The schedule, announced Thursday, opens with an exhibition game against the South Korean national team at LaBahn Arena on Sept. 16. That’s the first day teams are allowed to practice and play, and it represents the earliest opening to a season in the Badgers’ 19-year program history.
After running hundreds of miles in his career at the University of Wisconsin, Malachy Schrobilgen has only 10,000 meters left.
Another kickoff time on the University of Wisconsin football team’s 2017 schedule was announced Tuesday when the Big Ten Network released its lineup for the season’s first three weeks.
Led by its varsity eight, which improved eight spots from last year, the Wisconsin men’s rowing team wrapped up the 2017 Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) National Championships on Sunday at Lake Natoma.
Not long ago, running back Corey Clement had what many felt was a realistic goal of taking the same path predecessor Melvin Gordon did — leave the University of Wisconsin football team a year early to become a high pick in the NFL draft.
The University of Wisconsin is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Camp Randall Stadium by recognizing individuals that have helped shape the history of the stadium.
Badgers managed to hand Mizzou loss during their time in College World Series.
The Wisconsin Badgers season opener against Utah State on September 1st at Camp Randall will kick off at 8:00 p.m. according to ESPN.
A former UW-Madison running back and first-round NFL draft pick has been sentenced to five years in California prison after pleading no contest to multiple felonies including identity theft and burglary.
Big Ten officials announced last fall that Wisconsin’s 2017 football opener against visiting Utah State would be a night game on Friday, Sept. 1.
MADISON (AP) — Wisconsin is honoring 100 years of Camp Randall Stadium by recognizing 100 individuals who the school says shaped the history of the football venue.
Pat Richter laughed off the revelation that struck him in the course of helping to select a list of people influential in building the tradition of Camp Randall Stadium over its first 100 years.
BOULDER – College is called the best four years of your life. For former Colorado Avalanche, now University of Wisconsin head hockey coach Tony Granato, it could be considered the best four decades.
Simon and Krenz have been great friends for the majority of their lives. Both excelled at prep track and field during high school and ran cross country as well.
But both took different paths to join the rowing team. The duo started school at UW-Madison last fall.
UW joins other Big Ten teams hoping to make splash against SEC, PAC-12.
A larger-than-expected Big Ten Conference bowl payout should help the University of Wisconsin athletic department’s financial bottom line for this school year.
Most black people have heard criticism over their natural hair at some point in their lives. It goes something like, “You know, you would look more professional if you wore your hair straight. Or short. Or back in a bun. Your hair is not going to look good on the green screen; pull it back.” After all, sleek and straight hair is considered the professional norm, while dreadlocks, Afros and big curls are thought to be unruly and unkempt.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar knows all about what it takes to have an NCAA basketball dynasty.
They play Missouri in the opening round at 8 p.m. Friday in a double-elimination regional that also includes No. 3 overall seed and host Oregon as well as Illinois-Chicago.
For the fourth-time this season, Wisconsin men’s track and field standout Morgan McDonald is a Big Ten champion as the sophomore won the 5000 meters to lead the Badgers at the 2017 Big Ten Outdoor Championships on Sunday.
Just weeks before the end of the season and the end of the semester, University of Wisconsin-Madison head men’s hockey coach Tony Granato is on his office laptop. Surrounded by hockey sticks signed by the likes of former teammate Wayne Gretzky and photos of his wife and four kids, he’s focused on 500 words.
The idea of a culture change is pervasive around the University of Wisconsin’s Porter Boathouse.
With Nigel Hayes, there’s always two stories to tell.
Freshman Kaitlyn Menz, junior Brooke Wyderski and senior Chloe Miller all earned the recognition. Junior Kelsey Jenkins was named to the All-Defensive Team and senior Sara Novak was the team’s Big Ten Sportsmanship honoree.
As long as travel plans cooperate, Tony Granato will get to see two graduation ceremonies in two states this weekend.
A former team captain and standout for the Wisconsin women’s soccer program, Marisa Kresge has been hired as UW’s newest assistant coach, as announced Wednesday by head coach Paula Wilkins.
Speaking to News 3 on the phone from Chicago at the NBA Draft Combine Hayes said UW-Madison helped shape him, but says he likes to think he helped UW-Madison be better too.
The Badger Track Club is bringing together people of all ages and abilities for an opportunity to train for track and field sports and participate in meets.
“Jump Around” is 25 years old this week. It got some extra publicity last year when House of Pain attacked the Donald Trump campaign for using its hit song.
This event hosted by UW Men’s Basketball Coach Greg Gard and his wife Michelle. This event is “Garding for Cancer’s” signature event and it was held at the Kohl center.
Pankowski was named Friday to the 23-player USA Hockey Women’s National Team roster that will spend next season training for the Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. She joined four former Badgers player on the team: goaltender Alex Rigsby and forwards Brianna Decker, Meghan Duggan and Hilary Knight.
