Category: Athletics

Head coach Dave Aranda?

Wisconsin basketball coach Bo Ryan and former Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver will be the newest members of the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame.

Season preview. The Badgers open with an exhibition game Nov. 8 against Minnesota State-Mankato and open the regular season against Louisiana Tech on Nov. 14.

When University of Wisconsin quarterback Joel Stave dives into the huddle these days, he usually finds himself peering into some wide eyes.

Like the University of Wisconsin football team’s first road victory of the season at Nebraska, the win over Illinois on Saturday was far from perfect.

Time has not completely healed Khalil Iverson’s wounded heart.

The growing pains are visible at times, and that process won’t be over anytime soon.

Vitto Brown wants to be known as more than a crooner who also happens to play basketball for the University of Wisconsin.

Johnson, a 6-4 junior, will have two years of eligibility remaining.

Before she chose to come to the University of Wisconsin, Madison Duello, a 6-3 outside hitter from Liberty, Missouri was ranked as the No. 9 recruit in the country by PrepVolleyball.com

Green Bay passed on Troy Vincent in the 1992 NFL draft, but Packers fans expressed their lasting appreciation for the Wisconsin Badger in 2003, when he came to Lambeau Field with the visiting Philadelphia Eagles.

Freshman inside linebacker T.J. Edwards led the way for a strong defensive performance that helped Wisconsin trump Purdue 24-7 on Saturday and earned him Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors, the conference announced Monday.

A booster club for the University of Wisconsin athletics is considering a merger with the athletic department.

In a letter to members, the leaders of the “W” Club said that the loss of a concessions contract in 2013 left a gap in the club’s operating budget, which prompted a discussion about whether fundraising should continue to be part of the club’s mission.

The University of Wisconsin volleyball team dropped just one spot in this week’s American Volleyball Coaches Association poll after back-to-back losses to Minnesota.

Despite a weekend sweep of St. Cloud State, the University of Wiscosin women’s hockey team (6-0) dropped one spot to No. 3 in the USCHO poll released Monday.

Bucks fever may not be an epidemic in the Madison area, but indications are an infectious enthusiasm is spreading.The Milwaukee Bucks, who opened their training camp with four days of workouts on the University of Wisconsin campus, will play their first game in the city since 1999 tonight when they face the Minnesota Timberwolves in a preseason game at the Kohl Center.

The Badgers are one of five Big Ten teams ranked: Maryland leads the way at No. 3, Michigan State is at No. 13, Indiana at No. 15 and Purdue tied at No. 24. Michigan topped the teams outside the Top 25 that also received votes.

Meet Bo Ryan, international man of mystery.Preparing for his 15th season in charge of the Wisconsin men’s basketball program, Ryan faced a full-court press of reporters during the Big Ten Conference media day Thursday at the Chicago Marriott O’Hare.

A core group that included Frank Kaminsky, Sam Dekker and Josh Gasser has to be replaced. UW still has two potential stars in junior point guard Bronson Koenig and junior forward Nigel Hayes, but nearly half of the 2015-16 roster hasn’t appeared in a college game.

Wisconsin’s Bo Ryan still is not ruling out coaching next season.

Ryan says he has not made up his mind.

Ryan announced in late June that he planned to retire after this season. But he left the door open to staying on beyond that in August when he said he was “not totally sure” if he would step aside.

Just two days away from UW’s homecoming, the Badgers are in need of some help after stressful games the past two weeks. They are in luck — a sort of divine intervention is on their side. They call themselves, the Badger Nuns, or, after a certain head football coach, the Sisters of Chryst.

“We are real nuns, the order of Chryst,” insists their so-called mother superior, Sister Mary Bucky. The other two go by Sister Mary Touchdown and Sister Hail Mary.

The University of Wisconsin Athletic Department is looking for some of the Badger Men’s Basketball team’s biggest, smallest fans. Your kid could win the chance to take the court at the Kohl Center thanks to their new contest.

Sixteen kids from across the state will be randomly selected and invited to participate in an on-court presentation as part of the 2015 NCAA Finalist banner ceremony. That’s happening before the game on Friday, November 13, when Wisconsin takes on Western Illinois.

Two players from the University of Wisconsin and one from Marquette are on watch lists for national basketball awards.

Badger Nigel Hayes is among 20 candidates for the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award, while teammate Bronson Koenig is on the watch list for the Bob Cousy Award, recognizing the top point guard.

