Category: Athletics

Just over a year ago, Frank Kaminsky announced on his blog he was returning to the University of Wisconsin for his senior season. In the era of one-and-dones, he told the NBA to wait while he went for one last go-round in college.

With a trip to Madison Square Garden already announced for next season, the Wisconsin men’s basketball team learned Wednesday that it will be making two trips to the state of New York in 2015-16 and travel to face Syracuse on Dec. 2 as part of the 2015 Big Ten/ACC Challenge.

Matchups for the Big Ten/ACC Challenge were announced Wednesday, and the Badgers will play Syracuse at the Carrier Dome on Dec. 2. Times and television information will be released at a later date.

Despite suffering significant personnel losses after making a second consecutive Final Four run, Wisconsin has drawn a marquee program for the 2015 Big Ten/ACC Challenge.

An events organizer is talking to the University of Wisconsin about bringing a celebrity flag football game to Camp Randall Stadium on July 19. The game would feature Brett Favre and other former NFL players.

University of Wisconsin outside hitter Kelli Bates has been named to the Big Ten Volleyball Foreign Tour team that will travel to Slovenia, Croatia and Italy from June 13 to 25.

Lihrman will leave UW with a degree in economics and a certificate in entrepreneurship — graduating on May 16 — and one of the most accomplished resumes in the history of its men’s track and field program. He’s a two-time NCAA champion and national collegiate record-holder in the indoor weight throw as well as owner of the school and Big Ten Conference standard in the outdoor hammer throw.

KOHLER (WITI) — It is not easy to get the likes of Herbert Kohler, Barry Alvarez, Jason Kidd and Rob Jeter in one place at the same time, but those stars were out Thursday night, May 7th — and they had company at the Wisconsin Sports Awards program.

The University of Wisconsin volleyball team will face defending national champion Penn State again in the Big Ten Conference opener in one of the highlights of the 2015 schedule released Wednesday.

University of Wisconsin men’s hockey coach Mike Eaves plans to reconnect with an old associate before deciding how to rebuild his staff.

He had coached baseball at the Division I level for 21 years and then one day in May of 1991, it was over. He hasn’t coached since. But the story of Steve Land is hardly that simple.

The American Cancer Society’s 7th annual Coaches vs. Cancer Gala on Saturday brought in more than $1 million to help in the battle against the disease. That tops the record for similar events held around the country of $956,184 that was set here last year, which broke the mark of just over $700,000 that was set the previous year.

Wisconsin’s Nigel Hayes became one of the most popular players during the recent college basketball season, showing off his intelligence and personality. Who could forget Hayes using long and obscure words to test stenographers at the NCAA Tournament as they transcribed interviews?

When it was announced in December that Paul Chryst would replace Gary Andersen as the head coach of Badger football. It was destiny realized for his childhood friends.

They became teammates and friends at Kenosha Bradford High School, inseparable on and off the field.

UW–Madison junior and reigning Heisman Trophy runner-up Gordon was selected No. 15 overall last night by the San Diego Chargers in the NFL Draft, the only Badger selected in the first round.

After another incredible season, the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team will be honored on the field prior to the Brewers vs. Los Angeles Dodgers game on Monday, May 4 at Miller Park.

UW athletes performed in a different venue Wednesday night at Overture Center in “The Buckinghams” – the “Student-Athlete Annual Showcase of Excellence.”

Their spacious, state-of-the-art home sits on the shore of one lake in Madison and offers relatively easy access to two more.

MADISON, Wis. — When it comes to dinner, Wisconsin student-athletes won’t know what’s on the menu until they enter the dining hall below Camp Randall Stadium and find the chalkboard: steak, it might read, or prime rib, or even crab legs, the latter a post-victory reward during the football program’s run under former coach Gary Andersen.

The UW Athletic Board approved the UW Department of Athletics recommendations regarding winter/spring sports head coaches Friday, according to a release.

The UW Athletic Board approved contract extensions for three Badgers coaches. Meanwhile, the board elected not to extend three other coaches.

Coming off a 9-20 season (5-13 in the Big Ten), Kelsey’s five-year contract was not extended last week but was maintained through 2019.

UW dropped the sport — as well as men’s and women’s fencing and men’s and women’s gymnastics — in 1991 to help address a $2.1 million budget shortfall in the athletic department.

With 15 spring practices in the books, Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst possesses a better handle on the football team he will lead into the 2015 season.

Noted: Bram’s sister, Tessa Dorresteijn, wanted to find another way for people to get invested in Bram and Sheri’s legacy. With that, friends and family are planning to start a scholarship fund in the couple’s memory. The hope is to start helping two University of Wisconsin athletes a year with tuition.

UW associate athletic director Jason King is responsible for evaluating men’s hockey as well as women’s hockey, while associate AD Justin Doherty is charged with overseeing men’s basketball as well as men’s and women’s soccer.

Former Badger men’s basketball players Josh Gasser and Duje Dukan will be coaches for the Badger football spring game Saturday at Camp Randall.

According to a UW official, more than 100 former players are expected to return to campus this weekend. That group includes safety Jim Leonhard, wide receiver Al Toon and offensive lineman Jonathan Clinkscale.

While he’s still hurting from the defeat that ended his career with the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball program, there have been some moments over the past two weeks that have put a smile on the Josh Gasser’s face.

After consulting with a cross section of administrators, finance gurus and publicists at the University of Wisconsin, one thing seems clear about the UW men’s basketball team and its run to another NCAA Final Four. There’s no sure-fire method for measuring its overall impact on the masses.

One philosophical difference between Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst and his predecessor, Gary Andersen, has emerged this spring.

Multiple sources indicated the UW Athletic Department is gearing up to switch to Under Armour, a Maryland-based company that debuted in 1996 and has become a major international force in the athletic apparel business. Alvarez said he met with Under Armour representatives when the UW men’s basketball team played at Maryland in late February. Alvarez said he also has spoken to representatives from Nike and adidas.

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Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan had received a scouting report on Khalil Iverson from his staff.

Perhaps the most important decision Paul Chryst made not long after agreeing to leave Pittsburgh and return to Wisconsin as head football coach was to retain Dave Aranda as UW’s defensive coordinator.

Sportswear giants Nike, Adidas and Under Armour are getting a head start on what could be a landscape-changing year for collegiate apparel deals, including the contract for the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

A senior winger with women’s hockey team, Ammerman played in four NCAA Frozen Fours and owns a national championship ring from 2011. She also was a top-10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award in 2014 and finished her 160-game career among the top 10 goal scorers in UW history.

The last few minutes of spring practice Sunday afternoon was called off after a collision led to the hospitalization of sophomore cornerback Derrick Tindal. Tindal went low to tackle running back Taiwan Deal during the Badgers’ scrimmage and remained on the ground for several minutes. As practice ended, he was evaluated, taken off the field in an ambulance and transported to UW Hospital. A UW official said precautions were taken for a head or neck injury and that Tindal had movement in his extremities before being taken off the field.

The painful sight of Sam Dekker sobbing in front of his locker minutes after Wisconsin’s loss to Duke in the national championship game in Indianapolis evoked memories of J.J. Watt’s tearful reaction to UW’s loss to TCU in the 2011 Rose Bowl.

Wisconsin’s ninth practice of the spring ended abruptly and with eerie silence Sunday afternoon at Camp Randall Stadium.