The College Football Playoff committee’s public opinion of the University of Wisconsin didn’t surprise anyone Tuesday night when the group released its initial rankings.
University of Wisconsin officials have committed to making stadium policy changes before the next home game in response to outrage over an offensive costume.
In the wake of the Big Ten’s controversial announcement that its member schools will play six primetime games on Fridays during September and October beginning in 2017, the University of Wisconsin announced it is not open to hosting such games at Camp Randall Stadium with the exception of Labor Day weekend.
University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez said Wednesday that the university will change stadium policies in the wake of an incident Saturday when the Badgers took on Nebraska at Camp Randall Stadium.
Before he enrolled at UW-Madison, student Devon Hamilton had never heard of the fraternity members at the university who dressed in blackface and held a mock slave auction in the 1980s.
A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison African-American alumni sent a letter with more than 160 signatures to the university’s chancellor Tuesday afternoon expressing their frustrations with the racial climate on campus.
University of Wisconsin-Madison officials will be reviewing Camp Randall policies after a fan wore an offensive costume to Saturday’s Badgers football game.
UW-Madison will review policies at Camp Randall Stadium after photos of a man in costume with a noose around his neck stirred outrage, with officials saying they will seek to ensure “that symbols of this type are not displayed in our stadium again.”
I find it difficult to express the depth of my disappointment with the University of Wisconsin-Madison. If this is not hate speech … a costume of a black president in a noose, then what is?!
Chancellor Rebecca Blank and Athletic Director Barry Alvarez released a joint statement Tuesday in which they committed to keeping controversial costumes out of Camp Randall.
Heading into one of the most important weeks of his life, Nigel Hayes had something else weighing on his mind. He was failing his Finance 300 class. He couldn’t even tell his mother. An F? He’s a two-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
A costume depicting President Barack Obama with a noose around his neck at Saturday’s Wisconsin football game has ignited a firestorm on social media and on campus, with students, faculty and others denouncing both the people who wore it and what some considered a weak response to the incident from UW-Madison.
Reaction to the picture shared at Saturday’s Badgers football game on social media of a man wearing a costume of President Barack Obama hanging by a noose is spreading nationwide.
The University of Wisconsin at Madison continues to face criticism this week after two fans at Saturday’s football game wore costumes and a noose to depict Donald Trump lynching President Obama.
It’s Halloween, so put on your seat belts, brothers and sisters, and get ready for an onslaught of racist Halloween costumes coming from white college students who think your humanity is fair game for chuckles. The blackface paint will flow as white students think that smearing it on, along with a sign that says, “Black Lives Matter,” is the most hilarious thing they can do. And when they get caught, and suspended by their universities, they’ll all proclaim, “I had no idea it was racist!” Don’t be bamboozled, my friends.
A Halloween costume involving President Obama, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and a noose worn by two attendees at a University of Wisconsin football game has reignited the debate on the role universities play in protecting free speech and curbing hateful words.
Three new bias incident reports have been filed since an individual wore a Barack Obama mask and noose costume to a University of Wisconsin-Madison’s football game Saturday.
Two fans at Saturday’s Wisconsin-Nebraska game in Madison, Wis., enacted a scene that many found offensive, both in the stadium and through images that circulated online. One fan wore a Donald Trump mask and held a noose around the neck of the other fan, who was wearing a Barack Obama mask and a prison-striped outfit.
The incident comes at a time when students, faculty and staff are questioning the University of Wisconsin’s campus climate, after what Chancellor Rebecca Blank referred to as “ugly incidents” last Spring.
Fans at the University of Wisconsin-Madison football game caused a stir Saturday night when they wore costumes of President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton with nooses around their necks, led by another fan in a Donald Trump mask.
University of Wisconsin-Madison police ejected a total of 69 people, including 11 UW students, from Saturday’s Badgers home football game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers, campus Interim Chief Brian Bridges said.
Officers arrested 25 people and ejected 69 people from Camp Randall Stadium during Saturday night’s football game, according to statistics released by the UW-Madison Police Department.
The University of Wisconsin says it asked a fan wearing what appeared to be a President Barack Obama mask and a noose around his neck to remove the offensive parts of the costume during the school’s football game Saturday against Nebraska.
A man attended Saturday’s UW-Madison football game at Camp Randall Stadium in a President Barack Obama mask while wearing a prison jumpsuit and a noose around his neck.
ESPN’s College GameDay was a big presence on UW-Madison’s Bascom Hill earlier this month, with semi-trailers lined up along Observatory Drive as early as Thursday to set up for the pre-game show on Saturday.
Two fans in the football stands at the University of Wisconsin at Madison on Saturday wore costumes and a noose to suggest a lynching. One fan dressed as Donald Trump and the other had costumes depicting President Obama and Hillary Clinton. The first fan, using a fake noose, pretended to lynch Obama.
The University of Wisconsin fell to host Michigan 4-2 on penalty kicks in the first round of the Big Ten Conference women’s soccer tournament Sunday in Ann Arbor.
It was a banner day for the University of Wisconsin men’s cross country team at the Big Ten Conference championship on Sunday in Falcon Heights, Minnesota.
