platforms in the sport. Assistant coach Caroline Doty hopes it can be put to use Thursday evening when the Badgers host their first Pride Game when they take on No. 11 Maryland in a Big Ten Conference game.
Letter to the editor: It has not only helped and been a great resource for UW-Madison athletes and fans, but many others in Madison, Dane County and the entire state of Wisconsin.
The Badgers won’t host a non-conference game in place of playing the Wildcats if the Big Ten Conference contest gets postponed, as coach Greg Gard said Tuesday was likely.
The Badgers have never before worn black as a base color. The subtle messages included in the gold pinstripes that cut through the uniform — the words equality, unity and Wisconsin forward in caps — are designed to speak loudly.
Erin Roberge graduated with a bachelor’s degree from UW-Madison before going on to earn her master’s degree in exercise science through Pennsylvania Western University with an emphasis in performance enhancement and injury prevention.
Fickell, now 49 and the coach of the University of Wisconsin, quickly has gone about giving the Badgers program a facelift. From bringing in fresh offensive schemes, an entirely new coaching staff and a different approach to recruiting that already is paying dividends, the UW program feels as if it already is his despite being hired six weeks ago.
Former University of Wisconsin cornerback Troy Vincent will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in a ceremony late in 2023, one of 18 players so honored in this year’s class.
One of the four coach inductees, Monte Cater, coached at Lakeland College from 1981 through 1986.
The College Football Hall of Fame encompasses a large contingent of inductees, but only 13 associated directly with their time at the University of Wisconsin make the list, though many others with connections to Wisconsin football have been recognized.
Troy Vincent, who starred as a Badgers cornerback from 1988-91, will be part of the 18-player class inducted into the Hall in December. He’s the 12th UW player to earn a spot in the Hall of Fame.
Troy Vincent, who starred in Barry Alvarez’s early Wisconsin teams, was selected Monday to the College Football Hall of Fame.
From 10 to 11 a.m. fans were invited to join the members of the UW Men’s Hockey team for a free skate, autographs and photos at the Edgewater Hotel ice rink.
JJ Watt received one of the strangest gifts in the mail and only Wisconsin fans will truly appreciate it.
The gift appears to be a taxidermy Badger. That’s right, someone appears to have sent Watt a stuffed Badger.
Watt shared photos of the gift on Twitter Thursday saying, “I have received a lot of wild fan mail over the years. This package that arrived today is certainly being added to the list.”
Letter to the editor: UW-Madison’s athletic director deserves a hand for his firm, capable leadership these last few months.
Wisconsin native and former University of Wisconsin star Cole Caufield scored his 20th and 21st goals of the season for the Canadiens in their fifth consecutive loss. He’s the first Montreal player to reach 20 goals in 37 of fewer games since Martin Rucinsky and Brian Savage in 1995-96.
Mark Johnson calls this the best time of the year.
It’s winter break on the University of Wisconsin campus, a time that most of the student body heads home and recharges for the second semester. The break is a favorite of the Wisconsin’s women’s hockey coach because it is the one time all season that his players can lock in and devote all of their energy to the game.
“I think he worked for Pizza Hut or Papa John’s delivering pizzas just to pay for his first semester,” said Brendan Kelly, who played on the defensive line with Watt at Wisconsin.
J.J. Watt, the pride of Pewaukee High School and a three-time NFL defensive player of the year, announced Tuesday via Twitter that Sunday’s game against Tampa Bay was his last NFL home game, implying that he would be retiring at the end of the 2022 season.
Milwaukee was good to the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team last year.
Will it be more of the same this year?
The Badgers return to Fiserv Forum for the second annual Kwik Trip Holiday Face-Off on Wednesday and Thursday looking for a fresh start after a rocky first half of the season
Fickell, the new University of Wisconsin football coach, said at the time that he was acting as “kind of a figurehead” while allowing coordinators Jim Leonhard and Bobby Engram to run both sides of the ball.
att has two brothers, T.J. and Derek, who play in the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The three Watt brothers played college football at the University of Wisconsin.
He set up the Justin J. Watt Foundation while he as at the University of Wisconsin and has gone on to raise more than $5 million to help fund after-school athletic programs and organizations.
J.J. Watt, who terrorized quarterbacks as a Wisconsin Badger and was a star for the Houston Texans, is retiring from the NFL.
Braelon Allen ran for 116 yards and a touchdown and Wisconsin withstood Oklahoma State’s second-half push in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl for a 24-17 victory Tuesday night.
Leonhard’s time at the University of Wisconsin is coming to an end soon. The former three-time All-American safety and UW hall of famer is not returning to the program after he was passed over as the team’s head coach in favor of Luke Fickell. His last game with the Badgers is set to be the Guaranteed Rate Bowl at 9:15 p.m. Tuesday, and the players he led as interim coach for two months this season sought to commemorate their time with him.
The football players who chose to represent the University of Wisconsin in 2022 have been through hell during the last nine months.
Too strong for you?
Consider that the players lost two individuals who they considered part of their family, one a coach and one a player, and had to endure multiple coaching changes.
The Luke Fickell era at Wisconsin will have a soft opening. Fickell will be on the sideline against Oklahoma State on Tuesday night in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl. Most of the major decisions, like naming a starting quarterback, will be made by interim coach Jim Leonhard and the other current Badgers coaches.
It will be an extended holiday break for Wisconsin men’s basketball.
Two people with ties to the Wisconsin men’s basketball program have been nominated for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Bo Ryan was a finalist in 2015 but was not inducted. Michael Finley, who played at UW from 1991-95, is up for induction alongside the legendary coach.
The Badgers (4-9) and Beacons (2-6) originally were scheduled to start at 4 p.m., but the two teams shifted the start time to try to avoid the forecasted snowstorm beginning Wednesday evening.
UW paid the company $50,000 for a search involving a head football coach, and would pay the same rate for a head men’s basketball coaching search. That’s on top of the $48,000 annual retainer covering three to five openings for coaches or administrators.
Letter to the editor: I want to applaud the UW-Madison’s women athletes for a phenomenal 2022. While concurrently celebrating the 50th anniversary of Title IX, UW women athletes continue to make strides in a number of sports.
