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Paul Bunyan's Axe

Football: Badgers and Gophers battle for Axe

Conventional wisdom would say that 121 meetings between two opponents would be enough to settle a score.

Montee Ball

Senior running back Montee Ball leads a senior class looking to claim Paul Bunyan’s Axe for a fourth consecutive year.

Senior class aims for sweep

In 2004, this would not have even been a question.

Column: Badger-Gopher rivalry game is the heart of both teams’ seasons

Rivalries define the Big Ten. Flashback to Oct. 29th last year. Under the lights in Columbus, Ohio, quarterback Braxton Miller heaves a forty-yard bomb with 20 seconds left in the game.

Affirmative action offsets inequalities

Men's Basketball: Badgers, Gophers set to renew rivalry

The No. 21/22 Wisconsin men’s basketball team (7-4 Big Ten, 18-6 overall) looks to rebound off its streak-snapping loss to first place Ohio State Thursday night when it travels to The Barn in Minneapolis to play the border rival Golden Gophers (5-6, 17-7).

Football: Fighting Illini present new challenges

The Wisconsin football team  (4-2 Big Ten, 8-2 overall) has been running on all cylinders after throttling Minnesota 42-13 to retain possession of Paul Bunyan’s Axe for the eighth-straight year and is looking to carry that momentum into Saturday’s game against Illinois (2-4, 6-4).

Stop farting in the front row

My fellow concert fanatics will know what I’m talking about when I say getting to the front row for some shows is no small feat.

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The Wisconsin Badgers won their eighth consecutive game against Minnesota to retain control of Paul Bunyan's Axe for another year.

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The Wisconsin Badgers "chop down" one of the goalposts, a tradition for the winners of the Paul Bunyan Axe, the trophy for the longest-running college football rivalry in the nation.

Football: The Axe stays: Badgers trounce Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS-Before the Badgers even took the field Saturday, losses by Ohio State and Penn State provided some direction to the Leaders Division race. No. 16 Wisconsin (4-2 Big Ten, 8-2 overall) wasted no time ensuring that clarity stayed intact, at least for this week.

Photos: Wisconsin Football at Minnesota

Bradie Ewing ran most of the way around the field, giving fans an opportunity to touch the coveted Paul Bunyan Axe.

Photos: Wisconsin Football at Minnesota

The Wisconsin Badgers "chop down" one of the goalposts, a tradition for the winners of the Paul Bunyan Axe, the trophy for the longest-running college football rivalry in the nation.

Photos: Wisconsin Football at Minnesota - The Axe Comes Home

Photos: Wisconsin Football at Minnesota

Wisconsin wide receiver Nick Toon smiles at Russel Wilson as he, Josh Oglesby, and Aaron Henry all gather to prepare to lift Paul Bunyan's Axe as the Badgers beat the Minnesota Gophers 42-13.

Photos: Wisconsin Football at Minnesota

Wisconsin and Minnesota will battle for Paul Bunyan's Axe in Madison Saturday. 

Photos: Wisconsin Football at Minnesota

Wisconsin's head coach Bret Bielema prepares to lead the team on to the field for their Battle for the Axe.

Rivalry Run

UW's Fiji chapter will compete against the University of Minnesota's chapter for a replica Paul Bunyan's Axe.

FIJI runs to University of Minnesota stadium for Red Cross fundraiser

Members of UW-Madison's Phi Gamma Delta (Fiji) fraternity began the first leg of a 268-mile philanthropic run from Camp Randall to the University of Minnesota's TCF Bank Stadium Thursday.