Alvarez pledged to help, just as the school had done for Badgers legends Michael Finley and Ron Dayne, who earned their degrees after turning 40. Griffith did not have to take a financial hit; UW’s policy is to cover tuition, fees and books for any scholarship student-athlete wishing to return to knock out his or her degree.
The University of Wisconsin athletic department is looking to save $2.8 million during the COVID-19 pandemic through voluntary pay cuts or a reduction in work hours.
Most employees will participate in the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development’s Work-Share program (pending approval) and have their work hours reduced by either 20 or 50 percent.
In the proposed plan, the department’s highest-earning employees will be asked to take a “voluntarily” 15-percent reduction in pay over the next six months.
On any list of the top 50 sports moments in the United States over the past 50 years, Miracle On Ice will inevitably be near the top, if not No. 1.
There are many uncertainties surrounding the 2020 college football season. Now, Badger football fans are struggling with a tough decision, whether to renew their tickets with the deadline on Monday.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, there are questions about what a college football season will look like — if one happens at all. Will fans be allowed in stadiums? How many? What kinds of distancing practices will be in place, and how would they impact capacity?
Two months have passed since coronavirus first began major disruptions to American society, and the nation still lacks a clear timeline back to “normalcy.”
Roman Ahcan was named the most valuable player for the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team’s 2019-20 season on Monday.
The conference canceled remaining winter and spring sports on the schedule in March, and on- and off-campus recruiting remains on indefinite hold.
Chad McGehee is fond of a comparison between strength training and mental training, perhaps even more so now that he has been hired as a director of the latter for the University of Wisconsin athletic department.
The conference created its first-ever Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases on March 7. The group, which includes a representative from each of the conference’s 14 member schools, meets weekly with Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren. Dr. Ann Sheehy, a faculty member from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, represents UW-Madison.
University of Wisconsin officials do not expect to extend for the second time the deadline to buy season football tickets for 2020.
Amid questions about how the coronavirus will affect the 2020 football season and the rest of college sports, senior associate athletic director for capital projects Jason King said UW isn’t changing course until it has a clearer picture.
Agorgeous spring day had finally arrived April 5, and Joe Hedstrom decided to spend it fishing with his brother Eric at one of their favorite spots along Lake Minnetonka in Minnesota.
Alvarez, the UW athletic director, told an online meeting of the Athletic Board on Friday that the department is projecting a net revenue drop of at least $4 million to $5 million in this fiscal year.
In the earlier stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chancellor Rebecca Blank’s biggest priority was making sure UW-Madison finished its spring semester. As the university works to make that happen, Blank said it is taking the opportunity to tackle immediate concerns — including $100 million in losses — but also prioritize campus safety and prevention moving forward.
There are four players from the University of Wisconsin-Madison considered likely to be picked in the draft.
The decision to cancel spring sports on the NCAA level has caused some issues for the organization however, as college athletes across the country weren’t able to compete in an entire year of eligibility. For graduating seniors, seeing their final season disappear suddenly can be devastating.
Another Saturday to Jump Around in Wisconsin — but this Saturday was extra special, as UW Credit Union announced Taylor will become their first-ever brand ambassador.
The father of University of Wisconsin men’s basketball player Joe Hedstrom was involved in a serious accident earlier this month and is in a trauma unit at a Minneapolis area hospital.
Furloughed employees have since returned to work, Richards said, but eight races the company was helping with have been called off this spring, including the iconic Crazylegs Classic, a fundraiser for University of Wisconsin-Madison Athletics. The 8-kilometer race draws elite college athletes and those who run reluctantly.
The University of Wisconsin men’s basketball program, which lost two members of its extended family last May, suffered another blow this month.
The only female coach of a men’s collegiate basketball program has her name all over the University of Wisconsin record books.
The University of Wisconsin athletics department was given approval to install handrails inside Camp Randall Stadium, it was announced Monday.
If the WIAA decides to have a spring sports season, it won’t be able to host the state championships planned at the University of Wisconsin as originally scheduled.
From the day the 2019-20 season ended, Jonathan Tsipis understood his University of Wisconsin women’s basketball team faced a tumultuous offseason.
In a move that wasn’t surprising, University of Wisconsin officials announced last week they had canceled all Badgers sports camps through Aug. 15.
That move, made in response to the coronavirus pandemic, will make evaluating recruits more difficult for UW coaches.
It was a shock, some seniors on University of Wisconsin spring sports teams said, to hear the school had decided not to pursue waivers allowed by the NCAA for an additional year of eligibility.
The WIAA has confirmed that no high school state tournament action will take place at UW-Madison this spring. The school recently announced the cancellation of campus events through June 30th, which eliminated any possibility for state tournament action on campus.
