For years, UW Athletics and UW-Madison have had a strong private-public partnership that has brought people together in support of Badgers on and off the playing field. But now the UW Athletic Department’s private business mentality has gone corporate, pandering to the billionaire Koch brothers and their divisive tactics. Our Walker-controlled Board of Regents is in full support.
In an expansive story on SI.com by Brian Hamilton, the junior forward reveals his new hobby, which helped justify the purchase of a Men’s Wearhouse suit over the summer.
College football coaches salaries have exploded over the last decade — something that a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist says speaks to how universities have turned their athletic departments into commercial enterprises and abandoned the academic missions of their schools.
The Wisconsin Badger men’s basketball team is ranked 17th in the Associated Press preseason poll released Monday.
The Badgers will play UW-River Falls in an exhibition game Wednesday night at the Kohl Center.
The University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team, off to the best start in program history, ascended to No. 1 in this week’s USCHO.com rankings.
Mark Osiecki (Burnsville, Minn.), associate coach of the American Hockey League’s Rockford IceHogs, will serve as head coach of the 2015 U.S. Men’s Select Team that will compete at the 2015 Deutschland Cup from Nov. 6-8 in Augsburg, Germany, USA Hockey announced today.
Osiecki served as an assistant coach for the University of Wisconsin men’s ice hockey team from 2004-10, helping the team to the 2006 NCAA national title and 2010 NCAA national championship game. The former University of Wisconsin defenseman (1987-90) served as an alternate captain for the 1990 NCAA national championship team.
The Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame today [Oct. 27] announced that Wisconsin Badgers Men’s Basketball coach Bo Ryan and Green Bay Packers all-time leading wide receiver Donald Driver and have been selected for induction into the Athletic Hall of Fame’s 65th Anniversary Class.
Last Wednesday, 40 UW Students participated in an open tryout for the Badgers men’s basketball team at Nicholas-Johnson Pavilion.
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.
Dear Editor: The Kochs and Koch Industries have such an insidious hold on national conservatism that it is disingenuous for any responsible person at UW to say Koch sponsorship doesn’t matter. When the Kochs are writing the playbook for national politics, especially gubernatorial and legislative policies, does anyone see a connection between recent defunding of the university system and the allure of this lucrative sports package?
Noted: Bryan Heiderscheit is a professor in the departments of orthopedics and rehabilitation and biomedical engineering at UW-Madison and director of the Badger Athletic Performance research program.
Time has not completely healed Khalil Iverson’s wounded heart.
Number one enemy of public education. Defunder of the University of Wisconsin. Foe of the Wisconsin Idea.
Those are just of few of the epithets fans offered for David and Charles Koch in emails protesting Koch Industries’ sponsorship of Badger football this fall.
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
The Wisconsin Badgers’ Oct. 31 football game against Rutgers at Camp Randall Stadium will be sponsored by Koch Industries, the energy company run by billionaire political players David and Charles Koch. The game sponsorship is part of UW’s multi-year contract with a collegiate sports marketing company worth more than $111 million in guaranteed payments alone.
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.
The Milwaukee Bucks put on a show for the fans at the Kohl Center on Tuesday night. And the fans returned the favor.
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 University of Wisconsin has added its campus to a list of locations taking on the “It’s On Us” campaign.
UW debuted a series of videos starring student athletes and coaches joining together against sexual assault.
University of Wisconsin-Madison police said that 18 people were arrested at Saturday’s football game against the Purdue Boilermakers.
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.
It was another record-setting day at the fourth-annual “Shooting Down Cancer” event hosted by Wisconsin men’s basketball coach Bo Ryan and his wife, Kelly.
It took place at the Kohl Center Monday.
This year the UW-Madison student body helped raise Ryan’s donation to the American Cancer Society to $60,147. Combined with matching donations, the 2015 grand total was $694,117.
At a press conference on Monday, the University of Wisconsin – Madison announced it is joining a campaign called, “It’s on Us.” The program is a national campaign aimed at stopping sexual assault.
During the press conference, the university stated it would begin playing a video during this weekend’s homecoming football game against Purdue University that will highlight the “It’s on Us” campaign. UW’s athletic program will play a key role in getting the message out to student’s on campus.
(Video) University of Wisconsin students helped fight cancer at a fundraiser called Make Bo Pay.
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.
What began last year as a White House campaign has spread to college campuses. Some UW student-athletes, including Brown, Corey Clement (football) and Sydney McKibbon (women’s hockey), along with UW athletic director Barry Alvarez, men’s hockey coach Mike Eaves and other staff, will appear in videos that will be shown at UW home games at Camp Randall, the Kohl Center and LaBahn Arena and shared through social media.
Chin Ups, an organization dedicated to fostering relationships between athletes and kids, was founded by Israel Lopez, a UW Law School grad. When Lopez was in middle school, Wisconsin Badgers football star Donnel Thompson sent him a box around Christmastime. That box included an autographed picture. “I never lost it. It had a tremendous effect on my life. Someone like that, someone who I was watching on TV, believed in me, for whatever reason … it changed my life.”
In major college football, the average compensation package for coaches has gone up 110 percent in the last 10 years, USA Today reported this week … But at Wisconsin, the head football coach position pays less now than it did in 2012, a rarity in the Power Five conferences, the driving forces of big-time college sports.
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.
A UW Regents business and finance committee approved an agreement that would switch athletics apparel to Under Armour after 15 years under a contract with Adidas. The decision will go to the full Board of Regents Friday.
According to a resolution, Under Armour would outfit and equip all 23 Badgers teams. In the first year alone, the Baltimore-based company would pay the university’s athletics department $4 million cash in the first year, along with providing $3.3 million in uniforms, shoes and equipment.
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.
University of Wisconsin-Madison police say they’re looking for a man who punched a teenage Hawkeyes fan in the face following the Badgers’ loss Saturday at Camp Randall.
