Category: Athletics

Sacramento, Calif. – Jenelle Deatherage, a 1999 Wisconsin graduate, finished fourth in the womenââ?¬â?¢s 1500 meters at the U.S. Olympic Trials on Sunday.

The new Bowl Championship Series formula that determines teams in college football’s national championship game would have produced a different title matchup than what was staged in two of the last three seasons

Rob Thomas: Our fair city looked awfully good Wednesday night during the first three hours of ESPN’s taped coverage of the Great Outdoor Games V.

When it comes to executing a flawless game plan, it will be hard for University of Wisconsin Athletic Department administrative assistant Jeff Schmidt to top what he did one July night in 1996.

Thanks to her fifth-place finish in the 200-meter freestyle finals Saturday, USA Swimming announced Tuesday that University of Wisconsin swimmer Carly Piper earned a spot on the U.S. squad that will compete in Athens. (The Capital Times)

LONG BEACH, Calif. – With her fifth-place performance in the final round of the 200-meter freestyle Saturday night at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, University of Wisconsin swimmer Carly Piper (Grosse Pointe, Mich.) received a spot on the team and will compete this summer in Athens, Greece, USA Swimming announced Monday night.

When asked about the availability of defensive ends Darius Jones and Erasmus James for the 2004 football season, University of Wisconsin defensive line coach John Palermo was very pragmatic last April. “Right now,” he said, “I’m not counting on having them.”

Two former University of Wisconsin runners advanced to the finals of the 3,000-meter steeplechase Monday night at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials.

LONG BEACH, Calif. – University of Wisconsin swimmer Timothy Liebhold (Chapel Hill, N.C.) finished eighth in the final round of the 200 IM Monday night at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials to conclude competition for the Badger men.

MADISON, Wis. – Jamie Pollard, deputy athletic director at the UW-Madison, will serve as president of the Collegiate Athletic Business Managers Association (CABMA) for 2004-05.

MADISON, Wis. ââ?¬â? Allen Ruff recalls the last time he had a run-in with ESPN. It was in the winter before the first Gulf War, and an anti-war march he was in drifted near the Wisconsin Badgers’ basketball arena, where ESPN was televising a game.

MADISON, Wis. – USRowing announced its selections for the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team, Wednesday, and former Badger rowing captains Beau Hoopman and Matt Smith have been chosen to row at the 2004 Olympic Summer Games, held Aug. 14-22 in Athens, Greece. Former Badger rower Matt Imes will serve as an assistant coach for the team.

LONG BEACH, Calif. – Carly Piper’s sixth-place performance in the finals of the 400 freestyle at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials paced three other current and former University of Wisconsin swimmers, but not one was able to earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic swimming team on Thursday.

LONG BEACH, Calif. – Former University of Wisconsin swimmer Bethany Pendleton came up just shy of earning a spot on the U.S. Olympic swimming team, placing fifth during the final of the 400-meter individual medley at the Olympic Trials Wednesday night.

A series of key personnel moves in and around the University of Wisconsin Athletic Department have been made in recent weeks.

MADISON, Wis. – David Harris, director of academic services in the UWââ?¬â?¢s Division of Intercollegiate Athletics since 2002, has been promoted to the divisionââ?¬â?¢s senior staff in the role of associate athletic director for academic services, Director of Athletics Barry Alvarez announced.

MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin Director of Athletics and Head Football Coach Barry Alvarez and a number of other coaches will be on hand for the First Annual Milwaukee Tailgate Party presented by the Badger Fund on Monday, August 9th at the Milwaukee County Zoo.

MADISON, Wis. – UWBADGERS.COM has a new look. Starting July 1, fans navigating the official Web site for the University of Wisconsin Athletics program will discover new left hand navigation and additional icons with many new features.

Athletics have been a driving force in Meredith Miller’s life.

While there are few professional avenues for a female athlete to take following college, the 30-year-old Miller has made a smooth transition from soccer player to elite cyclist.

