For Wisconsin hockey fans, the game has a lot to offer because players with ties to the state are on both teams’ rosters. Three members of Team USA are Wisconsin natives, while both U.S. and Canadian players have connections to the University of Wisconsin-Madison hockey program.
Considering his emotional investment in the never-ending battle against cancer, it should surprise no one that Bo Ryan decided to include a $500,000 donation to cancer research in his will.
At a recent meeting, the University of Wisconsin Athletic Board again discussed the empty UW-Madison student section for Badgers football games.
It was Granato’s priority, too, though he knew going in he would only miss two to four Wisconsin games. While splitting his attention between his college team and preparations for the Olympics, he made sure associate coach Mark Osiecki and the rest of the Badgers’ staff and team were set up to be OK without him.
The American Family Insurance Championship, a success story in its first two years as a PGA Tour Champions event, will continue to be played at University Ridge Golf Course at least through 2020, tournament organizers said today. American Family Insurance, the title sponsor, PGA Tour Champions and the University of Wisconsin Athletic Department signed two-year extensions that will go into effect following this year’s tournament, which will be held June 18-24 with three days of competition June 22-24. This year’s tournament marks the end of the original three-year contract.
he head coach of the Badgers women’s basketball team is defending his players after a U.S. senator criticized one on Twitter for not standing during the playing of the national anthem.
University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez said the athletic department’s ticket office and senior staff are brainstorming ways to fill up the Badgers’ student section more quickly before football games — a problem in recent years despite success on the field.
MADISON, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Madison Athletic Board has decided to raise student ticket prices on season Badger football tickets to offset lower attendance.
The University of Wisconsin athletic board on Friday approved a $3 price increase for student football tickets, to $27, for the 2018 season.
GANGNEUNG, South Korea — Ryan Donato would love to clone himself so he could play at the Olympics and Harvard at the same time.
UW-Madison’s athletic board voted Friday to increase the price of student section football season tickets. The vote led to a discussion on the chronic lateness of students attending football games, an issue the program has tried unsuccessfully to address in the past.
Kaminsky, who is in his third season with the Charlotte Hornets, stopped through Madison during the NBA All-Star Break to take part in the celebration.
Pewaukee native JJ Watt has long expressed his love and allegiance to his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin. But that won’t technically be the only degree he has on his mantel.
A larger than normal increase in what University of Wisconsin Athletics will pay for salaries and benefits drove the department to ask for an 8 percent increase in spending authority next year.
Even the person who lived it has a hard time believing the Frank Kaminsky story really happened.
The University of Wisconsin has played men’s basketball for 119 seasons and it wasn’t until a year ago that a player’s jersey was hung in the rafters of the Kohl Center.
Taylor Currie was a middle-school student — and a long way from a Division I scholarship — when he became enamored with Frank Kaminsky.
There’s red in the red, white and blue. There’s red in the Canadian flag. And when Team USA and Team Canada face off in a women’s hockey preliminary game Thursday at the Pyeongchang Olympics, they’ll be seeing red.
Frank Kaminsky went from unheralded recruit to role player to star to national player of the year during his four-year career with the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball program.
University of Wisconsin will have huge influence in USA-Canada women’s hockey game: Gary D’Amato of USA Today Network writes: “There’s red in the red, white and blue. There’s red in the Canadian flag. And when Team USA and Team Canada face off in a women’s hockey preliminary game Thursday at the Pyeongchang Olympics, they’ll be seeing red. Or, if you want to be picky about it, cardinal. That’s the vivid shade of red associated with the University of Wisconsin, represented on the two heavyweight hockey teams by nine players — four on Team USA, five on Team Canada. That means nearly 20 percent of the players on the combined rosters are products of UW’s women’s hockey program, led by coach Mark Johnson.
Sarah Nurse tallied 76 goals and 61 assists in 150 games for the University of Wisconsin and could be one of Canada’s key scoring weapons at the Games.
Noted: U.S. captain Meghan Duggan, one of four former University of Wisconsin players on the team, had an assist and was plus-1.
Taylor Currie was a middle-school student — and a long way from a Division I scholarship — when he became enamored with Frank Kaminsky.
It started as a joke, Zach Bohannon says — the guarantee that he would attend every game, home and away, during younger brother Jordan’s freshman basketball season at the University of Iowa.
Granato joined the New York Rangers after the Calgary games and went on to a 13-year playing career with three NHL clubs. He turned to coaching in 2002 and worked as an assistant or head coach with three NHL teams until taking over in 2016 as head men’s hockey coach at the University of Wisconsin, where he had a standout collegiate playing career.
That ceremony will take place at halftime Thursday night when the Badgers (11-16, 4-10 Big Ten Conference) host No. 6 Purdue (23-4, 12-2). Tipoff is at 6 p.m., but fans are encouraged to arrive in their seats by 5:40 for a pregame 3D court projection.