Think back to a month ago, when the sports world was first put on hold by the COVID-19 pandemic.
At the time, we were talking about pushing the start of the Major League Baseball season back a month, the NBA and NHL going straight to the playoffs after a short hiatus, postponing the NCAA men’s basketball tournament for awhile and resuming spring football practice when the students returned to campus from spring break.
Boy, were we naive or what?
With sports on hold amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, J.J. Watt took to social media Thursday afternoon to provide a live weather update from Wisconsin.
The University of Wisconsin will not allow seniors who competed in spring sports to pursue another season with the Badgers, the school announced Thursday.
The NCAA overreacted in restoring a year of eligibility to spring sports students amid the coronavirus-related shutdown, University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez said.
The University of Wisconsin athletes whose final year of eligibility was wiped way when the coronavirus pandemic shut down spring sports will not get to make up that lost season – despite NCAA guidance that would have let them return.
The University of Wisconsin’s summer youth sports camps are the latest items wiped off the calendar by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Even the act of training has been upended for University of Wisconsin athletes who have already experienced championship event cancellations and are seeing Olympic dreams postponed by a year.
Officials within the University of Wisconsin athletic department are preparing for the possibility that the COVID-19 pandemic could affect the 2020 college football season and other fall sports.
The University of Wisconsin athletic department is projecting a revenue shortfall of more than $4 million for this fiscal year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a typical year, the brothers would be neck deep in spring football practices and classes at the University of Wisconsin. Jack’s a wide receiver going into his senior season and Bobby is a graduate assistant coach. But the COVID-19 coronavirus and a state mandate to stay at home have made this year anything but typical.
That’s 16 Badgers residing in nine different states joining the zoom group chat organized by Adam Albrecht.
The letter — which includes signatures from University of Wisconsin women’s golfer Tess Hackworthy, the school’s SAAC president, and women’s rower Eden Rane — outlines three requests regarding financial and eligibility relief.
Two weeks after ordering a shutdown of organized team activities because of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the Big Ten Conference on Friday extended the quiet period until at least May 4.
Indeed, there is only one thing missing from the array of banners and jerseys high above the Kohl Center floor: Michael Finley’s No. 24.
With the spread of the coronavirus wreaking havoc with college and professional sporting events, University of Wisconsin officials on Wednesday pushed back the deadline for fans to renew their football season tickets for the 2020 season.
Abby Roque will find out Friday whether she’s the sixth University of Wisconsin women’s hockey player to win the Patty Kazmaier Award.
Shortly after meeting with his University of Wisconsin volleyball team as spring practice was shut down and the players headed out for spring break, Sheffield started feeling sick with symptoms distressingly similar to those associated with the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Dana Rettke of the University of Wisconsin volleyball team has been named one of 10 finalists for the 90th James E. Sullivan Award, the American Athletic Union announced Monday.
John Erickson, the men’s basketball coach at the University of Wisconsin from 1959-67 and the first general manager of the Milwaukee Bucks, has passed away.
Erickson died Wednesday in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was 92.
An SSM Health doctor and a UW Health worker have tested positive for the new coronavirus, and close contacts are being notified, the organizations said Friday.
Kepler, a Verona native and former captain of the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team, has some heavy matters on her plate. Should she continue her hockey career? Is it time to move on in life?
When the NCAA’s championship cancellation because of the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus happened last Thursday, Badgers players started to scatter almost immediately. Classes after spring break are moving online. Facilities athletes use for training are off-limits for the time being.
The Crazylegs Classic, a running and walking event that raises money for the University of Wisconsin athletic department, won’t take place this year.
He explained that the cancellations of sporting events was especially difficult because the players and coaches “pour their hearts and souls” into their games.“It’s a shame it had to end this way.”
The Sheboygan Lutheran boys basketball team’s coaches had the film already rolling for Randolph, its scheduled opponent in Saturday’s sectional final.
“The safety and well-being of our student-athletes, staff and fans is our highest priority,” University of Wisconsin-Madison athletic director Barry Alvarez said in a statement. “We fully support the Big Ten Conference’s move to cancel conference-related sports events and activities for the remainder of the school year.”
“The decision was made in consultation with local and state public health officials to discourage and limit large gatherings in light of the rapidly evolving COVID-19 situation. Many other sporting events and tournaments across the country have also canceled their events, including the Big Ten and NCAA tournament,” Lovicott wrote in a release.
The University of Wisconsin football program will not host unofficial recruit visits this spring until further notice.
But there will be no postseason for the red-hot Badgers, whose 2019-20 campaign ended abruptly Thursday when the Big Ten and NCAA tournaments were canceled due to concerns about the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
Sports in general are on hold or in question across the U.S. as pro, college and high school leagues try to limit the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
