After limiting No. 8 North Dakota to one goal last weekend, Wisconsin women’s hockey goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens was named the WCHA Defensive Player of the Week for Jan. 18-24, the league announced Tuesday.
For the second-straight week, Ethan Happ of the Wisconsin men’s basketball team has earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors from the league office, as announced on Monday.
After scoring the game-winning basket two weeks ago against No. 4 Michigan State and being named Co-Big Ten Freshman of the Week, the freshman forward from Milan, Illinois, followed up with a career-high 20 points and 11 rebounds to power UW to a 66-60 road win at Penn State last Thursday.
Paris, 42, has made an impressive climb up the coaching ladder. There are more rungs yet to reach, and those who know Paris best believe it’s only a matter of time before he ascends another step.
The UW Athletic Board has approved proposed contract extensions for several fall sports head coaches. Paul Chryst, Kelly Sheffield and Paula Wilkins had their contract extended by a year.
The UW Athletic Board extended the contract of head football coach Paul Chryst through January 31, 2021 Friday.
Wisconsin football coach Paul Chryst has received a contract extension after a winning first season with the Badgers.
When No. 1-ranked Minnesota was swept by No. 12 Wisconsin in Madison two years ago, it was almost certainly the premier college hockey matchup of the weekend.
Terry Gawlik, senior associate athletic director for sports administration and senior woman administrator at the University of Wisconsin, will serve as the next chair of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship Sport Committee in 2016-17.
Wisconsin administrator Terry Gawlik has been chosen as the next chairwoman of the NCAA women’s basketball championship committee.
For the second time this year, Wisconsin women’s hockey sophomore Emily Clark was named the WCHA Offensive Player of the Week, the conference announced on Tuesday.
Fresh off scoring the game-winning layup against No. 4 Michigan State on Sunday, Ethan Happ of the Wisconsin men’s basketball team was named Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week by the league office on Monday.
Former Badgers football coach Bret Bielema will reportedly star in a web-based reality series, according to a sports website.
In an article Thursday, The Bleacher Report said that Bielema, who is now the head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks, will star in “Being Bret Bielema.” Trailers teasing the program were posted to YouTube, one on Dec. 29 and another Wednesday.
A look back at a Wisconsin State Journal editorial from a century ago
Tim Tibesar has emerged as the likely replacement for Dave Aranda as Wisconsin’s defensive coordinator, according to sources familiar with the program.
Following standout performances during Wisconsin’s dual meet at USC on Tuesday, four Badgers were recognized with weekly Big Ten Conference honors. Matt Hutchins and Danielle Valley claimed their respective Big Ten Swimmer of the Week honors, Clark Carter earned both the male Big Ten Freshman and Diver of the Week accolades, and Jess Unicomb was named female Big Ten Freshman of the Week.
Wisconsin women’s hockey associate head coach Dan Koch was named the American Hockey Coaches Association Women’s Hockey Assistant Coach of the Year, as announced by the group on Thursday.
Chances are Luke Kunin has a long, productive hockey career ahead of him. But even if that doesn’t happen, he won’t blame it on his type 1 diabetes. Indeed, the disease he was diagnosed with as a sixth-grader is part of what has made Kunin one of the top players in his class for years.
In Sunday’s paper, I read about the UW student section at Saturday’s basketball game twice chanting, “You can’t read,” directing the chant at Maryland player and Wisconsin native Diamond Stone. … Why wasn’t the student section cleared after the first episode? This embarrassment of our flagship university, and of this young man and his family, actually happened twice.
Roichelle “Shelly” Marble has adjusted quite well to her cardinal-and-white University of Wisconsin existence. Marble’s two worlds will collide tonight when the UW women’s basketball team takes on the Hawkeyes at the Kohl Center. While not quite as dramatic as if the game were being played in Iowa City, Marble says it will be a special occasion to play against the school where her late father, Roy, remains a legend.
T.J. Edwards’ debut season with the Wisconsin football team was an unqualified success.
At least that’s the way the Football Writers Association of America saw it.
Edwards was recognized Monday for his efforts as a key contributor to a Wisconsin unit that ranked No. 2 in scoring defense and No. 3 in total defense in the FBS this season, earning a place on the FWAA Freshman All-America Team. A starter in all 13 games as a redshirt freshman, Edwards led the Badgers in tackles with 84. He also logged 6.5 tackles for loss, broke up four passes and forced a fumble.
