Category: Athletics

VIDEO: Aside from just a practice field. UW is also heloing out the team with food, any medical needs, and transportation. There’s no timeline yet for when the team will get to go home.

If you’re one of thousands of Harvey-ravaged Houstonians who could use a handout from Houston Texan J.J. Watt’s hurricane relief fund, you’re going to have to wait a little longer. While the J.J. Watt Foundation raised a mindblowing $33 million in two weeks, a foundation spokesperson said there’s currently no long-term plan in place for how the money will be spent.

Florida Atlantic is targeting a Wednesday return to its campus in Boca Raton, and is still hoping to play its scheduled home game Saturday against Bethune-Cookman.

MADISON – The Florida Atlantic University Owls is thanking the Wisconsin Badgers for their generosity this past weekend.

MINNEAPOLIS – Ryan Ramczyk has conquered every level of his football journey. Only one step remains.

Badgers manage to pull out 31-14 win against Owls.

Waving the Texas state flag, NFL star JJ Watt made an emotional return to the field Sunday after raising millions of dollars for the victims of Hurricane Harvey.

When Tony Granato got the call saying he would coach the United States men’s hockey team at the 2018 Winter Olympics, he felt like a kid again.

Nine minutes. That was all it took for Wisconsin women’s soccer to establish the tempo and energy in Sunday’s game.

After the first quarter, the Aggies (0-1) had a 10-0 lead over No. 9 Wisconsin (1-0), and the Badgers’ offense remained scoreless with only 1:21 remaining in the first half.

It’s a study in ironies. The scene of triumph and defeat, in some ways it’s smaller and larger than ever before, lower and taller.

(WLUK) — A simple tweet and a request from his followers helped Houston Texan defensive end J.J. Watt, surpass his initial goal to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Harvey.

UW is ninth Big Ten school to pursue clear bag security policy at home football games.

A UW basketball player is from the Houston area and has been down there through this storm.

Friday night when the University of Wisconsin football team kicks of its 2017 season against Utah State (8 p.m. CDT), it will be  just a small part of a yearlong celebration of 100 years at historic Camp Randall Stadium.

Many a successful Wisconsin football season has ended in a trip to the Rose Bowl. In 2029, the Badgers are guaranteed to visit Pasadena, albeit in September as opposed to January.

Some Wisconsin veterans hoping to score special Badger Football tickets believe they lost out because of a change in the distribution process.

Compiling a list of 100 individuals who have combined to provide wonderful memories from Camp Randall Stadium’s first 100 years wasn’t easy.

Tuesday provided a good news-bad news moment for Wisconsin football fans hungry to see UW reach home-and-home agreements with other marquee programs.

The University of Wisconsin announced a home-and-home football series with UCLA on Tuesday, with the games set for 2029 and 2030.

As far as coach Greg Gard is concerned, the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team checked off a lot of boxes during its journey to Australia and New Zealand.

MADISON (AP) — Wisconsin and UCLA have scheduled a home-and-home series with games in 2029 and 2030.

Wisconsin will enter the 2017 college football season with expectations – from outside the program – not seen in a decade

The University of Wisconsin football program will enter the season as a consensus top-10 team.

During Jim Leonhard’s first season as a college football coach, the defensive backs he was tutoring sounded like a broken record.

The final minute of the game Sunday provided a valuable learning experience for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team.

When the University of Wisconsin dropped varsity baseball in 1991, there were valid reasons. The athletic department faced a $2.1 million budget shortfall, spending was outpacing revenue and the financial outlook was bleak.

Jerry Evans hit a three-pointer from the corner with 2.7 seconds left and host Melbourne United edged Wisconsin, 90-89.

(WLUK) — The familiar green and gold of Lambeau Field will once again give way to red when the Wisconsin Badgers return to Green Bay in 2020.

The Badgers previously were ranked No. 7 nationally in the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll.

The University of Wisconsin and Notre Dame will receive equal shares of non-television revenue from football games scheduled in 2020 and 2021, according to the contract between the schools.

That much-anticipated revival will finally happen. The Badgers and Fighting Irish are set to face off at Lambeau Field in Green Bay on Oct. 3, 2020, before playing at Soldier Field in Chicago on Sept. 25, 2021.

The Wisconsin Badgers will face off against Notre Dame at two iconic NFL stadiums, the team says.

The official Notre Dame football Twitter account’s post does not leave much room for wonder.

Wisconsin averaged over 17,200 fans across 17 games at the Kohl Center last season, good for sixth in the country and first in the Big Ten. The Badgers posted a 15-2 record at home en route to another Sweet 16 season.

For the fourth straight year, the Wisconsin volleyball team opens the season among the top-10 teams in the nation.

The UW Board of Regents on Wednesday approved a six-year deal with Gatorade worth $1.5 million.

UW Health is offering free sports physicals to uninsured high school students Tuesday.

The Badgers rank behind Alabama, Ohio State, Florida State, Southern California, Clemson, Penn State, Washington, Oklahoma and Michigan. Three Big Ten teams are ahead of UW, but none are in the West division.

The University of Wisconsin men’s hockey coach will be named head coach of the U.S. Olympic team on Friday, sources confirmed on Thursday. USA Hockey has a news conference scheduled for 9 a.m.

University of Wisconsin head coach Tony Granato will coach the U.S. men’s national ice hockey team at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, according to multiple reports. The formal announcement is scheduled for Friday morning at 10 a.m. ET.

It wasn’t hard to find Greg Gard out on Ray Nitschke Field on Tuesday morning. Other than Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers’ quarterbacks, the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball coach was the only one in red during the fifth practice of training camp.

Paul Chryst generally remains composed on the Wisconsin sideline and avoids venturing out onto the field to debate calls with the officials.

The University of Wisconsin women’s basketball team has released its 2017-18 non-conference schedule which features games against six 2017 post-season teams and six 20-win teams, head coach Jonathan Tsipis announced on Monday.

Bronson Koenig is in the middle of a very quick — but important — step in his basketball life.

Corey Clement had just three weeks to enjoy what looked to be an unbelievably great situation with the Eagles. It might still turn out well for the Glassboro High School graduate who went on to become part of the winningest class in University of Wisconsin history. But things have definitely changed.

It became apparent in the opening session of the Big Ten Conference Media Days that the three most important words in college football are scheduling, scheduling, scheduling.

Nothing came to fruition, but Monday both UW head coach Paul Chryst at Big Ten media day and Packers President Mark Murphy at the shareholders meeting in Green Bay confirmed a Chicago Tribune report that discussions are again being held.