We asked University of Wisconsin football players at Tuesday’s media day how they prepare for the four weeks of training camp, knowing that it’ll become a grind at some point before the Sept. 2 opener against Buffalo at Camp Randall Stadium.
There have been several high-profile transfers throughout the Big Ten, a total of 31 according to College VBall Transfers on Twitter. Several ended up at opposing Big Ten programs — like the University of Wisconsin’s All-American transfer outside hitter Temi Thomas-Ailara, who transferred from Northwestern — which Nebraska coach John Cook said “bothers me.”
Training camp starts Wednesday from UW-Platteville and the Badgers sat down for media day on Tuesday. First-year head coach Luke Fickell said his excitement for upcoming camp and the season is overwhelming. “Honestly, I’m not kidding, I couldn’t sleep last night,” said Fickell.
The University of Wisconsin volleyball team was picked to win its fifth-consecutive Big Ten Championship and several Badgers were awarded preseason individual honors with less than a month until the start of the 2023 volleyball season.
Conference championships and individual honors in the 2022-23 season meant extra bonuses for University of Wisconsin cross country and track and field coaches.
Wisconsin sports fanatics are hearty and a little nuts. Moreover, UW-Madison is the only school in the country to draw more than 8,000 fans for three different women’s sports programs. That includes 16,833 people at the Kohl Center last fall for volleyball.
Officials at UW-Platteville think University of Wisconsin football players will be surprised to see what kind of facilities they’ll be using when they arrive for camp Tuesday.
Preparing for his first full season as Wisconsin’s head coach after leading the Cincinnati program for the last six seasons, Fickell addressed reporters Thursday morning at the Big Ten preseason meetings.
Luke Fickell wasn’t sounding any alarms, but he sees an area for improvement in his program when it comes to player discipline. The University of Wisconsin football coach has had three players in legal matters this summer, though just two remain with the team.
It was mostly quiet in the Kohl Center last week as University of Wisconsin women’s basketball coach Marisa Moseley addressed the state of affairs within her program.
Several Badgers games will air on NBC this season, a trusted NBC15 source confirms Wednesday.
Luke Fickell’s first season has been met with high expectations and the program is expected to have three league games on NBC, Action Network’s Brett McMurphy reported. Those games include 2:30 p.m. Oct. 14 vs. Iowa, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 28 vs. Ohio State and 6:30 p.m. Nov. 18 against Nebraska.
On Tuesday, the University of Illinois revealed former University of Wisconsin defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard would join head coach Bret Bielema’s staff in Urbana as a Senior Football Analyst.
When the Big Ten conducts its 2023 Media Days on Wednesday and Thursday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, there will be only three holdovers from that ’11 gathering: Ferentz in his 25th season at Iowa, Bielema in his third season at Illinois and Fickell in his first season at Wisconsin.
The U.S. Women’s National Soccer team is poised to make history in Australia and New Zealand with a chance to win the FIFA World Cup for a third time in a row. And Wisconsin businesses are taking advantage of the hype.
Former Wisconsin defensive coordinator and interim head coach Jim Leonhard hosted a free youth football camp at St. Francis Xavier on Wednesday.
Chris Clark, the longest-tenured coach of any UW program, is leaving his position leading the men’s rowing program to enter a newly created role as director of rowing.
While much of the world swelters, Auckland is feeling a bit chilly. American midfielder Rose LaVelle has impressed journalists with her attire: while at least one reporter wore a winter coat during a USWNT training session, Lavelle, a University of Wisconsin alum, practiced sleeveless and in shorts. Lavelle is a key player, but a pre-World Cup injury has worried USWNT observers. Will she be ready to go? If Lavelle’s taking on the cold head up, that seems like a strong sign she’s thriving.
Chris McIntosh’s tenure at the University of Wisconsin as athletic director has paralleled a new era of major college athletics with the introduction of the Name, Image and Likeness rules.