Tom Oates’ column on Friday, “Don’t fret, UW playing it right,” was interesting but highly subjective. His basic contention was that UW athletics cannot compete because of cultural differences at other schools.
Tim Krumrie’s long wait is finally over. Some 24 years after becoming eligible for the game’s highest honor, the man who set the standard for defensive players at the University of Wisconsin is set to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Krumrie’s election became official Friday with the National Football Foundation’s announcement of the 16 members — 14 players and two coaches — that comprise the College Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2016.
Anyone who watched Tim Krumrie anchor the middle of Wisconsin’s defensive line as a nose guard from 1979-’82 marveled at the numbers he posted.
Krumrie will be the 10th Wisconsin player to be enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame and the first defensive player to be honored. Four Wisconsin coaches, including current athletics director Barry Alvarez, have been elected to the College Football Hall of Fame as well.
The fans’ thinking goes like this: How can UW hope to win national or conference titles when it can’t get athletes admitted to school that its competitors can? And why can’t the athletic department, which ranks in the top 10 nationally in revenue, pony up enough cash to keep high-quality assistant coaches? Which brings us back to that flawed premise. Fans think, or want to think, that college sports are conducted on an even playing field, that all schools are created equal. They’re not. Never have been, never will be.
Wisconsin women’s hockey freshman Sam Cogan was named the WCHA Rookie of the Month for December, the league announced on Wednesday.
The Wisconsin women’s track and field team, led by a trio of returning first-team All-Americans, will begin the season ranked No. 9 in the country, according to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
After finishing 18th at last year’s national indoor meet, the Badgers moved up nine spots and enter the season as the highest-ranked Big Ten squad in the USTFCCCA National Computer Rankings.
New LSU defensive coordinator Dave Aranda wasn’t going to let recent uncertainty surrounding his new boss dissuade him from seeing what he could do with a Southeastern Conference defense in Death Valley.
When Alex Illikainen packed up his bags late in the summer of 2014 and left one vacation hot spot for another more than 1,500 miles away, it was strictly business.
The skating rink at the Edgewater Hotel in Madison kicked off its opening day today with help from the UW men’s hockey team.
Katherine Vosters has an up-close, rare view of University of Wisconsin men’s basketball history.
She also had a hand in the Badgers’ success in her position as the team’s director of operations. The twenty-five-year-old became one of a handful of women in the nation working this job in NCAA Division 1 men’s college basketball, a position often used as a step toward becoming a coach.
Bronson Koenig knows what it’s like to step into a role that needs to be filled.
When the University of Wisconsin’s veteran point guard Traevon Jackson broke his foot halfway through Big Ten conference play in the 2014–15 season, it was Koenig who stepped up. A sophomore, Koenig led the team as starting point guard through the last twenty-four games of the season, which ended with a NCAA championship game appearance—the first since 1941.
Noted: We’ve already started. Alex Peirce, Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications for the University of Wisconsin’s Rec Sports department, has written several great pieces, and will continue to write as their project progresses.
Bronson Koenig knows what it’s like to step into a role that needs to be filled.
This season did not play out quite how the University of Wisconsin football team — or anyone else, for that matter — expected it to.
Howard Moore could have quietly eased into his second stint as an assistant coach for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team.
Dave Aranda, the architect of Wisconsin’s nationally ranked defense for the last three seasons, is leaving to run the defense at LSU.
Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst is prepared to move as quickly as possible to hire a defensive coordinator to replace Dave Aranda, who on Friday agreed to a lucrative package to take the same position at LSU.
(Video) Badgers fans are gearing up for Wednesday night’s Holiday Bowl in San Diego. Tuesday it was the battle of the bands between the University of Wisconsin and USC, complete with cheerleaders from both schools. Kevin Lewis was at the battle Tuesday.
Michael Caputo’s teammates used to watch him play more often than listen to him speak.
One is old money, one is relatively new money, but Southern California and the University of Wisconsin are big names in college football.
A little more than one year after he lured Paul Chryst away from Pittsburgh and back to Wisconsin, UW athletic director Barry Alvarez believes the football program he rebuilt in the 1990s is again in good hands.
