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UW Band leader’s legacy at Camp Randall

WAOW

Over the past 100 seasons at Camp Randall Stadium, few people have had as much of a lasting impact on the game day atmosphere as UW marching band director Mike Leckrone. After 49 years at the university, he has helped create traditions and familiar sights and sounds for Badgers fans attending a home football game.

Wisconsin and House of Pain’s Jump Around: An Oral History

Landof10.com

Ryan Sondrup swears he still has the notebook buried somewhere, the Magna Carta of Camp Randall cool. On it, the former Wisconsin tight end had scribbled down a list of popular songs that’d been brainstormed in the fall of 1998 with former Badgers football teammates during a free night at Wando’s, a local watering hole.

Gwen Jorgensen Training for Marathons

Runner's World

There’s nothing unusual about wanting to make a pivot in your professional life. But when an Olympic gold medalist feels compelled to make a career change while at the top of her game, it can come as a surprise.

No. 1 Badgers march past No. 4 Buckeyes

NBC-15

Senior Claudia Kepler, junior Mikaela Gardner and sophomore Alexis Mauermann each notched goals to power the No. 1 Wisconsin women’s hockey team to a 3-1 victory and a series sweep of No. 4 Ohio State Sunday afternoon at LaBahn Arena.

Barry: Badgers deserve more respect

Janesville Gazette

I’m the first to admit that I’m biased. I graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1987 and bleed Badger red. I spent five years typing the play-by-play for the Badgers’ home football games while working for the Sports Information Department.

NFL Executive Troy Vincent on Football, Leadership and Why the Player Protests Actually Worked

The Root

If you could choose one person who understands the controversy surrounding the NFL protests for justice and equality, someone who played more than a decade-and-a-half in the NFL might have insight on the issue. If that person’s résumé included a stint as the head of the players union, a job working in player engagement, years of social activism and a post in the NFL’s front office, that person might have a unique perspective on the subject.

Swish Upon a Cure

NBC-15

Wisconsin basketball head coach Greg Gard and his wife, Michelle, issued the challenge and UW-Madison students answered. At the sixth-annual “Swish Upon A Cure,” UW students helped raise the Gard’s donation to $20,349 in the fight against cancer.

Badgers men’s basketball: Tracy Webster leads star-studded group into Wisconsin Hall of Fame

Wisconsin State Journal

Webster is part of a star-studded 11-member class that includes Darrell Bevell (football); Brooks Bollinger (football); the late Bob Suter (men’s hockey); Brian Elliott (men’s hockey); Sara Bauer (women’s hockey); Tamara Moore (women’s basketball); Chris Solinsky (men’s cross country and track and field); the late Arlie Schardt (men’s cross country and track and field). The late Guy Lowman will be honored in the coach/staff category and UW marching band director Mike Leckrone will be honored in the special service category.