Coach Paul Chryst announced the news about the sophomore, a biomedical engineering major, Wednesday during the Badgers’ local media day at Camp Randall Stadium, saying Kasl made the decision after his involvement in a “really dynamic summer program.”
Coach Kelly Sheffield has an experienced but still young roster that includes just one senior, middle blocker Tionna Williams.
Offensive linemen famously don’t get the attention they deserve, but the big fellas on the Wisconsin Badgers football team will get their day in the sun on the cover of Sports Illustrated this week.
Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst doesn’t spend his free time researching how former UW players J.J. Watt and Jake Wood have dedicated time, energy and whatever resources were necessary to better the lives of ordinary people facing extraordinary challenges.
The Badgers came in at No. 7 in the preseason Amway Coaches poll when the poll was released Thursday. UW was ranked behind Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, Georgia, Oklahoma and Washington.
Fans from Central Wisconsin even made the trek to see their favorite Badgers.
The Badger basketball team has sent more than 25 players to the NBA, including five current professionals.
The University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team will open the Battle 4 Atlantis against Stanford.
Success for the Wisconsin Badgers is about as ho-hum as their leader’s personality.All Wisconsin does is win under no-nonsense, coach-next-door Paul Chryst. The Badgers finished a school-best 13-1 last year, missing the playoffs following a loss to Ohio State in the Big Ten title game but beating Miami in the Orange Bowl.
Noted: A basketball phenom at Pius XI High School and a University of Wisconsin-Madison point guard, Shawna is a DJ and founder of the clothing line #DaretoBe.
The Big Ten commissioner, who addressed the media to open Big Ten Media Days on Monday, said the conference needs to “double down” on the educational element of sports gambling after a Supreme Court ruling this summer allows for states to legalize it.
Many media members who cover the Big Ten believe the University of Wisconsin football team has closed the gap on Ohio State as the conference’s best.
Alando Tucker and Jolene Anderson, both of whom closed their collegiate careers as the Big Ten Conference player of the year, are part of the group that will be honored in September.
Trevor Matich chats and breaks down film with the Wisconsin Badgers’ offensive line while fishing. (Video.)
Both Annie Pankowski and Sophia Shaver say they hope nothing will change with them assuming the captaincy of the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team.
Noted: Former University of Wisconsin football player Jake Wood accepted the Pat Tillman Award for Service.
Former Wisconsin football player and U.S. Marine Sgt. Jake Wood accepted the Pat Tillman Service Award at the ESPY’s Wednesday night.
WASHINGTON — Team Rubicon founder Jake Wood received the Pat Tillman Award for Service at Wednesday’s ESPY awards and used the forum to call on all Americans to follow military members’ example of teamwork, unity and compassion.
Organizers from the UW Carbone Cancer Center Pancreas Cancer Task Force are planning a 50-kilometer-plus bike ride, a 10K bike ride and a two-mile stroll for the event. Prices range from $20 to $100 but increase by $10 on July 20.
More than a dozen sports teams or leagues have paused their marketing relationships with a national pizza chain whose founder admitted to using a racial slur.
The University of Wisconsin has added Georgia Southern to its football schedule for the 2023 season, according to a release from Georgia Southern.
Jack Pettinger, the winningest coach in the history of the University of Wisconsin men’s swimming and diving program, died Tuesday. He was 79.
Jordan was a two-time national champion at the University of Wisconsin in the mid-1980s.
Superior native and former South Shore basketball standout Jolene Anderson will be inducted into the University of Wisconsin Athletics Hall of Fame, it was announced on Monday.
The University of Wisconsin wrestling team spent Friday processing the shock of losing one of its own.
Wisconsin Badgers wrestler Eli Stickley died Thursday night in a car crash in Illinois. He was 21.
Stickley was a member of Athletes in Action, a sports-focused spiritual group. They held a service Friday night in his honor.
Stickley died in an Illinois car crash Thursday.
Degree-seeking graduate and professional students enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will have the chance to buy season football tickets on Monday, July 9.
Former University of Wisconsin tennis player Alexander Kasarov is returning to the Badgers as associate head coach.
Pepsi-Cola of Madison and UW athletics will start a new, five-year partnership on July 1.
Quoted: “Today’s students have so many responsibilities and when you add specializing in a sport — with participation in school and club teams, practices, tournaments and lots of travel — there just aren’t enough hours in the day to finish their schoolwork, spend time with friends, enjoy other activities and get a good night’s sleep,” said lead author Eric Post. He’s an athletic trainer and research assistant at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Montee Ball used to count the days since his last alcoholic drink. The former NFL and University of Wisconsin running back endured a wild, well-documented collapse from 2011-16 — a tailspin of heavy drinking, multiple arrests for domestic violence and declining on-field performance.
