The Wisconsin men’s hockey team officially gained another member with the signing of Trent Frederic to a National Letter of Intent, associate head coach Don Granato announced. Frederic is expected to join the Badgers for the 2016-17 school year.
Badger softball pitcher Taylor-Paige Stewart is having a solid season. She has a 5-2 record and is sixth in the Big Ten in earned run average. But she’s also building quite a career away from softball.
The University of Wisconsin women’s golf and volleyball teams recorded perfect Academic Progress Rate scores, according to data released by the NCAA on Wednesday. The scores were calculated for a four-year period from 2011-12 through 2014-15 academic years.
Over the years the event grew into a major fundraiser that regularly attracted 6,000 or more to the UW Field House in conjunction with the annual spring football game. The organizing committee, which began with just Strickler and his wife Ruth, evolved into a 200-person operation and a six-month planning window.
“Butch” Strickler, well-known to Badger fans for his fundraising efforts died Wednesday in his home in New Glarus. He was 94.
According to a report by Sports Business Daily, Fox will purchase 25 football games and 50 basketball games each year starting in the fall of 2017 for $250 million per year. The deal will run for six seasons.
Bo Ryan returned to the University of Wisconsin-Platteville campus as a distinguished lecturer. It turned out to be less of a lecture and more of a nearly 2-hour storytelling session.
On Tuesday, former University of Wisconsin head basketball coach Bo Ryan spoke at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville as the university’s Sesquicentennial Distinguished Lecturer. It was a homecoming of sorts for the basketball coach. Ryan coached at UW-Platteville from 1984-1999, achieving a 353-76 record, while winning four NCAA Division III national championships.
Nigel Hayes will enter the 2016 NBA draft while also leaving open the possibility of returning to the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team for his senior season.
MADISON — Former UW-Madison men’s basketball coach Bo Ryan was the highest paid UW System employee in 2015.
(Video) As part of the UW-Madison athletic department’s “Badgers Give Back” initiative, athletes hosted a special event Friday with patients from the American Family Children’s Hospital to raise awareness of pediatric cancer. The “Badgers Go Bald” event ended with haircuts for some players with a little extra help from special guests…
Palmer, a Watertown native, joined the UW staff last season as recruiting coordinator for Bobbie Kelsey.
One season after making a noticeable step forward in getting fans to use their tickets for its six major sports, the University of Wisconsin athletic department slid backward in the 2015-16 season.
Video: As part of the UW-Madison athletic department’s “Badgers Give Back” initiative, athletes hosted a special event Friday with patients from the American Family Children’s Hospital to raise awareness of pediatric cancer. The “Badgers Go Bald” event ended with haircuts for some players with a little extra help from special guests.
The University Of Wisconsin Madison has not had a D-1 baseball team since 1991. It was dropped during a period of financial problems for the athletic department although the university brass also used Title 9 problems as a reason.
For the second time this season, the multi-event athlete duo of Georgia Ellenwood and Zach Ziemek both earned Big Ten Conference weekly honors. Senior Zach Ziemek was named Big Ten Men’s Co-Field Athlete of the Week, while junior Georgia Ellenwood claimed Big Ten Women’s Field Athlete of the Week accolades, the league announced Wednesday.
Dana Tackes and Keith Reagan both attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and share a love for Badgers athletics. The two were engaged in January 2015 and Tackes thought to design their wedding invitation like a ticket to a Badgers football game at Camp Randall Stadium after seeing something similar on Pinterest.
Wisconsin head basketball coach Greg Gard has solidified his coaching staff ahead of the 2016-17 season by promoting Lamont Paris to associate head coach as well as retaining assistant coach Howard Moore and director of operations Kat Vosters.
The fifth annual Wisconsin Sports Awards saw more than 500 people stroll across the famous “blue carpet”, but none drew more attention than former Badgers men’s basketball head coach Bo Ryan, who was making his first public appearance since his retirement.
Following his surprise retirement as coach of the Badgers in mid-December, Ryan and his wife, Kelly, spent the winter at their condo in Palm Springs, California, watching UW from afar as it turned its season around and eventually made the NCAA tournament under then-interim, now-permanent coach Greg Gard.
University of Wisconsin athletics director Barry Alvarez said that ESPN’s College GameDay will take place at Lambeau Field when the Badgers play Louisiana State University in the 2016 season opener on Sept. 3.
The University of Wisconsin men’s basketball coach announced Tuesday that Lamont Paris and Howard Moore officially have been retained as assistants. They join former UW athlete Joe Krabbenhoft, who was added to the staff last week following three seasons at South Dakota State.
Former Badgers wide receive Alex Erickson is once again fighting for an opportunity,
“It’s all there for you. If you’re willing to work for it, willing to sacrifice I think anything can happen,” Erickson said.
His 77 receptions in 2015 was one short of the school record at Wisconsin. Still Erickson has been overlooked. No invite to any of the showcase bowl games and no invite to the NFL Combine.
UW-Stevens Point junior transfer Ryan Ramczyk didn’t waste any time during his year off. The Stevens Point native was forced to sit out last season due to transfer eligibility rules.
On Saturday, Ramczyk practiced with the 1st team offensive line.
Two former Wisconsin star running backs are in trouble with the law again.
Paul Chryst’s 2016 coaching staff will be paid $258,600 more than the ’15 staff was, according to contract information from Wisconsin.