Wisconsin Olympic watchers will see a familiar face leading U.S. Olympic men’s ice hockey team this year: Tony Granato. He’s the head coach of the Wisconsin Badgers Men’s Hockey team, but for the next several weeks he’ll be fighting for gold in Pyeongchang.
University of Wisconsin all-time leading men’s basketball scorer Alando Tucker has been hired as the athletic department’s director of student-athlete engagement.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents has approved new contracts for coach Paul Chryst and two top assistants following a school-record 13-win season.
After helping Wisconsin record the most successful season in the history of the football program, head coach Paul Chryst and his top two assistants are in line for pay raises.
The Walter Payton Man of the Year Award honors one man every year at the conclusion of the NFL season for his significant positive impact on his community.
The Badgers coach, who’s scheduled to leave Wednesday to be head coach of the U.S. Olympic men’s hockey team, said he’s going to try to keep tabs on the UW games.
The worst season in 20 years for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team has put some fans on edge. Some people are even wondering about the direction of the program under coach Greg Gard.
Wisconsin head football coach Paul Chryst and his top two assistants are in line for pay raises.
George Coleman Poage, a UW-Madison alum, became the first African American to earn an Olympic medal.
As a former collegiate football player who now suffers from memory loss, mood swings, and depression, it pains me to see the lack of perspective shown by so many football players today.
Even though the Badgers basketball team lost to Nebraska this week, the players are teaching us a valuable life lesson. Enjoy the good times.
Some athletic officials are beginning to steer clear of the Aurora facility run by powerhouse youth volleyball coach Rick Butler in the wake of sexual abuse allegations, even though other key organizations are waiting to act.
Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Beau Allen is back on his home turf this week for Super Bowl 52. The Minnetonka native is lecturing teammates on the cold and hoping for some of his family’s famous 7-layer Jell-O.
There’s a new fever spreading over the town of Stellarton. Let’s call it the Blayre Turnbull syndrome.
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The underdog theme has been embraced like no other by the Super Bowl-bound Philadelphia Eagles, and that continued into Monday’s Opening Night at St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center, where a handful of rubber dog masks surfaced among media and players.
At halftime of the Wisconsin-Illinois men’s basketball game, the UW-Madison and its athletic department — and especially Badgers fans — gave a heartwarming thank you to the person who led the effort to make the beautiful Kohl Center a reality: former U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl.
MADISON- It is now on the world’s biggest stage, but for Team USA’s hockey coach, it’s the same game he’s loved, and participated in, for decades.
MADISON, Wis. – It was a freak hit — a blow to the back of University of Wisconsin fullback Austin Ramesh’s helmet by an opposing Illinois player. Ramesh described being “a little dazed” as he walked off the field.
Dave Lundeen, one of four brothers who all played for the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team in the 1970s, died Thursday. He was 63.
The Badgers are working with four groups for a Faceoff Against Cancer event during the series finale against the Nittany Lions at the Kohl Center.
Newly promoted University of Wisconsin quarterbacks coach Jon Budmayr will earn $150,000 this season, per his employment agreement that was released to the State Journal on Monday.
The 1980 victory helped the Granato kids realize they could aspire to make the NHL. After being drafted in the sixth round in 1982 by the New York Rangers, Tony played at the University of Wisconsin and representing the U.S. at two world junior tournaments, three world championships and the 1988 Calgary Games.
The University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team is rolling along at the top of the national rankings.
The University of Wisconsin athletic board approved the renewal of four coaches’ contracts Friday, including head football coach Paul Chryst.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Jim Johannson, assistant executive director of USA Hockey and the general manager of the 2018 U.S. Olympic men’s ice hockey team, died in his sleep early Sunday morning.
When the SERF stood, UW maintained the least amount of fitness space among the 14 Big Ten universities.
Video: Wisconsin Badgers defender Lauren Williams, a psychology major, also volunteers for OccuPaws, where she trains guide dogs.
The Chiefs have hired Jay Valai to be a defensive quality control coach, a source confirmed to The Star on Monday.
When Ethan Happ was in fourth grade, his father sat him down for a serious conversation.
Jennifer Hunter’s career trajectory has been anything but traditional, particularly as it relates to her work with collegiate sports.
With revenues lagging behind expenses in projections for the 2018-19 budget, the University of Wisconsin Athletic Department wants to raise season ticket prices for two of its many successful programs.
A week-long stay by the University of Wisconsin football team at a Florida resort owned by President Trump is providing new potential fodder for a lawsuit alleging that the president’s private business has put him in violation of the Constitution.
Louisiana State University said disclosing the plans would violate the coaches’ privacy. Louisville said releasing them would “compromise a significant governmental interest.” Wisconsin said bluntly that it would hurt the Badgers on the field.“If our plays can be accessed by others,” Wisconsin’s response said, “they will lose effectiveness and the success of the program will suffer.”