In 1990, McCarney and Wyatt were the first two hires on Barry Alvarez’ inaugural Wisconsin staff. They took part in the introductory press conference at the McClain Facility, the setting for Alvarez’ infamous declaration to the fans, “We’re going to build it from the foundation. Don’t know how long it will take. They’d better get season tickets now because before long they probably won’t be able to.’’
Rose Lavelle, a star for the U.S. in the last World Cup four years ago, will be once again in the mix. The Cincinnati native played college soccer at the University of Wisconsin.
Badger football, volleyball, cross country, soccer prepare for fall 2023 season.
The University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team was “on top of the world” in March, and the feeling was well-deserved after the Badgers made history by becoming the first team to win seven NCAA championships.
Vicky Opitz grew up hearing stories. Her grandfather and parents alike exposed her from an early age to the University of Wisconsin rowing program, and the success stories within it.
Opitz is a former Badger, world champion, Big Ten champion, and All-American. Opitz becomes the seventh coach in UW program history.
There’s a new era underway for the Wisconsin women’s rowing team and it’s a perfect fit. Vicky Opitz takes over as the program’s 7th head coach and Badger rowing is in her blood.
New UW women’s rowing coach Vicky Opitz talks her history with Badgers rowing ahead of taking over the women’s rowing program.
Wisconsin Republicans released two proposals Wednesday that would ban transgender girls and women from participating in female sports at every grade level and in college.
The bills, authored by Republican Rep. Barbara Dittrich of Oconomowoc and Sen. Dan Knodl of Germantown, would bar male and transgender female students attending publicly-funded K-12 schools, University of Wisconsin System campuses and state technical colleges from competing in sports designated for females.
They’ve shared a household, a Pewaukee High School legacy, an NFL football field and now a cereal box.
Wheaties, the iconic brand that’s pictured prominent athletes on its orange cereal boxes since the 1930s, will release a new box that features J.J. and T.J. Watt on the front. The University of Wisconsin standouts have combined for four NFL Defensive Player of the Year trophies, and J.J. has been busy in his first offseason of retirement, recently announcing he’d be joining the NFL on CBS crew in the fall.
Ball, a two-time All-American tailback and 5,000-plus-yard rusher with 83 career touchdowns, learned in late March that he will be inducted into the Wisconsin Athletics Hall of Fame. As one of 13 members in the 2023 Class – headlined by J.J. Watt – Ball will be recognized on Hall of Fame weekend, Sept. 15-16 in Madison.
The University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team was just two days removed from wrapping up its second straight losing season when program legend Tony Granato was shown the door in March.
Letter to the editor: I took several trips to that campus to watch the 1985 Chicago Bears team practice at that facility. When watching their practice, you could basically stand near the sidelines and watch the 1985 Bears defense scrimmage against running back Walter Payton. The players and coaches were very accessible after the scrimmage.
Athletic director Chris McIntosh reinstated Turner after an inquiry into his OWI arrest on June 26, according to a news release Monday. Turner’s arrest triggered the athletic department’s student-athlete discipline policy, which was changed last year to include OWI in the offenses that warranted automatic suspensions. Turner was not allowed to participate in practices, but had access to the weight room and sports medicine facilities.
Badger linebacker Jordan Turner was reinstated to the football team, UW-Madison Athletic Director Chris McIntosh announced Monday.Turner was indefinitely suspended from the team last month for violating the student athlete discipline policy.
Turner was previously suspended in June from competition and practice after violating the UW Department of Athletics’ Student-Athlete Discipline Policy.
Renowned broadcaster and reporter Mike Lucas, who has covered University of Wisconsin sports for more than 50 years, is rejoining the Cap Times.
Thomas played for the Badgers from 2003-2006, earning All-American honors during his junior and senior seasons.
The ideal candidate was someone who’s worked at different levels, as a head coach and an assistant, with various levels of program support and, yes, with goaltending experience to fill in a gap on the staff in that area. Murdock checked the boxes. He was announced Thursday as an assistant coach and was heading to Madison to start putting things in place.
UW will pay UW-Platteville up to $150,398 in facility rental costs and for lodging and food during the Aug. 1-8 stay in southwestern Wisconsin. That doesn’t include transportation to and from Platteville, a 72-mile drive from the team’s facilities at Camp Randall Stadium.