Paul Chryst continues to bring familiar faces back to the Wisconsin football program
University of Wisconsin outside linebackers coach Tim Tibesar was given the biggest bump in salary among Badgers football assistants this offseason, according to numbers provided by UW. Tibesar is now pegged to make an annual salary of $340,000 — an increase of $90,000 from his original compensation package signed last year.
Former Wisconsin Badgers running back Brent Moss has been charged with possession of cocaine (second and subsequent offense) and resisting an officer.
Former Denver Broncos running back Montee Ball was reportedly arrested for a felony bail jumping violation in Whitewater, Wisconsin, on Saturday night WKOW-TV reports.
With a pair of All-America accolades, a Big Ten Conference Swimmer of the Year honor and three school records under his belt this season, UW junior Matt Hutchins secured a spot on the New Zealand national team on Thursday.
While the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team will not be participating in this weekend’s Frozen Four, the Badgers will still have a presence at the annual season-ending tournament. UW is the host school for the 2016 Frozen Four, which takes place in Tampa, Florida.
We’ve been through this before.Not often, mind you, but the University of Wisconsin has had non-seniors test the NBA draft waters over the years. It even had a few — Wes Matthews, Cory Blackwell, Rashard Griffith, Devin Harris and Sam Dekker — leave to pursue their NBA dreams before their eligibility ran out.
Former UW Badgers basketball coach Bo Ryan is going back to the school where he made his name as a head coach.
Ryan will speak as a distinguished lecturer at UW-Platteville on Tuesday, April 19 at 9:30 a.m. on the basketball court on campus named after him.
Noted: That would lead her to UW-Madison, where she compiled the second best scoring average for her career (77.13) and led the Badgers in scoring average her last three seasons.
Joe Krabbenhoft is 29, only 36 months removed from working as video coordinator for the Wisconsin men’s basketball program in 2012-’13, and has just three seasons as an assistant on his coaching résumé.
Wisconsin head basketball coach Greg Gard announced on Monday the addition of former Badger standout Joe Krabbenhoft to his staff as an assistant coach.
Wisconsin head men’s basketball coach Greg Gard has been selected as the 2016 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year, as announced on Monday by CollegeInsider.com.
University of Wisconsin head basketball coach Greg Gard has received a major national coaching award, just four months after taking over the men’s basketball program. Gard has been selected as the 2016 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year, which was announced Monday by CollegeInsider.com.
University of Wisconsin head basketball coach Greg Gard is welcoming a popular former Badger to join his coaching staff next year. UWBadgers.com is reporting that former Badger star Joe Krabbenhoft has agreed to join Gard’s staff as an assistant coach next year.
Wisconsin head coach Greg Gard has been selected as the 2016 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year, CollegeInsider.com announced on Monday.
Bo Ryan will have to wait until next year — again.
Wisconsin coach Greg Gard wasted little time in filling the lone vacancy on his coaching staff.
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2016 was announced Monday in Houston, and the group did not include Bo Ryan.
In a career move he called a “dream come true,” Krabbenhoft will join the UW staff as an assistant coach. Badgers coach Greg Gard announced the addition of Krabbenhoft, who played at UW from 2005-09, in a news release Monday morning.
Even before former defensive backs coach Daronte Jones left for a job with the Miami Dolphins, Leonhard had expressed a desire to coach the Badgers in some shape or form. So when Jones vacated the position in February, hiring Leonhard was a no-brainer.
Another top in-state prospect has agreed to join the Wisconsin football program.
The Wisconsin State Journal reports that Port Washington offensive lineman Tyler Beach committed to becoming a Badger Sunday, three days after visiting campus.
The Badgers had an opportunity to practice at the Don Hutson Center with 13 championship banners watching over them Saturday — 154 days before they face LSU on Sept. 3 at Lambeau Field to open the 2016 season.
Madison Memorial football star Jake Ferguson has given a verbal commitment to play football at the University of Wisconsin
New Wisconsin defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox is set to be paid $1.45 million over the next two seasons.
The challenge facing Jonathan Tsipis is onerous but one he embraces.
The No. 1 priority for Gard is filling out his staff. Gary Close informed Gard earlier this week that he was resigning after 13 seasons as an assistant at UW.
University of Wisconsin defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox is set to earn $1.45 million over the next two years, according to his compensation package that UW released to the State Journal on Thursday via an open records request.
Jonathan Tsipis hit the ground running in his new job as head coach of the University of Wisconsin women’s basketball team.
Alvarez and the athletic department pulled off an ambitious coup in hockey circles, plucking Tony Granato from an NHL assistant coaching job to be the team’s new head coach and getting two coaching veterans to serve alongside him.
Former University of Wisconsin standout Hilary Knight scored two goals while current UW sophomore Annie Pankowski had a goal and an assist in the United States Women’s National Team’s 8-0 win over Russia in its final round-robin game of the International Ice Hockey Federation Women’s World Championship.
Longtime assistant coach Gary Close announced his resignation from the Wisconsin Men’s Basketball staff on Wednesday to pursue other professional opportunities.
MADISON, Wis. – Since 1966, just four men have spent a season behind the bench as the leader of the Wisconsin men’s hockey program. Starting in 2016, Tony Granato will be the fifth.
(Video) News 3 Sports Director Jay Wilson talks about Tony Granato being named the new head coach of Wisconsin’s men’s hockey team.
Another new face will officially join Wisconsin athletics Thursday. The new Badger women’s basketball coach, Johnathan Tsipis, will be introduced Thursday at the Nicholas-Johnson Pavilion at 1 p.m.