The list of players connected to the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team who are taking part in NHL development camps this offseason has grown to at least a dozen.
News of the Nassar case prompted leaders at the University of Wisconsin to launch a wide review of their own practices, including safety measures guiding team doctors. Officials declined to share details, saying the study has yet to wrap up.
News of the Nassar case prompted leaders at the University of Wisconsin to launch a wide review of their own practices, including safety measures guiding team doctors. Officials declined to share details, saying the study has yet to wrap up.
News of the Nassar case prompted leaders at the University of Wisconsin to launch a wide review of their own practices, including safety measures guiding team doctors. Officials declined to share details, saying the study has yet to wrap up.
The professor chairs the UW–Madison Athletic Board.
It’s safe to say when Jack Salzwedel started brainstorming the idea of a professional golf event in Madison with Steve Stricker 10 years ago — or even when the discussion turned serious three or four years ago — the American Family Insurance Championship that we know today was beyond even their hopes and dreams.
The student sale of UW-Madison season football tickets is in full swing, with tickets selling out on the first day of the two-day sale.
Former University of Wisconsin football player Jake Wood will be the recipient of the Pat Tillman Award for Courage at the 26th annual ESPYS, to be held July 18 in Los Angeles and hosted by Danica Patrick.
Oliver Hoare, a native Australian running for the University of Wisconsin, came out of nowhere to win the national title in the 1,500 meters at the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Friday in rainy Eugene, Ore.
The University of Wisconsin senior posted top-six finishes in each of Saturday’s three events and scored 6,146 points to win the heptathlon title at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
Two games planned for the 2020 Wisconsin Football season are creating quite a buzz for Badger fans — yet another reason to look forward to the years to come.
NBA player and former UW-Madison Badgers star Sam Dekker, a Sheboygan native, and ESPN reporter Olivia Harlan are getting married July 14th in Door County, but the couple doesn’t want a table full of wedding gifts. Instead, they’re asking their guests and fans to take the money they would’ve spent on presents and donate it to the Children’s Cancer Family Foundation which a cause that’s near and dear to their hearts.
When Brenna Detra gets back to the starting blocks at Hayward Field this week for the NCAA outdoor track and field championships, the University of Wisconsin sprinter might have an opportunity to look to the sky.
An athletic injury researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is teaching an undergraduate summer course that he says is the first of its kind in the country: An overview of athlete monitoring technology.
Two prominent ex-Wisconsin Badgers football players are among those on the ballot for the 2019 College Football Hall of Fame class, with final selections announced Jan. 7 prior to the College Football Playoff National Championship.
Noted: She’d run in college at the University of Wisconsin and, of course, had trained for the running leg of the triathlon. But this was something altogether different. Unlike elite marathoners, Jorgensen didn’t have thousands of miles in her legs. She’d never trained for a marathon, had never run more than 40 miles in a week. After giving birth to a son, Stanley, in August 2017, she would have less than three years to make up all that ground.
The University of Wisconsin released kickoff times for four games on its 2018 football schedule Thursday.
The sight of Wisconsin safety Michael Caputo struggling to his feet and standing motionless near the Alabama huddle, apparently unaware of his location on the field, was frightening.
Chris Borland, an All-American linebacker as a senior at Wisconsin in 2013, stunned observers when he retired from football shortly after his rookie season with the San Francisco 49ers.
Wisconsin’s football fans should get a chance to visit one of the more iconic professional baseball venues in 2020. According to the Chicago Tribune, UW’s road game against Northwestern on Nov. 7 of that season will be played at Wrigley Field instead of at Ryan Field on the Wildcats’ campus.
Ethan Happ has reached the decision most observers expected. He is returning to Wisconsin for his final season of college basketball.
The University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team has added two more home games to its 2018-19 schedule.
Well, that was quick. Darius Feaster, who graduated from Homestead High School in Mequon and played football at the University of Wisconsin, was cut on the first night of the new season of “The Bachelorette” Monday.
It has been 27 years since the University of Wisconsin dropped baseball as an NCAA Division I sport.
The University of Wisconsin 400-meter relay team of freshman Meghan Blair, freshman Gabby DesRosiers, senior Brenna Detra and junior Ebony McClendon qualified for next month’s NCAA Track and Field Outdoor Championships with a fourth-place finish in 44.66 seconds late Saturday at the NCAA West Prelims in Sacramento, California. It’s the first time UW has sent a women’s 400 relay team to nationals.
Osiecki said his goal is to raise $25,000 for the UW Carbone Cancer Center and American Family Children’s Hospital in the inaugural outing. Muskie fishing takes place on Lake Monona and Lake Waubesa during the day, with a dinner and auction at the East Side Club afterward.
The University of Wisconsin added another Power Five opponent to its future schedules Thursday, announcing a two-game series with Pittsburgh in 2026 and 2027.