If you stayed up late enough watching ESPN’s coverage of the NFL Draft’s first round, you saw the Pittsburgh Steelers make former Wisconsin outside linebacker T.J. Watt the 30th overall pick. And with the 32nd and final pick of the night, the New Orleans Saints drafted former Badger Ryan Ramczyk, a guy from Stevens Point with only one year of Division I football experience yet considered among the best offensive tackles in the country.
The University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team will play an extra game in the 2017-18 season, and that’ll provide the earliest start to a campaign in program history.
The Badgers will take on San Diego on the campus of USC in the first round, with the winner facing either Denver or the fourth-seeded Trojans.
The University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team’s Fill the Bowl game at the Kohl Center on Jan. 14 was announced as a sellout hours before faceoff.
The home sellout streak for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team extended to 56 regular-season games at the Kohl Center this season.
Former University of Wisconsin men’s basketball players were well represented at the Crazylegs Classic, at the finish line and on the race course.
Jim Leonhard will earn $600,000 in his first year as the University of Wisconsin’s defensive coordinator, $375,000 more than he made as the Badgers’ secondary coach in 2016.
Mike Leckrone could fill a book with compelling stories and experiences he shared with Elroy Hirsch.
For all you baseball fans out there, especially those who once upon a time followed the fortunes of the UW Big Ten baseball team, the long-promised book about the now-defunct program is here.
Late last year, former Pitt football coach Paul Chryst asked Kevin Colbert to come to Wisconsin to take a look at one of his players contemplating entering the draft after his junior season.
With cornerback Marshon Lattimore secured at pick No. 11, the New Orleans Saints went to the other side of the ball and selected Wisconsin offensive tackle Ryan Ramczyk with the 32nd overall pick to close out the first round of the NFL Draft.
#Andy Katz wasn’t spared from the layoffs that shook up the sports journalism world on Wednesday. As #ESPN downsized, their veteran college #Basketball reporter was one of the last people reported to have lost their job, although it’s not immediately clear when he got the call.
NX Level, the longtime offseason training facility of Wisconsin football’s first family, sits on a sparsely developed parcel of land in Waukesha, about 20 minutes south of the house where the Watt brothers grew up. The lobby of owner Brad Arnett’s 43,000-square-foot fitness cathedral is filled with memorabilia commemorating his most famous client. Magazine covers featuring J.J. Watt’s face dot the walls. A collection of jerseys for some of Arnett’s other accomplished clients?—?like Joe Thomas, Chris Maragos, and former NBA player Joel Przybilla?—?line the hallway toward his office, but only Watt’s Texans uniform is visible from the front door. It’s signed, with a simple message written in silver Sharpie: “I wouldn’t be where I am without you.”
University of Wisconsin senior Brooke Ferrell was named first team All-Big Ten for the second consecutive year on Tuesday.
The University of Wisconsin volleyball team’s 2017 schedule will include 16 matches against 2016 NCAA tournament teams and an unprecedented three pre-conference meets at the UW Field House.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Fairly or not, T.J. Watt will draw comparisons to his big brother when he gets to the pros.
Wisconsin largely draws from ’walk-ons’ with no prior rowing experience and manages to cultivate star athletes from scratch.
Nigel Hayes is known for his sense of humor, but joking about serious topics is something he doesn’t tolerate.
Lauren Carlini is having a blast. In May she’ll graduate from the University of Wisconsin and move to Anaheim to train with the USA national team.
A sport that only exists on fading newspaper microfilm and in the bittersweet memories of the aging athletes who played it needs a selfless, tireless champion if it is ever to live again in the public imagination.
Six University of Wisconsin head coaches had their contracts extended Friday by the school’s Athletic Board.
The text messages have been arriving at a steady pace on Dean Oliver’s cell phone, most of them congratulatory in nature.
Hardly any starters played for the University of Wisconsin football team during its spring game, but one of the Badgers’ most important position battles was still on display Friday night at Camp Randall Stadium.
Nigel Hayes is known for his sense of humor, but joking about serious topics is something he doesn’t tolerate.
The University of Wisconsin athletic board on Friday approved one-year contract extensions for six coaches.
Dean Oliver was a four-year starter at point guard for Iowa, so it was no surprise to those that know him best that he ended up on the sidelines once his playing career ended.
Tindal, Dixon overcome extreme odds to earn degrees.
NEW YORK—On Feb. 28, the day before the NHL trade deadline, Blake Geoffrion tapped out a group text to three of his former University of Wisconsin men’s hockey teammates: “Boys getting the band back together, eh?”
The Thomas Zimmer Championship Course was built with an NCAA cross country national championship meet in mind, and it’ll have one before its 10th birthday.
