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.”
The University of Wisconsin football team finished seventh in the final Associated Press poll, released early Tuesday morning following Alabama’s win over Georgia in the national championship game.
Orange Bowl accommodations for the University of Wisconsin football team at a Florida resort owned by President Donald Trump may draw the Badgers into a lawsuit alleging the president’s private business ventures violate the Constitution.
The Badgers’ stay at the Trump National Doral golf resort in Miami during the Orange Bowl could be used in a lawsuit targeting President Donald Trump, according to an article from the Washington Post.
Noted: Rutgers defeated Wisconsin on Friday at home with its most extensive playlist yet — seven minutes of YouTube absurdity that included singing bananas in pajamas and Donny and Marie Osmond. “I told the guys to stay focused,” said Aaron Moesch, a Wisconsin senior. “I don’t think I’ve ever experienced anything like that before in any arena.”
Although injuries forced him to give up football, quarterback Jon Budmayr impressed the Wisconsin staff with his intelligence and high football IQ.
Tony Granato’s U.S. Olympic men’s hockey team doesn’t have any former University of Wisconsin players on the roster, but four former Badgers players are on the American women’s hockey squad.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison group Student Coalition for Progress was miffed — MIFFED, I tell you — that the school’s football team was staying at a Trump hotel during its Orange Bowl appearance on December 30.
The victories came easily for the University of Wisconsin football team this season. The respect didn’t.
Wisconsin will be well-represented on the other side of the world next month, when the U.S. men’s and women’s hockey teams compete in the Winter Olympics in South Korea.
The shooting death of his father, 39-year-old Andre Taylor, was crushing.
MIAMI — Wisconsin still has a big game awaiting, but the Badgers already hauled in a sizable trophy during their trip to Florida for the Capital One Orange Bowl.
A distraction from the daily worries was a welcome one for the Raven family of Belleville. That’s some of what UW teams hope to provide with their Wish Upon a Badger program, where kids facing life-threatening illnesses or long hospital stays have a chance to interact with athletes.
Like most bowls, UW’s matchup with Miami on Saturday — and the pageantry leading up to it — will be nothing like a typical game week.
University of Wisconsin middle blocker Dana Rettke continues to add to her collection of honors.
The woman credited with helping to revive University of Wisconsin football says she might still be on its campus, were it not for a call from the 42nd President of the United States.
Badgers fans living among the University of Miami Hurricanes faithful in south Florida are looking forward to seeing reinforcements arrive soon, dressed in red and ready to cheer on the 12-1 football team as it takes on Miami at home in the Dec. 30 Orange Bowl.
Ticket usage fell 15 percent in 2017 when compared to the all-time high of the previous year.
Bill Reddan, known as the father of soccer at the University of Wisconsin and in the Madison area, passed away Monday at Oakwood Village University Woods, under the care of Agrace HospiceCare. He was 90.
MADISON, Wis. — The governing body for USA Hockey may be based in Colorado Springs, but its soul resides here, where the pillars of University of Wisconsin hockey energized the Olympic and Paralympic movements. And now, with the absence of N.H.L. players echoing the era when college players populated the American roster, the Badgers will have an outsize influence in the 2018 Winter Games in South Korea.
While the Badgers had an announced home attendance average of 78,824 in 2017, only 84 percent of those tickets were used.
The idea had been there for a decade, tried a few times but not completed until recently.What emerged when author Mike Cowan got done with a book on legendary University of Wisconsin men’s hockey coach Bob Johnson was a collection of essays provided by his former players.
Ab Nicholas’ uniform number will have company in the rafters of the Kohl Center. Wisconsin officials on Monday announced they plan to honor Frank Kaminsky, the consensus national player of the year as a senior, on Feb. 15 when UW hosts Purdue.
While University of Wisconsin defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard has yet to complete his second season as a coach, he’s been around football long enough to know how the coaching carousel works.
Of the conclusions that can be drawn from a USA TODAY study of college football assistant coaches, this much seems clear: the University of Wisconsin gets a pretty good bang for its buck.
The most incredible and uplifting and inspiring football season of my life began in a way that I would’ve never expected. It started with a scream.
University of Wisconsin inside linebacker T.J. Edwards, left tackle Michael Deiter and running back Jonathan Taylor all earned second-team All-American honors from Sporting News on Tuesday.
Kelly Sheffield always figured it was a matter of time before the upper deck at the University of Wisconsin Field House would be needed to meet the demand for UW volleyball tickets.
The newly-formed Coach Sauer Foundation has announced plans for an annual award to encourage community service among girls and boys high school hockey players in the state of Wisconsin.
Led by redshirt junior linebacker T.J. Edwards, five Wisconsin players were named to The Associated Press All-American team Monday.