A fair amount of time in this space discusses the differing equipment deals universities strike with manufacturers. This is because for an athletic department, the financial impact of upgrading an equipment contract after a bidding war can be massive. Tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars going to a school over the lifetime of an equipment contract ensure that big deals are noteworthy. Furthermore, the benefits are mutual; the recognition in a key demographic a company can gain as a result of winning a major university account means it is vitally important that both sides get the deal right.

Fermata Partners inked an eight-year deal with the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) – marking the first Big Ten Conference university trademark licensing partnership for the Atlanta-based company.

One of the standout players from last spring’s March Madness, Frank Kaminsky, is already making waves in the NBA. The 6’11” Charlotte Hornets rookie was caught breaking it down mid-court during a Fan Appreciation Night in Shanghai, China to “Teach Me How to Dougie.” Kamisky’s gyrating gangly limbs sent his teammates into hysterics.

Nigel Hayes is on the watch list for the Julius Erving Award, which recognizes the top small forward in the nation. Bronson Koenig is in the watch list for the Bob Cousy Award, which recognizes the top point guard.

He’s no longer a Badgers player, but Frank Kaminsky clearly has lost none of the personality that made him a Wisconsin fan favorite on and off the court.

The Badgers (12-4, 4-2 Big Ten) moved up to No. 15 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll after sweeps over Rutgers and Maryland last weekend.

On Friday UW announced a 10-year, $96 million deal with Under Armour to provide apparel and footwear for the Badgers. The deal, which goes into effect next July, is one of the most lucrative in college sports. It surpasses Under Armour’s previous largest deal — a 10-year, $90 million contract with Notre Dame signed in 2014 — and is believed to be second only to Michigan’s 15-year, $169 million deal signed with Nike earlier this year.

The University of Wisconsin is on the verge of leaving Adidas AG for Baltimore-based competitor Under Armour Inc., the latest salvo in the frenzy to outfit top college athletic programs.

? Adidas AG is facing its second Big Ten loss of the year.

The University of Wisconsin System regents are set to consider a contract that would make Under Armour the exclusive athletic uniform and equipment supplier for UW-Madison for the next decade.

Those rumblings of Wisconsin jumping ship to a new athletics outfitter will get a lot more interesting come Thursday.

The UW Business and Finance Committee will vote Thursday morning to approve a 10-year contract with Under Armour that would give the university a significant boost in revenue. If approved, the UW Board of Regents would then vote on the resolution Friday morning.

MADISON, Wis. — On a weekday afternoon this spring, Andy Miller and Talon Zarling walked downtown into the Blue Lotus parlor, forked over $200 each and braced for the pain and awkwardness of a tattoo artist inking an illustration of their favorite inanimate object into their right butt cheek.

The UW-Madison Police Department is looking for an adult Badger fan they say assaulted a 15-year-old Hawkeyes fan following Wisconsin’s 10-6 loss to Iowa on Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium.

Police are looking for a Badger fan who attacked a 15-year-old local Iowa fan at Saturday’s football game on Camp Randall according to a release from the UW-Madison Police Department.

Police say around 2:30 p.m. the teen wearing a Iowa Hawkeyes gear was exiting Camp Randall Stadium with friends when an unidentified man punched him in the face.

UW-Madison Police are asking for assistance from Badgers fans after a 15-year-old Iowa fan was attacked by a Badgers fan at the end of Saturday’s game.

They say around 2:30 p.m., the boy, wearing Iowa Hawkeyes gear, was exiting the stadium with friends when an unidentified man punched him in the face. The teen victim says he was mildly teasing his friend, who is a Badgers fan, about the Iowa win. That’s when the suspect approached him, striking him in the face. The attack was unprovoked and the suspect then fled into the crowd.

University of Wisconsin Police are looking for help finding a man who attacked a 15-year-old Iowa fan after Saturday’s game at Camp Randall Stadium.

Police said the Iowa fan was leaving the stadium with friends after the game when an unidentified man punched him in the face. The teen told police he was mildly teasing his friend, a Badger fan, about the Iowa win, when the attacker approached him and struck him in the face.

A training camp trip to the University of Wisconsin allowed the Milwaukee Bucks’ Jason Kidd to form a coaching bond with the Badgers’ Bo Ryan.

Jason Kidd and his players felt right at home on the University of Wisconsin campus this week.

There are many questions surrounding the Badgers as they begin practice today, not the least of which is whether this will be Ryan’s final season at UW.