Category: Athletics

Even if he doesn’t play football here anymore, former Detroit Lions linebacker DeAndre Levy has made a home in Detroit and is starting a family here.

For years, the Texas Longhorns have been hailed as college football’s ultimate cash cow. In 2011, Texas was the first college football team ever to record $100 million in revenue. In 2014, the team generated more in profit – $92 million – than all but two teams made that year in revenue. (UW is 24th.)

Sophomore wide receiver Danny Davis makes his return this week after a two-game suspension for his involvement in an alleged sexual assault that occurred in April.

Donna Shalala, one of 11 inductees into the University of Wisconsin Athletics Hall of Fame in 2018, discusses how the athletic department transformed during her years as chancellor.

Alando Tucker, the all-time leading point scorer in University of Wisconsin men’s basketball history, discusses his induction into the UW Athletics Hall of Fame as part of the 2018 class.

University of Wisconsin women’s basketball’s all-time leading scorer, Jolene Anderson, speaks to reporters before the 2018 induction ceremony for the UW Athletics Hall of Fame.

Former University of Wisconsin men’s track and field and cross country coach Ed Nuttycombe discusses his career with the Badgers before his induction into the UW Athletics Hall of Fame as part of the 2018 class.

The University of Wisconsin football team dropped one spot in the AP poll for the second straight week.

The induction of 11 new members of the University of Wisconsin Athletics Hall of Fame on Friday will bring the total honored to 242 since it began in 1991. The class of 2018 includes the all-time leading point-scorers in UW men’s and women’s basketball.

When Barry Alvarez began building his first coaching staff at Wisconsin, his list of candidates included plenty of familiar names.

Wisconsin moved up one spot to No. 6 in the Amway coaches poll on Tuesday. UW (1-0) remains the second-highest Big Ten team in the poll, behind No. 4 Ohio State.

Coming off a big victory over Texas on Saturday night, the University of Wisconsin volleyball team moved up to No. 2 in this week’s American Volleyball Coaches Association poll released Monday.

Four years ago there weren’t any deals worth $10 million a year. This year there are four. (Registration required.)

At the University of Chicago and University of Wisconsin, faculty members — including famed historian Frederick Jackson Turner — demanded that the Western Conference (later the Big Ten) meet to discuss ways to reform the game.

MADISON – Dontye Carriere-Williams, Wisconsin’s most experienced cornerback entering preseason camp, announced Wednesday on Twitter he is transferring.

Fourth-year Wisconsin Badgers head coach Paul Chryst has plenty of things to keep him awake at night, from higher-than-usual fan expectations to recent sexual assault allegations directed against several players.

The Badger’s season opener football game is Friday night against Western Kentucky, but getting to Camp Randall could look different than usual due to road closures and parking changes.

Friday night’s game will be the first major event of the Badgers athletic department’s five-year deal with Pepsi-Cola of Madison that went into effect in July.

If you asked a 15-year-old Jonathan Taylor where he saw himself in five years, winning the Heisman Trophy would never have entered his mind.

Greg Gard, head coach of the Wisconsin men’s basketball team, is doing what he can to help those who are impacted by cancer.

Gard made a stop in Wausau Thursday to talk about his off season projects and what’s next for Badgers Basketball.

MADISON – The sexual assault charges filed this week against Wisconsin wide receiver Quintez Cephus raised many questions.

Garrett Groshek appreciated the support but preferred to focus on the work rather than the reward.

Former Badger OL Travis Frederick, who is now a Dallas Cowboys center, announced on social media Wednesday night that he has been diagnosed Guillain-Barré syndrome.

University of Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst suspended sophomore wide receiver Danny Davis for two games Wednesday after Davis’ involvement in an alleged sexual assault became public.

Usually after a fall on the track, Brenna Detra can get right back up. But when the University of Wisconsin–Madison sprinter and hurdler began to fall on hurdle No. 3 at the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, she knew something was wrong when she couldn’t catch her feet.

Wisconsin sophomore wide receiver Danny Davis will be suspended for the first two games of the 2018 football season, UW head coach Paul Chryst announced Wednesday. That’s according to a release put out by University of Wisconsin Director of Athletic Communications Brian Lucas.

Dallas Cowboy center Travis Frederick announced on Twitter that he’s been diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome, an autoimmune disease, and that doctors have given him no timetable for when he might be able to return to the field.

Wisconsin wide receiver Danny Davis was suspended for the first two games of the season on Wednesday, two days after his roommate was charged with felony sexual assault following an incident last April involving two women at his apartment.

Lawyers for UW-Madison wide receiver Quintez Cephus wrote in court filings Tuesday they believe prosecutors have evidence showing two women who said Cephus sexually assaulted them in April were not impaired by alcohol as the women have told police.

In the next few years, some of the most prominent University of Wisconsin sports facilities could be getting face-lifts, with a wide spectrum of reasons.

UW-Madison responded to criminal charges that were filed Monday against Badgers football player Quintez Cephus, saying they view allegations of sexual assault “with deep concern.”

UW also released a statement that said while they are unable to comment on a specific case due to Chapter 17 of the UW System Administrative Code, the Title IX Program in the Office of Compliance has the authority to conduct a “formal impartial investigation into the allegations.”

Junior receiver Quintez Cephus, who announced he is taking an indefinite leave of absence from the Badgers football team Saturday, has now been formally suspended from the team for a violation of the Student-Athlete Discipline Policy, according to a Monday afternoon statement from UW Athletic Director Barry Alvarez.

Across the board it would appear the No. 9 Badgers have more accomplished players than spots in the lineup. That’s particularly true in the front court, where he could utilize any combination of players with justification.

Cephus, who missed the final five games of the 2017 season after suffering a broken leg, announced on Twitter he has been informed he faces charges in Dane County in the wake of an incident that occurred in April.

The junior was set to make a highly-anticipated return to the field after he hurt his right leg in November in the game at Indiana.

In a Tweet, Cephus said he was informed Friday afternoon that the Dane County District Attorney was bringing forth unspecified charges against him for an incident that occurred in April 2018.

The Wisconsin football team will be without last year’s top receiving target for the indefinite future, following today’s announcement by junior Quintez Cephus that he is leaving the team due to potential “unspecified charges” to come from the Dane County District Attorney’s office.

Bucky’s Cherry Berry was announced this week in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin Athletics program’s Badgers Give Back program.

After tying for seventh in last year’s Big Ten Conference race, the University of Wisconsin volleyball team is picked to finish second this year.

University of Wisconsin women’s soccer players Cameron Murtha, Victoria Pickett and Dani Rhodes were named to the 2018 Big Ten Preseason Honors List.

The third installment in a four-part series.

After walking away from football, it didn’t take Jared Abbrederis long to find a new passion.

Second in a four-part series on concussions.

This is the first in a four-part series on concussions.

Kids, parents, locals and visitors partied like animals at the Kilbourn Public Library on August 3 at an annual Meet the Mascots event where Bucky, the University of Wisconsin mascot, and 20 other university mascots danced and mingled the day away.

The man accused of shooting and killing the leader of a rival gang outside a convenience store here last spring was found guilty on Wednesday.