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How Wisconsin football players remember fallen friend, former receiver Devin Chandler

Wisconsin State Journal

Every University of Wisconsin football player who spoke with State Journal reporters Tuesday at the McClain Center mentioned the look that was always on Devin Chandler’s face when he was a member of the Badgers’ program. They spoke of his bright personality and willingness to express himself, how he injected energy into every situation he found himself in, and was the first to jump up and start dancing when a song he enjoyed came through the locker room speakers.

Virginia remembers: ‘Life of the party’ … ‘Lights up the room’ … ‘Most interesting person on the team’

Yahoo Sports

Then there was Devin Chandler, who had come back to his state school after initially heading to the University of Wisconsin. Even as a newcomer, he instantly found a way to make everyone smile. “He was everything you’d want [competitively] out of a person at this level but he was a big kid. Loved to dance, loved to sing … Life of the party.”

3 University of Virginia football players killed in shooting; hundreds mourn on campus Monday night

USA Today

All three victims were members of the University of Virginia football team. Perry was a 6-foot-3 junior linebacker from Miami. Davis was a 6-foot-7 junior wide receiver from Dorchester, South Carolina. Chandler was a 6-foot junior wide receiver from Huntersville, North Carolina, who transferred this season from the University of Wisconsin.

Former Badger killed in UVA shooting

Daily Cardinal

Former Badger Devin Chandler was killed at the University of Virginia overnight, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. Chandler was one of three Cavalier players shot and killed Sunday.

Former Wisconsin football tailback Brent Moss dead at 50

Wisconsin State Journal

Moss was part of the Badgers football program from 1991-94 and was a catalyst for the turnaround led by coach Barry Alvarez. Moss was the team’s leading rusher in 1993 when UW won the Big Ten and the Rose Bowl in Alvarez’s fourth season. Moss’ 158 yards and two touchdowns on the ground helped the Badgers win the program’s first Rose Bowl in 40 years, and earned him game MVP honors. He was named the Big Ten Player of the Year that season as well.

UW football game was priceless fun

Wisconsin State Journal

Letter to the editor: During the game, I went to get two hotdogs, two huge sodas and two bags of chips about 30 or so rows up and back. I am 77 years old and sometimes I have trouble walking. A voice spoke, and I stopped to look down at a 10- or 12-year-old boy who asked, “Sir, can I help you?” Please give this young man’s parents a very appreciative high five. If the parents or the boy are reading this, please offer my gratitude.

As the election approaches, transgender athletes like me have reason to worry

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Noted: I started as a freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in September 2021, and instantly I found the men’s water polo team to be of my homes on campus. I have never been the fastest swimmer or the highest scorer on the team, and most of the guys are at least half a foot taller than me. But I love this sport and I love my team to pieces, whether it is the exhilaration of setting up my teammates up for a great goal or joking with them on the pool deck. I wouldn’t trade them for the world. They accept me as their teammate

‘I know I’m capable’: Jim Leonhard wants to lead Wisconsin football in 2023 and beyond

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Jim Leonhard, preparing for his fourth game as Wisconsin’s interim head football coach, didn’t duck the questions.

Have you concluded you are capable of handling the responsibilities that come with leading the program as full-time head coach and do you want the job?

Or, do you still have questions you need answered?

“I know I’m capable,” Leonhard, who turned 40 last week, said Monday during his weekly news conference. “It’s been really exciting for me to see the response of the coaches, of the players. It has been exciting to see certain little changes you’ve made and the buy-in of the messaging and the play on the field.

UW reveals 2023 football schedule

NBC-15

Next year’s lineup features the same matchups against UW’s Big Ten west rivals, only they trade home fields. Of the three opponents from the other half of the conference, only one is a holdover from this year – and it’s Ohio State (on Oct. 28). Otherwise, the Badgers will swap Maryland and Purdue for Indiana (Nov. 4) and Rutgers (Oct. 7).

UW expert: Student athletes could take legal action after video, photos released without consent

NBC-15

Depending on the investigation, UW Madison School of Computer, Data and Information Sciences expert Dorothea Salo said criminal charges or school disciplinary actions could be filed against whoever shared the photos without the subjects’ consent.

”We do have a state statute about this and it is within the realm of possibility, or at least it seems so to me, that some or all of what happened could be covered under this statute,” Salo said.

Sabres sign coach Don Granato to 2-year extension

AP

His sister Cammie is an assistant GM with the Vancouver Canucks and was among the first women inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame after she captained the U.S. women’s team, which won a gold medal at the 1998 Nagano Olympics. His brother Tony played and coached in the NHL and is currently coaching at the University of Wisconsin.

Why Wisconsin women’s basketball believes a breakout year is ahead

Wisconsin State Journal

University of Wisconsin women’s basketball coach Marisa Moseley opened Day 2 of Big Ten media days in a confident fashion Wednesday.

She was sure about what she wanted to talk about. She barely looked at the notes she had written down, and she even matched her glasses to her leopard print shoes.

“It’s all about the little details,” Moseley said.

Milwaukee-born and former University of Wisconsin runner Emily Sisson sets marathon record for American women

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Milwaukee-born Emily Sisson demolished an American marathon record when she crossed the finish line in 2 hours, 18 minutes and 29 seconds in the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday.

Sisson broke Keira D’Amato’s record by 43 seconds (set in Houston earlier this year) and placed second overall in the event, behind native Kenyan Ruth Chepngetich (2:14:18).

Sisson attended high school in Missouri but returned to the state of her birth to begin her college career when she competed as a freshman at the University of Wisconsin. She earned Big Ten Freshman of the Year in cross country and earned All-American status when she took second at the NCAA Great Lakes regional and third at the Big Ten championships. Sisson transferred to Providence College thereafter.

Document spells out Paul Chryst’s buyout, includes ban on ‘derogatory remarks’

Wisconsin State Journal

The document confirms that Chryst has no duty to mitigate the buyout, or return money if he lands another job during the period through Jan. 31, 2027, covered by his contract. Mitigation was part of his employment agreement, and UW could have deducted any amount Chryst earned from pro or college football teams before that point from its liquidated damages if the sides hadn’t reached an agreement.

American children got 10 per cent fatter during the pandemic, ‘alarming’ study suggests

Daily Mail

Quoted: Study author Dr. Drew Watson, physician for the University of Wisconsin Athletics, said: ‘The cancellation of sports in the early pandemic was accompanied by decreased physical activity and quality of life, as well as startlingly high levels of anxiety and depression.

“Although the return to sports has been associated with large improvements in physical activity levels, quality of life and mental health, we are still seeing higher levels of anxiety and depression than before Covid, suggesting that this will remain a vitally important priority for years to come.”

The buyout Wisconsin will pay to fired football coach Paul Chryst – from private funds – is much less than it might have been

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

University of Wisconsin officials are set to pay former head football coach Paul Chryst a buyout of $11 million.

The payment is to be made no later than February 1, 2023.

According to athletic director Chris McIntosh, Chryst was due to receive paid 85% of the remaining value of his five-year contract after being fired Sunday.

That was $20,263,434.