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What I Found in Standing Rock

The Players' Tribune

Near the edge of the Standing Rock camp in North Dakota, about 50 yards from a tributary of the Missouri River, there’s a basketball hoop. It’s one of those worn-out outdoor hoops that leans forward a little bit, almost as if the wind had bent it.

Chryst named Big Ten coach of the year

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

On the day he was introduced as the 30th head coach in the history of the Wisconsin football program, Paul Chryst was asked whether returning to his alma mater represented his dream job.

Tom Oates: Seniors on Wisconsin football team found success despite coaching changes

Wisconsin State Journal

Although many had experienced the same thing when Bret Bielema left for the, um, greener pastures of Arkansas in 2012, the University of Wisconsin football players were still shocked two years later when coach Gary Andersen told them just hours after the Big Ten Conference Championship Game that he was fleeing for the, um, academic flexibility of Oregon State.

The Surprising Origin of Wisconsin’s Fight Song

Wisconsin Public Radio

“On Wisconsin” is a song Wisconsinites hold near and dear, especially during football season. Not only is it the famed fight song for the University of Wisconsin-Madison football team, it is also the official state song, just with different lyrics.

Inside College Basketball’s Most Political Locker Room

New York Times

The Wisconsin basketball players Nigel Hayes and Jordan Hill took a step behind their teammates during the national anthem before the ninth-ranked Badgers’ season opener on Friday. It was another in a long series of visible protests from one of college basketball’s most socially aware locker rooms.

Deserving families go on shopping spree

NBC-15

The holidays are just around the corner and for some families, gift giving may not be possible.That’s why Nigel Hayes, UW-Madison student athlete and the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County teamed up to help local families by taking them on a shopping spree. Life hasn’t been exactly easy for the Schultz and Keaton families.

Wisconsin duo recognized after winning the Great Lakes Regional team title

NBC-15

After the No. 12 Wisconsin men’s cross country team stole the show at the 2016 NCAA Great Lakes Regional, UW Director of Track and Field and Cross Country Mick Byrne and junior Morgan McDonald have earned Great Lakes Region Coach and Athlete of the Year honors, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced Tuesday.

Wisconsin athletics amends venue policies in response to noose costume

ESPN.com

MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin athletics department officials announced changes Wednesday night to the school’s carry-in and ticket policies for home sporting events, beginning this weekend. The decision comes in response to an Oct. 29 home football game in which two people were involved with a Halloween costume depicting President Barack Obama in a noose.

Wisconsin Will Change Rules for Fans in Stadium

Inside Higher Education

Rebecca Blank, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Madison, on Monday apologized for the way the university responded to an incident last month when two fans at a football game wore costumes and had props depicting the lynching of President Obama (at right). Authorities at the time asked the two fans to stop using the noose, and the fans complied, but many said the university should have done more.

Wisconsin Badgers players cite racial bias, demand change

ESPN.com

MADISON, Wis. — Several University of Wisconsin athletes used their Twitter accounts Monday night to post a statement demanding change in racial inequalities on campus. The message came in the wake of an incident at an Oct. 29 home football game in which two people were involved with a Halloween costume depicting President Barack Obama in a noose.