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Lions continue their search for dignity

If you think the Detroit Lions have hit rock bottom, then consider this picking up the pick axe and chipping away at stone. 

Chapman and Langford lead defensive efforts

For the Wisconsin football team's seniors, this season is the first time a bowl-game berth hasn't been locked up with just one game to play. 

Tumultuous season creates unceration future for Wisconsin

As Wisconsin's season winds down, one cannot help but remember a time when the Badgers' future held so much promise. It seems hard to believe that just about nine weeks ago, the No. 10 Badgers ground out a 13-10 victory over then-No. 21 Fresno State. Spirits were at an all-time high after this difficult test on the road, and maybe the Badgers began to believe they were truly as good as their preseason hype had indicated. But then everything that could have gone wrong went wrong for Wisconsin. 

Bielema wary of Cal Poly attack

Wisconsin football head coach Bret Bielema said Monday he was impressed by his team's second-half play against Minnesota, but added Wisconsin will not underestimate their next opponent, Cal Poly.  

UW chops down Gopher lead, keeps axe

The Wisconsin Badgers defeat the Minnesota Gophers 35-32 in Madison, WI on Nov. 15, 2008.

UW chops down Gopher lead, keeps axe

The Wisconsin football team erased a 14-point halftime deficit to tie Minnesota 24-24 by the start of the fourth quarter Saturday. The final quarter has posed problems for the Badgers, but that was not the case Saturday. 

Can Wisconsin cut the Gophers down to size?

Continuing the longest-standing rivalry in Division I college football, the Wisconsin football team will wrap up its conference schedule this weekend at home against Minnesota in the battle for Paul Bunyan's Axe. 

UW's Anderson spices up offensive rushing attack

After running for 441 yards against Indiana last Saturday, it seemed obvious where the praise would be handed out. Sophomore wide receiver David Gilreath, junior running back P.J. Hill and freshman running back John Clay - having all rushed for over 100 yards - were the apparent choices, but only Gilreath received co-MVP honors.  

Gilreath develops as runner, plans to improve

Who is David Gilreath? A kick returner, punt returner, wide receiver, maybe even a running back? The answer is all of the above, as the speedy sophomore has registered yards in all four categories this year. Gilreath, a Minnesota native, doesn't have the typical football frame. At 5-11, 165 pounds, one may confuse Gilreath for an average student, but once he laces up his cleats, it's clear that his speed sets him apart from not only the student body, but the rest of the football field. 

Five things to watch against Minnesota

1. Fired-Up Seniors 

Bielema pleased with team's performance

Head football coach Bret Bielema said Monday he is happy with the team's progress in Saturday's win against Indiana, and he is looking forward to the Border Battle"" between Wisconsin and Minnesota this weekend.  

'Quarantine' can't contain laughs

In John Erick Dowdle's new movie, Quarantine"" - a horror film and remake of Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza's ""[REC]"" - reporter Angela Vidal (Jennifer Carpenter of ""Dexter"") and cameraman Scott Percival (Steve Harris) shadow the Los Angeles Fire Department for the longest night of their lives. 

pointless primary deserves the axe

In case you were unaware, there was a state primary last night. Don't feel bad if you didn't know or forgot to vote, because you are in strong company. 

Letter grades axed for first-year UW medical students

Professors at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health will no longer give grades to first year students and will instead implement a pass/fail system.  

Oh, brother: new roomie is one of the family

When I was in high school, I remember mentally tallying the days until I would be free from the death grip of my parents and move into my dorm. I salivated at the thought of living two and a half hours away - away from all of the annoyances that come with living at home with your family - the fights about having to eat the dry chicken mom slaved all day cooking, who will pick up the dog shit, whose turn it was to drive grandma to get her hair done and listen to her whine about the appliances that don't work in her condo (all of which really do). 

Jenkins right at home as lead in 'The Visitor'

The name Richard Jenkins is not particularly recognizable to most moviegoers, though the face that goes along with it probably is. Over the past 20 years Jenkins has been one of the most prolific actors in Hollywood, showing up in supporting roles in scores of films ranging from Silverado"" to ""There's Something About Mary"" to ""The Kingdom."" As a bit player, Jenkins has been a consistently good performer, and in the Thomas McCarthy-directed film, ""The Visitor,"" Jenkins shows he can carry a film on his shoulders just as well. 

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The Beatles' lost legacy

I like the Beatles quite a bit. Of course most people do, and I've found that those who don't usually have some sort of axe to grind about the seminal group being overrated or overplayed, rather than a complaint about the music itself. I've occasionally heard the rather glib sentiment tossed around that John Lennon and Paul McCartney were indistinct as vocalists and musicians despite their songwriting skills, and that Ringo Starr was a subpar drummer. Those are all absurd statements, because if it's true that the Beatles were only brilliant songwriters, then why has no one else, in the history of time, throughout thousands of covers, ever been able to record a Beatles song as well as the original band? 

Ashley loves the (literal) apple of her eye

I like the way the salt on his skin tastes in the morning. When I untangle myself from the sheets, I can't help but coyly smile as he stares at me in my oversized I Cheese Wisconsin"" T-shirt. Even though I have not yet brushed my teeth, I pick him up and bring him to my lips. Sure, he's a day old piece of Ian's steak and fry I picked up at bar time and brought to bed, but man, he feels like home. 

Ryan prepares UW for road test

Despite going 2-0 in the Big Ten this week and seeing his team jump five spots from No. 13 to No. 8 in the polls, UW Badgers' head coach Bo Ryan refused to underestimate his next Big Ten challenge at Iowa.