500 shots a day. That’s what former Badgers forward Sam Dekker estimates he’s been putting up since he began training for the NBA. “It’s been a grind. Time has flown through even since the end of the season,” Dekker said.
(Video) Football 101 is a fun evening for women to go behind the scenes of Badger football, in the locker room and on the field at Camp Randall Stadium. The event is a fundraiser for Susan G. Komen South Central Wisconsin.
Ahead of the NBA draft, Frank the Tank Kaminsky has suited up for a new endorsement deal. The video shows the former Badger sporting a light blue J.C. Penney linen suit and a few other casual outfits.
Josh Gasser can’t help feeling like he hit the rewind button and landed back in 2009.
Danny Westerman, a former All-Big Ten Conference player for the Badgers, was named coach of the University of Wisconsin men’s tennis team on Monday. He returns to UW after nine years as coach at the University of Denver.
Highly touted University of Wisconsin running back Jordan Stevenson did not arrive to Madison with the rest of his recruiting class, but Badgers head coach Paul Chryst still expects to get the freshman on campus before the season begins. All freshmen, except Stevenson, enrolled in summer classes earlier this month and began summer conditioning workouts.
Bo Ryan is a man in high demand since leading his Badgers on back to back trips to the Final Four. Ryan loosely estimated he’s signed 10,000 autographs for charities since Wisconsin’s latest trip to the Final Four in April. Sunday Ryan made a stop at the Capital Brewery in Middleton to help promote the 2nd annual Rock & Read Fundraiser to benefit summer reading clubs in the Madison area.
The coaches for men’s and women’s golf, softball, men’s and women’s rowing, and track and cross country were each approved Friday for three-year extensions through 2018.The women’s tennis coach was approved for a one-year extension through 2016.
Jack Ikegwuonu, a former Badger football player, and his twin brother William were sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison for a string of robberies motivated by heroin addiction.
By the time the letter arrived at the Schreiner home in Lancaster, their son was dead.
A former University of Wisconsin-Madison football standout and his twin brother were sentenced Friday to nearly 10 years federal prison for a series of armed robberies last fall motivated by a need to buy heroin.
“Make ’Em Believe” is billed as the inside story of the men’s basketball team and its run to the NCAA championship game. Not only did Patrick Herb, an assistant director with the UW Athletic Communications staff, execute a timely turnaround of the yearlong odyssey, his 160-page project put its brightest spotlight on all the student-athletes involved.
Whats a trip to Camp Randall worth to you? Badger season tickets went on sale to students this week. Some are now skirting the law to make an extra buck off the Badgers popularity.
(Video) This year, the Badgers’ men’s basketball team played in the National Championship Game for the first time since 1941. And now everyone can relive that remarkable season thanks to a new book, “Make Em Believe” by Patrick Herb.
Badger football players got their workouts in a different way on Wednesday, helping improve play spaces for children. Coach Paul Chryst led team members in putting up a large tarp over a playground at the Goodman Community Center on Madison’s east side. Players also spread mulch on the center’s grounds and organized the center’s food pantry.
The Badgers football team set kickoff times for two more non-conference games. Wisconsin will meet Miami (Ohio) at 11 a.m. on Sept. 12. That game will be broadcast on either ESPN2 or ESPNU. The Badgers will host Troy on Sept. 19 at 2:30 p.m. That game will air on BTN.
Following an athletic season full of great accomplishments, the University of Wisconsin has named senior basketball player Frank Kaminsky as the school’s Male Athlete of the Year and senior swimmer Ivy Martin as its Female Athlete of the Year.
An Outside the Lines investigation Sunday into 10 major football and men’s basketball programs — including Wisconsin’s — detailed incidents of coaches and athletic department officials being intertwined with police investigations involving athletes.
As a University of Florida running back, Chris Rainey was named a suspect in five crimes in Gainesville. He faced charges once.
An ESPN investigation that looked at 10 colleges to determine if student athletes get special treatment found Wisconsin skewed toward the middle of the schools included.
Five current Wisconsin wrestlers will represent the Badgers at this weekend’s U.S. Senior and Junior World Team Trials at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison on June 12-14.
