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.
That 42-player camp, running April 30 to May 4 near Tampa, Florida, will determine the women’s national team that will prepare for the 2018 Olympics.
The NCAA Division-I Council passed impactful legislation Friday that will drastically change the landscape of college football recruiting, including opening the door for the Collegiate Commissioners Association to implement a 72-hour, mid-December early signing period this year.
UW must replace four seniors who accounted for 110 wins, third-most for a senior class in Badgers history.
University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez received the Vince Lombardi Award of Excellence during a packed event recently at The Pfister Hotel.
Noted: Elliott played four years for Eaves at the University of Wisconsin before embarking on a professional career in which he has emerged as the great hope for the Flames in this first-round series.
Lauren Carlini, the only four-time All-American in University of Wisconsin volleyball history, was named the 2017 AAU James E. Sullivan Award winner on Tuesday night at the New York Athletic Club.
Carlini, the four-time All-American setter for the University of Wisconsin volleyball team, was named the recipient Tuesday of the AAU James E. Sullivan Award, presented to the top amateur athlete in the nation annually since 1930.
Football and beer-infused softball games headline the top five remaining UW sporting events this year.
Cavallini was named the winner of the Derek Hines Unsung Hero Award, which recognizes “a fearless leader and beloved fan favorite who always places his team first.”
Former University of Wisconsin running back Montee Ball opened up to Sporting News about his alcohol and domestic violence issues that began at the school and continued through his abbreviated NFL career.
Jake Gardiner is a burner and a gambler — a Leafs fan’s dream and, sometimes, nightmare — and a total one-of-a-kind on the blue line.
Houston Texans superstar J.J. Watt is known for doing things in grand fashion, so when he heard his beloved fourth grade teacher was retiring after 41 years, he wanted to surprise her with cake and gifts.
Montee Ball is returning to the place where he found football stardom. It’s also where the drinking that destroyed his personal and professional life began.
Andre Taylor, the father of University of Wisconsin wide receiver Quintez Cephus, died Tuesday afternoon, the day after being shot in the head, according to multiple reports.
Sport returns after UW-Madison boxer’s death.
Andre Taylor, the father of Wisconsin wide receiver Quintez Cephus, was shot Monday in Macon, Ga., and is reportedly in critical condition.
Working on little sleep, Lamont Paris was in the midst of a mental juggling act Monday as he prepared to fly to Tennessee to start his new job.
University of Wisconsin senior guard Bronson Koenig will receive the 2017 United States Basketball Writers Association’s Most Courageous Award during a luncheon at the NCAA Final Four this year.
The father of former Stratford Academy and current University of Wisconsin football player Quintez Cephus was shot and critically wounded Monday at a street corner in Macon’s Unionville neighborhood, authorities said.
The 2017 class was announced Saturday morning and it didn’t include the former University of Wisconsin men’s basketball coach. Ryan was a finalist for the third consecutive year.
Paris, 43, had been an assistant at UW since 2010. Since Paris arrived, UW has gone 189-66 (.741) with six trips to the Sweet 16 in seven seasons, including two Final Four appearances.
It was a quick yet thorough process. But University of Tennessee at Chattanooga athletic director David Blackburn ended his latest search for a new men’s basketball coach by getting his guy again. Lamont Paris, most recently the associate head coach at the University of Wisconsin is the new coach.
Former University of Wisconsin women’s soccer player Meghan Flannery was killed in a car crash early Wednesday near St. Louis, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
