Category: Athletics

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.

As the days pass and the reunion draws closer, Rafael Gaglianone experiences excitement – and a bit of dread.

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.

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.

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.

A photo gallery featuring all of the best signs from ESPN’s College GameDay show in Madison.

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 at UW-Madison are closely watching that forecast for Saturday night.

The game University of Wisconsin football players would rather forget has resurfaced as the eighth-ranked Badgers prepare to take on No. 2 Ohio State on Saturday night at Camp Randall Stadium.

Matt Lepay grew up in Ohio and graduated from Ohio State, but the voice of the University of Wisconsin’s football and men’s basketball teams for the past 28 years says the hue of his blood changed from scarlet red of the Buckeyes to cardinal red of the Badgers a long time ago.

For the first time in program history, the Wisconsin volleyball program is ranked first in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Top 25 Coaches’ poll, the association announced Monday.

The University of Wisconsin moved back into the top 10 after its bye week.

As Madison gears up for the biggest University of Wisconsin home football game in years, Badgers fans will be glad to learn that their team has taken care of one of its biggest on-field problems.

The first victory of the season for the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team provided rare feats in a pair of historical terms.

College Gameday is coming to Madison as the Badgers take on the Buckeyes in a night game at Camp Randall Stadium.

University of Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst said he’s in favor of two major changes recommended by the NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee on Wednesday.

There was no specific incident or threat that triggered the University of Wisconsin athletic department to spend about $200,000 to equip the Kohl Center with walk-through metal detectors, an official said.

Each preseason, the University of Wisconsin-Madison men’s basketball team scrimmages one of the eight teams in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference on a rotational basis.

Graham Washburn from AT&T joined NBC15’s Meredith Barack for this week’s Tech Tuesday.Washburn shares a new Badgers Game Day app that gives fans a whole new inside look for Wisconsin sporting events.