Before Wisconsin and USC face off on the gridiron for Wednesday night’s Holiday Bowl, their marching bands went toe-to-toe in the battle of the bands.
s in most postseason college football games, there was no title at stake when the University of Wisconsin faced Auburn in last year’s Outback Bowl. After the Tigers banged a 45-yard overtime field goal attempt off the uprights, the Badgers still celebrated as if there was.
Wisconsin women’s cross country and track and field freshman Amy Davis will compete for the United States at the 2016 Great Edinburgh Cross Country Challenge in Scotland on Jan. 9, USA Track & Field announced earlier this month.
A Madison native, Davis will compete for Team USA in the women’s junior 4-kilometer race at Holyrood Park, marking the third-straight year a UW runner will compete in the junior race. Last year, UW sophomore Joe Hardy and freshman Olin Hacker ran in the junior men’s race, while junior Sarah Disanza competed in the women’s junior race in 2014.
As they prepare for the 2015 Holiday Bowl, Wisconsin’s players can empathize with their counterparts from USC.
The Watt brothers from Pewaukee will have bittersweet emotions on Dec. 30 when their Wisconsin Badgers football team plays in the Holiday Bowl in San Diego against Southern California .For Derek, a senior, it will be his final game with the Badgers. For younger brother, TJ, a redshirt sophomore, it will be his first bowl game with hopefully two more still in front of him.
Associate head coach Greg Gard is now Wisconsin’s interim head coach, with a full Big Ten season to prove to athletic diector Barry Alvarez he is a worthy successor.
It’s been a whirlwind for Gard since he was informed by Ryan during the afternoon of Dec. 15 that Ryan would retire, effectively immediately, following a game against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi later that day. To help him through the chaos, Gard has tried to lean on the advice he’s received since he got into the coaching business 25 years ago, as a way to fill a competitive void while also getting to work in athletics and with young people — two of his major areas of interest.
Badgers football player Corey Clement paid over $800 in fines in connection with two disorderly conduct citations.
Authorities say Clement punched a man at a downtown apartment building Nov. 8 after the man and his friends argued with Clement.
Madison Municipal Court officials say $878 has been paid to satisfy Clement’s citations. Clement has a Jan. 5 court date in the cases. An official says the cases can be closed on that date, unless Clement fights the citations.
Moore will fill the spot that opened when Bo Ryan abruptly retired last week, which moved associate head coach Greg Gard into the role of interim coach.
During an interview with the State Journal on Monday, UW Athletic Director Barry Alvarez addressed the timetable of former basketball coach Bo Ryan’s retirement and also elaborated on what he expects to see from interim coach Greg Gard.
Somewhere down deep, you’re thinking, Wisconsin interim basketball coach Greg Gard has to be feeling some pressure. He’s got 12 weeks and at least 20 games to prove he was more than just a longtime loyal assistant to Bo Ryan. He has to convince athletic director Barry Alvarez that a national coaching search after this season will lead right back to a guy who grew up slopping manure on a hog farm just down the road in the Mayberry-esque town of Cobb.
Former men’s basketball coach Bo Ryan was again named among the candidates for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2016 on Monday, the same day his retirement from the University of Wisconsin became official.
Wisconsin women’s basketball coach Bobbie Kelsey announced on Friday that Taylor Kuhn and Lexy Richardson have been added to the team roster as walk-ons.
Bo Ryan is a winner. He came to UW a winner, and he leaves a winner. The guy just wins. But it’s not just that he wins, it’s always been how he wins as well.
We’ve learned a lot about Bo Ryan over the years, as his career has spanned Platteville, Milwaukee and Madison. But, few people know him like a retired UW wrestling coach does.
Paul Chryst, a native of Madison, returned home last December to take over a football program that needed stability and the guidance of a coach familiar with Wisconsin’s history and the roots of the Badgers’ success.
Dick Bennett walked off the job three games into the 2000-’01 season, less than nine months after leading Wisconsin men’s basketball team to the Final Four.
Greg Gard believes working by Bo Ryan’s side for 22-plus seasons has prepared him for his next professional challenge: replacing Ryan as Wisconsin’s head men’s basketball coach.