Late last night, UW-Madison released a statement regarding the offensive costume that was seen at Camp Randall. A football game attendee was seen wearing a mask of President Obama’s face with a noose around his neck.
Talk about going out of bounds. A pair of football fans showed up to a University of Wisconsin game Saturday with a Barack Obama mask ? and a noose wrapped around its neck.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has condemned the actions of two fans at Saturday night’s Badger Football game.A picture quickly spread across social media during the game showing a woman in the stands wearing a Barack Obama mask and a noose around her neck.
As the days pass and the reunion draws closer, Rafael Gaglianone experiences excitement – and a bit of dread.
University of Wisconsin football coach Paul Chryst will make $2.7 million in the 2016 season.
Before Greg Gard knew he wanted to coach basketball, before he wore a badge and carried a gun, before he played baseball at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, before he showed hogs at the county fair, before he cleaned tractors and dried up motor oil, before he wiggled the television rabbit ears to catch Badgers games, he knew that he most wanted to be like someone else.
A few weeks ago, Wisconsin Badger basketball star Nigel Hayes stood outside ESPN’s pregame College Game Day football broadcast with a sign that read, “BROKE COLLEGE ATHLETE: ANYTHING HELPS.” Within minutes, Hayes was being hailed for “speaking out” against the “injustice” suffered by
Cobb, Wis. – Before Greg Gard knew he wanted to coach basketball, before he wore a badge and carried a gun, before he played baseball at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, before he showed hogs at the county fair, before he cleaned tractors and dried up motor oil, before he wiggled the television rabbit ears to catch Badgers games, he knew that he most wanted to be like someone else.
Badgers basketball coach Greg Gard once worked part time as a park ranger and sheriff in Iowa County. Lori Nickel
Lamar “Soup” Campbell, a former University of Wisconsin defensive back, was hired as an assistant athletic director for student-athlete engagement, the athletic department announced Friday.
The University of Wisconsin fell one spot to No. 11 in both the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches polls this week after the Badgers’ 17-9 win at Iowa on Saturday.
The Cobb Corn Roast Festival was winding down. The softball, volleyball and bean bag competitions were over. The Texas hold’em poker games, garden tours and 5K run had raised money for the local library. As locals gathered at the burger and brat stand and beer tent on that sunny August afternoon, excitement was in the air. The proud citizens of Cobb—population 458, in the rolling farmlands of southwestern Wisconsin—gathered to celebrate the town’s most famous son, University of Wisconsin men’s basketball coach Greg Gard.
Chase Kinney’s 4-for-4 performance and Justin Temprano’s first career win earned the Wisconsin duo a pair of honors from the Big Ten Conference on Wednesday.
Wisconsin junior Morgan McDonald was honored as the Big Ten Conference Men’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week after racing to a spectacular third-place finish at the 2016 Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational, the league announced on Wednesday.
UW-Madison and University of Iowa fraternity chapters are teaming up to run a football all the way to the Badgers-Hawkeyes game to raise money for local military families.
Noted: In 2004, Ripley — a former UW basketball player — was part of the original group of five that opened Lucky’s at 1421 Regent St., when they bought the Oakcrest Tavern out of bankruptcy. In 2010, Ripley bought his partners out. He left the old location in August and two of his former partners now run SconnieBar at the former location.
University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team forward Nigel Hayes joined the crowd of students at ESPN’s College GameDay Saturday to protest the lack of pay for athletes and to raise money for the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County.
A photo gallery featuring all of the best signs from ESPN’s College GameDay show in Madison.
Yes, Rece Davis confirmed, it is as much fun on the ESPN “College GameDay” set as it looks on TV.
The College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy made its way to Madison this week as part of its national tour.
The University of Wisconsin’s “Jump Around” tradition in a primetime game against Ohio State on Oct. 15, 2016.
The University of Wisconsin football team once again didn’t fall far in the polls after a loss.
Two teams, one game, and thousands of fans counting down the minutes until kick-off tomorrow night.
Badger fans have been anticipating the Wisconsin and Ohio State game that kicked off on Saturday.
UW basketball star Nigel Hayes is using his status to send a strong message about compensation for college athletes, while helping kids in our area.
While the University of Wisconsin football team will play six games this season at Camp Randall Stadium the 7 p.m. kickoff against second-ranked Ohio State brings with it both energy and a challenge.
MADISON, Wis. — Nigel Hayes doesn’t make statements lightly, and he doesn’t stand up for things he doesn’t believe in.
Nigel Hayes, star forward on the University of Wisconsin basketball team is my favorite collegiate athlete.
Officials from ESPN are working on the final touches to their College Game Day stage, getting ready to put UW-Madison on the national stage for the Badgers vs. Ohio State game Saturday.
Officials at UW-Madison are closely watching that forecast for Saturday night.
MADISON, Wis. — David Gilreath never planned on becoming a Wisconsin Badger. Instead, he arrived for a visit intent on reaffirming his commitment to Minnesota. The wide receiver prospect attended high school 12 miles from the Metrodome and hadn’t experienced a college game anywhere else.