They each believe that their respective National Football League careers are on the cusp of favorable or advantageous circumstances, or a combination of circumstances

Former University of Wisconsin golfer David Roesch returned home from the U.S. Open last week to 100 phone messages on his answering machine.

If only a 20-yard pitch appeared on Charlie Delsman’s class syllabus.

The quirky nature of the NHL entry draft for those tied to the University of Wisconsin was summed up best by the fates of Robbie Earl and Kyle Klubertanz.

Bill Woehrle is the best kind of teacher because he practices what he teaches.

Woehrle, 61, a professor in the University of Wisconsin’s kinesiology department, always advises his students to stay active and pursue healthy lifestyles.

Offensive lineman Andy Kemp of Menasha was not only the first football player to commit to the University of Wisconsin for 2005, he’s being used as a measuring stick for other recruits.

RALEIGH, N.C.ââ?¬â?Robert Earl struggled to compose himself yesterday, but suffice it to say he’s pretty well equipped to deal with disappointme

MADISON, Wis. – Summerââ?¬â?¢s just starting to hit its full stride with fun in the sun and the Wisconsin menââ?¬â?¢s soccer team is taking full advantage of the warm weather with camps and clinics for area communities.

Wisconsin running back Dwayne Smith has been ordered to stand trial Sept. 1 for his involvement in an alleged sexual assault in Madison, Wis. But Smith’s attorney, Charles Giesen, will file a motion this week to have the trial postponed.

Madison – For the second time in a month, University of Wisconsin hired a coach from Michigan State.

USA Hockey needs a new coach for its title defense at the World Junior Championships next season. University of Wisconsin coach Mike Eaves says it won’t be him.

For now, it is but a vacant room with a view. But in the next couple of weeks, the penthouse suite, if you will, of the Camp Randall Stadium renovation project figures to live up to its billing as the “Wow Room.”

The group of NHL scouts in the crowd didn’t mean as much to Robbie Earl as one person on the ice and one person behind the bench.

Rarely a day goes by when country club professional and University of Wisconsin graduate Chris Sheldon doesn’t give thanks for leaving her corporate career behind.

Latrell Fleming was invited to be part of the contingent Devin Harris wanted with him at tonight’s NBA draft in New York.

MADISON, Wis. – Softball player Kaitlin Reiss and men’s soccer player Eric Hanson have been named the University of Wisconsin female and male Sportsmanship Award winners for 2003-04.

On Wednesday night, Devin Harris had dinner with Michael Finley.

On Thursday night, the two former University of Wisconsin men’s basketball standouts were teammates with the Dallas Mavericks.

New York – After becoming the second-highest drafted University of Wisconsin player ever in the National Basketball Association, guard Devin Harris briefly donned a Washington Wizards’ cap Thursday night at Madison Square Garden.

NEW YORK — When the going gets tough, Devin Harris likes to go shopping.

That’s how Harris began the biggest day of his life Thursday in preparation for the NBA draft.

Since he was 6, Devin Harris has dreamed about playing in the NBA.

Tailgaters, set your alarm clocks

Madison – University of Wisconsin tailback Dwayne Smith is scheduled to stand trial on a sexual assault charge Sept. 1 in Dane County Circuit Court.

It was only 7 in the evening, but Devin Harris already knew he would be in for a long night.

It wasn’t long ago when basketball at just about every level in this state seemed to be decades behind the rest of the country

Some past opponents in exhibition games resembled nothing more than glorified pickup teams to University of Wisconsin men’s basketball coach Bo Ryan

Madison – As long as Bo Ryan is the University of Wisconsin coach, the Badgers will play a team from the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in the pre-season.

There are moments when it’s possible to make Rob Jeter visibly upset.

They all occur when Jeter is practicing with the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team and Otto Puls, serving as a referee, misses or ignores somebody who has fouled him.