The UW System: A total of $1.7 billion will go to projects across the UW System statewide. Some of the big ticket items in there include $285 million for replacing Camp Randall Sports Center and turning it into an indoor football facility, $347 million for replacing the Engineering Building and demolishing the Computer Aided Engineering Facility at UW-Madison, and $231 million for demolition of Phillips Hall and the completion of a new Science/Health Science Building at UW-Eau Claire.
Inside linebacker Jordan Turner, expected to be one of the key members of Wisconsin’s defense this season, has been suspended indefinitely after violating the athletic department’s student-athlete discipline policy.
The University of Wisconsin football program announced Friday that a key member has been suspended.
“My parents raised me to do the right things in life and unfortunately this time, I didn’t,” Turner said. “I made the wrong decision. I’m very disappointed and embarrassed and I want to personally apologize to my parents, my teammates, my coaches, the fans and the University of Wisconsin.
J.J. Watt is back in the NFL, but this time at the analyst desk.
The Pewaukee native and former University of Wisconsin defensive end announced on Twitter Thursday that he’ll be joining CBS Sports as an NFL studio analyst this fall on a multiyear deal.
The University of Wisconsin volleyball team may have fallen short of its lofty goal of repeating as NCAA champions during the 2022 season, but the Badgers turned in plenty of thrilling performances, and there was no shortage of fans eager to catch the reigning champs in action.
Imagine a Big Ten West Division with the University of Wisconsin football team joined by familiar foes Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and Northwestern along with newcomers UCLA and Southern Cal.
University of Wisconsin running back Braelon Allen hosted his second annual charity softball game inside Herr-Baker Field on Saturday afternoon. A press release by the Fond du Lac Spiders, a Northwoods League team, in February announced that proceeds would “benefit The Braelon Allen Fund, the Fond du Lac Boys & Girls Club, the Fond du Lac YMCA, and the Fond du Lac Junior Football League.”
Allen was arrested in April at the Mifflin Street block party, an end-of-year celebration for University of Wisconsin- Madison students.
Wide receiver Markus Allen made the announcement himself on social media Friday morning, saying his name will officially enter the transfer portal soon.
The University of Wisconsin volleyball team was less than a year removed from the program’s first NCAA national championship when coach Kelly Sheffield’s squad faced one of the toughest tests in program history.
Chalk up one more award for J.J. Watt. The future NFL Hall-of-Famer will be headed to the University of Wisconsin’s Hall of Fame this year.
The Varsity Collective is separate from UW but has worked with UW athletic director Chris McIntosh and others in the athletic department to ensure its program is aligned with the university’s NIL guidelines. The collective signed a deal in 2022 with Opendorse, the NIL platform UW uses with its athletes, to create the infrastructure for connecting athletes with NIL opportunities.
Changes in NCAA coaching rules have some University of Wisconsin teams waiting to see how many people will be on staff next season.
The Badgers announced Thursday they will play three games in Italy on a trip from Aug. 6-15. The trip will start in Rome with a game Aug. 8 before a game in Florence on Aug. 11 and the final game in Venice on Aug. 13.
The University of Wisconsin volleyball team’s path to a fifth straight Big Ten Conference championship is known.
The University of Wisconsin Women’s Hockey team was recognized on Monday at the White House for winning the 2023 NCAA National Championship.
They arrived from all over to be part of College Athlete Day at the White House, get a tour of the U.S. Capitol, meet Wisconsin’s senators and take in the sights.
President Joe Biden and second gentleman Douglas Emhoff hosted College Athlete Day on the White House’s South Lawn on Monday, celebrating several women’s and men’s NCAA champion teams from the 2022-2023 season.
Members of the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team are headed to Washington, D.C., on Monday to be feted for the NCAA title they won in March. But UW officials until recently thought they had been forgotten in the process.
Football or education? The priorities for our right-wing, gerrymandered Legislature seem to fit nicely with the UW-Madison athletics department’s desire for a new training facility and hopeless dreams of a national championship.