Tight end Owen Daniels drove out of Broncos headquarters last week and pulled over, frozen by the view through his windshield.
Profile of the junior discus and shot put thrower.
Noted: Kohl has pledged $100 million to help build the new arena and also donated $25 million for the Kohl Center, where University of Wisconsin-Madison’s basketball and hockey teams play.
Noted: Impossibly, he’s everywhere, at all times, at the Silver Spring Neighborhood Center. Perhaps it is a skill he picked up when he covered receivers and chased down running backs as a safety on the University of Wisconsin football team in the early 90s.
The Big Ten announced on Wednesday the 28 honorees named Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners for the 2014-15 academic year. These standouts were chosen from a group of more than 350 students honored throughout the academic year who had displayed positive sportsmanship. Joel Rumpel, Hockey, and Aja Van Hout, Swimming, represented the Badgers.
Just hours after Capitols head coach and general manager Luke Strand announced his decision to accept the position of associate head coach with the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey program, one of his stars from the Capitols followed suit. Winger Will Johnson announced his commitment to the Badgers on Wednesday afternoon, where he will begin play in the 2015-16 season.
Athletes with UW-Madison ties include Barry Richter, who helped lead the University of Wisconsin hockey team to the 1990 NCAA Championship before embarking upon a professional career that took him to the NHL and overseas; volleyball coach Pete Waite, who led Wisconsin to nine straight NCAA Tournaments in his 14 seasons; and Jackie Zoch, who rowed for the Badgers before joining the U.S. National Team.
In a flurry of activity Wednesday, University of Wisconsin men’s hockey coach Mike Eaves rounded out his staff of assistants, added a top recruit for next season and got an official measure of the Big Ten Conference schedule for 2015-16.
Nearly two months into a labored international search, University of Wisconsin men’s hockey coach Mike Eaves has found what he’s looking for close to home.
Greg Van Emburgh, the head men’s tennis coach at the University of Wisconsin for the last 10 years, has resigned his position, Director of Athletics Barry Alvarez announced today.
The announcement that the Professional Golf Association’s Champions Tour will hold an annual event at Madison’s University Ridge Golf Course is a big deal. It adds some “big league” status to our city.
The Champions Tour golf tournament, coming to University Ridge Golf Course June 22-26, 2016, is expected to carry with it an economic impact of $10 million to $15 million. The tournament, the American Family Insurance Championship, will include 81 players competing for a share of $2 million in prize money. Three rounds of play broadcast on Golf Channel will follow two days of Pro-Am competition. The tournament is confirmed for 2016, 2017 and 2018 with an option for 2019.
Before he even played a single game in a Madison Capitols uniform, Sheboygan native Tony Stillwell already made a name for himself in Madison and the entire state’s illustrious hockey upbringing.
The PGA Champions Tour will come to University Ridge Golf Course starting next June. The announcement was made at the golf course Monday morning. Steve Stricker will host the American Family Insurance Classic. Steve Stricker and Jerry Kelly turn 50 in time to play in the tournament in 2017.
Column about Guy Lowman, who died in 1943 after having served as head coach of Badgers teams in three sports, winning conference championships in two.
University of Wisconsin student-athletes who are on full scholarship in 2015-16 are projected to receive among the largest, most varied cost-of-attendance stipends in the nation. The final totals are still being determined for the coming school year, but UW Athletic Department officials expect the range for each case to be between $3,800 and $5,200. That translates to an anticipated annual bill of $1.35 million to $1.5 million for UW Athletics, which has approximately 150 student-athletes on full scholarship and hundreds more on partial tenders.
The beginning of the end of Chris Borland’s football career came as he sat on the sidelines and witnessed the University of Wisconsin Badgers blow a two-point-conversion attempt late in the 2011 Rose Bowl, en route to a 21-19 defeat by Texas Christian University.
Gwen Jorgensen, a Waukesha native and former swimmer and standout runner at the University of Wisconsin, picked up her 10th straight win in the ITU World Triathlon Series, leading a U.S. podium sweep Sunday in London for the second time this season.
