Defender Caroline Harvey was named a second-team selection Thursday after a 38-point season that will continue Friday in the Frozen Four.
The most decorated rivalry in women’s college hockey has been known to leave mental scars.
Zoom out: NIL payments can vary widely, Rob Master, executive chair of the Varsity Collective, a University of Wisconsin alumni organization helping student-athletes with their NIL sponsorships through partnerships and education, tells Axios.”People get a free sandwich or $25 or they’re getting like tens of thousands of dollars if not more for a deal, six figures,” said Master, who was previously vice president of integrated marketing and media at Unilever, a global consumer goods company. “It really depends on the athlete, the brand.”
Coaches see it as an opportunity to get more competition and build into the offseason. Players have another chance to get on the court with their teammates and chase a championship. But in pure dollar value, an NIT game this season is worth $5,220 per side.
Training table refers to the meals and other food provided by the university to athletes outside of campus dining halls, including money added to athletes’ Red Card, which can be used at local restaurants and grocery stores. Athletic scholarships include a meal plan for campus dining halls and training table access, and UW also provides walk-on football players with training table meals. NCAA rule changes over the past 10 years eliminated restrictions on the number of meals a program can provide per day and the food available outside of scheduled meal times.
The University of Wisconsin men’s and women’s track and field teams closed the indoor season on a high note Saturday at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
UW wasn’t part of the 68-team NCAA field announced Sunday and will miss out on the big dance for just the second time in the last 24 tournaments.
Letter to the editor: But you know what could really help save the floundering hockey program and energize the crowd One word: Beer.
Sarah Franklin and Carter Booth of the University of Wisconsin volleyball team are among 18 collegiate players training this week with the U.S. Women’s National Team in Anaheim, California.
University of Wisconsin volleyball fans clearly are salivating over the thought of getting a glimpse of the 2023 Badgers.
Alicia Monson, a former distance-running standout at the University of Wisconsin and Amery High School, crushed the American record in the 10,000 meters over the weekend when she took second at an event called The Ten in San Juan Capistrano in California on Saturday.
The University of Wisconsin men’s hockey coach was relieved of his duties, director of athletics Chris McIntosh announced. Granato spent seven seasons on the job, compiling a 105-129-16 (.452) overall record and a 65-87-13 (.433) mark in the Big Ten. The program finished below .500 the past two years.
Chris McIntosh acknowledged that there are multiple needs in the search for the next University of Wisconsin men’s hockey coach.
The Tony Granato coaching era with the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team, which started nearly seven years ago with hopes for a return to a place among the NCAA elite for a tradition-rich program, is over.
“Coach Granato is a great Badger and no one is more passionate about Wisconsin hockey or the University of Wisconsin than he is,” athletic director Chris McIntosh said Monday in a statement. “I have great appreciation for the heart and soul that he has poured into the program during his time as head coach.
The current Badgers men’s hockey head coach will not return to the team, UW Athletics Director Chris McIntosh said Monday. McIntosh says Tony Granato, who just finished his seventh season with the team, is not going to return.
Wisconsin will pursue new men’s ice hockey leadership, firing head coach Tony Granato after seven seasons with the team.
The University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team is in the NCAA Tournament for the 10th straight season but it has a long road to a national championship.
Greg Gillum has a lot to say when he’s asked a fairly simple question.
Three-time Olympian Brianna Decker announced her retirement from the United States national hockey team on Thursday, ending a career in which she ranks third among American women players in world championship tournament points.
The University of Wisconsin football team’s spending on assistant coaches may be similar to its total last season.
The defender from Salem, New Hampshire, became the sixth Wisconsin women’s hockey player to be named the conference rookie of the year. She joins Sophie Shirley (2019), Abby Roque (2017), Annie Pankowski (2015), Meghan Duggan (2007), Sara Bauer (2004) and Meghan Hunter (2001) as Badgers who have won the award.
Kelsey Sharkey has a valuable trump card she can play if she needs to inside the University of Wisconsin football offices.
Student managers for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team have a long list of responsibilities when it comes to Badgers practices and games. They’re the ones who get the gym set up early and the ones who stay late to make sure the stats and game video match up for analysis.
College is hard enough in one’s native tongue much less a second language that hasn’t been completely mastered. It is much harder than either Orzol or Guctekin is making it seem.
The third day of the Big Ten men’s swimming and diving championships brought more success for the University of Wisconsin at Canham Natatorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Marisa Moseley recognizes the responsibility she carries as the coach of the University of Wisconsin women’s basketball team.
Redshirt junior Jackson Sharp claimed another title as the University of Wisconsin men’s track and field team earned the cumulative crown on the final day of the Big Ten indoor championships on Saturday in Geneva, Ohio.
Don’t get caught up in the record, focus on getting better. That is what colleagues told Marisa Moseley when she took on the challenge of building the Wisconsin women’s basketball program.
While it’s a little cold to get out on the water just yet, the Badger men’s and women’s rowing teams hit the gym Thursday to row, and honor one of their own lost to brain cancer by raising money to fight it.
Wisconsin has topped 10,000 fans at a women’s game six times, even exceeding it by margins as great as 5,000. No other women’s college hockey program has ever had more than 7,000 attendees.
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.