Since I began broadcasting the Badgers football games, there have been a few players who have really stood out. Chris Borland was one of these. His preparation was always a cut above, and he was consistently in the right place, playing with a controlled recklessness indicative of a standout linebacker.
The Wisconsin football team’s multiyear Academic Progress Rate of 998 is the top mark of all FBS teams in the country according to the NCAA’s release on Wednesday. The Badgers lead a top five that includes Northwestern (992), Duke (992), Michigan (990) and Stanford (987).
According to multiple college hockey sources, Eaves has tabbed John Hamre as his director of hockey operations pending administrative clearance from UW Athletics. Meanwhile, more than seven weeks have gone by since Eaves fired assistant coaches Gary Shuchuk and Matt Walsh and, so far, those positions remain open and three known targets are no longer in the mix.
University of Wisconsin senior Alex Thompson booked his ticket to the national championships by placing fourth in the discus at the NCAA West preliminary round track and field meet on Thursday in Austin, Texas. He’ll be joined by sophomore Malachy Schrobilgen, who squeaked into the field for NCAAs by grabbing the last qualifying spot in the men’s 10,000 meters.
The University of Wisconsin football team may not be No. 1 in the rankings, but it is in the classroom.
The University of Wisconsin women’s basketball team will play at Wake Forest in next season’s Big Ten/ACC Challenge, the Big Ten announced on Wednesday. The game is set for Dec. 2 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Former UW basketball player Frank Kaminsky wrote his goodbye to Wisconsin in a post on his blog Friday. After four years at UW-Madison, the college player of the year is preparing for the NBA.
Athletic Director Barry Alvarez is considering a novel scheduling option whereby Big Ten schools could elect to play conference members that aren’t part of their assigned nine-game lineup.
Paul Chryst’s debut as Wisconsin’s head coach can’t get much bigger. UW’s opener against Alabama, set for Sept. 5 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, will start at 7 p.m. and be televised by ABC.
Tbe game against Alabama on Sept. 5 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, will kick off at 7 p.m. on ABC (Ch. 27 in Madison).
University of Wisconsin football recruiting coordinator Ben Strickland will be Florida Atlantic’s next defensive backs coach.
Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre will appear at the Legends Game July 19 at Camp Randall Stadium. Details of the game were released at a news conference Wednesday at Camp Randall Stadium. Donovan McNabb and Ron Dayne are among the players scheduled to appear.
Brett Favre’s Legends Game on July 19 at the Wisconsin Badgers’ home turf will feature former Packers Mark Chmura and Andre Rison and NFL players Donovan McNabb and Wisconsin great Ron Dayne in a flag football game between Packers old-timers and former gridiron greats from all over the league. Tickets, which go on sale June 3, will range from $34 to $55, with part of the proceeds going to the Favre 4 Hope Foundation. Tickets will also be sold in a family four pack for $112, which includes four tickets for seating in the $34 price level. Current UW-Madison students will be able to purchase two tickets at $13 each, also seating in the $34 price level.
So you want to see Brett Favre scamper around a football field one more time?
Former University of Wisconsin and professional hockey player Barry Richter will join his father, Pat, as a Madison Sports Hall of Fame inductee when the 2015 class is honored June 3 at Monona Terrace.
UW will have series with three decades-old Western Collegiate Hockey Association rivals — Denver, North Dakota and Northern Michigan — while playing single games with longtime East Coast opponents Boston College and Boston University.
A former University of Wisconsin football star is the latest victim of gun violence in Milwaukee.
TRENTON — Jefferson Vincent Park sits sandwiched between a brick housing complex and a row house at the corner of Locust and Monmouth Streets in this city, a hardscrabble plot about a five-minute drive from the Trenton train station.
This weekend the UW Women’s rowing team heads to Indianapolis for the Big Ten Championships. One of the keys to their success may not be the ladies with the oars.
The Big Ten announced kickoff times for three Wisconsin football games on Thursday. The Badgers’ Homecoming game against Purdue on Oct. 17 will start at 11 a.m. CT at Camp Randall Stadium.
The Badgers’ homecoming game against Purdue on Oct. 17 will kick off at 11 a.m., while games at Illinois on Oct. 24 and at Maryland on Nov. 7 will begin at 2:30 p.m.
