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Column: Explaining the decision to fire Tony Granato

By Dayne Hagedorn | Mar. 8

To the surprise of few, Badgers men’s hockey coach Tony Granato was shown the door following multiple seasons of disappointment. How did they get here?

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Column: New Year's resolutions for Wisconsin’s sports

By Donnie Slusher | Dec. 8

As the year concludes and everybody makes resolution lists, I decided to make a list of resolutions for Wisconsin athletics.

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Column: substances and supplements, how far is too far?

By Seth Kruger | Nov. 10

The use of substances and supplements is ever present in sports — from casual gym-goers to professional bodybuilders and athletes. However, the impacts of such substances remain uncertain.

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Column: It’s Jim’s job to lose

By Donnie Slusher | Nov. 5

Jim Leonhard has only served three games as the interim head coach for the Wisconsin Badgers. I’ve seen enough.

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Column: Paul Chryst deserves more respect

By Seth Kruger | Oct. 8

In the wake of Paul Chryst’s firing, fans and experts didn’t hesitate to share their opinions on the decision. What these reactions have missed, however, is reverence and empathy towards the man who brought the Badgers so much success.

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Column: Paul Chryst is a good coach, will never be great

By Donnie Slusher | Sep. 17

We have barely begun the eighth year of the Paul Chryst era in Madison, and the Badgers have already suffered a head-scratching loss. How many frustrating losses will it take before Chryst is truly held accountable?

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Column: Honest observations and takeaways from the first week of Big Ten action

By Donnie Slusher | Sep. 10

Every Big Ten team has now played at least one game. It is the perfect time to spew overreactions and unrealistic expectations that will turn out to be wrong.

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Column: Predicting next schools to join the Big Ten

By Donnie Slusher | Jul. 31

College sports are in a state of realignment chaos. Now that USC and UCLA are joining the Big Ten, anything is possible. The Big Ten should strike while the iron is hot and expand its empire even wider.

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Cultural appropriation on full display in Wisconsin and beyond in form of mascots

By Kelly Ward | Feb. 22, 2018

Last month, the Cleveland Indians voted to remove their Chief Wahoo imagery from their uniforms effective next year. Cleveland’s Chief Wahoo and other Native American mascots have been the source of years of controversy due to their inaccurate depiction of indigenous peoples.

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Ward to the Wise: Nassar scandal must inspire schools around country to be more proactive

By Kelly Ward | Feb. 7, 2018

With the fallout of the Larry Nassar scandal affecting Michigan State, schools in the Big Ten Conference and NCAA in general, schools all over the country are now being held under increased scrutiny in terms of how they choose to respond to misconduct scandals involving their coaches. Nassar’s conviction resulted in MSU’s president and director of athletics both stepping down amidst pressure from the school community, mainly because they allowed Nassar’s abuse to go on for so long, allowing him to harm many more victims.

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Why care about sports? Hope

By Sebastian van Bastelaer | Dec. 3, 2017

Why care about sports? It’s a question I get asked a lot, as somebody who habitually cares far too much.

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Wisconsin earns a chance to erase memory of "59-0"

By Sebastian van Bastelaer | Nov. 27, 2017

The recent history of Wisconsin sports can be easily summed up in a few numbers. Simply uttering the phrases “408” or “38-1” is enough to elicit visceral responses from Badgers fans anywhere.

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After 13 consecutive victories, Wisconsin and Minnesota are no longer really rivals

By Sebastian van Bastelaer | Nov. 20, 2017

My middle school soccer team was good. Like, really good. The Blue Hawks (yes, our mascot was a fictional variation on a real animal, a fact I didn’t fully grasp until I had graduated) ran the D.C.

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Paul Chryst may not have the same spotlight as Jim Harbaugh, but he has something more important: Results

By Sebastian van Bastelaer | Nov. 15, 2017

As far as I’m aware, there are no T-shirts with Paul Chryst’s face on them. While I personally think they’d be a hit, they sadly don’t seem to exist.

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Taylor worthy of Heisman consideration

By Sebastian van Bastelaer | Nov. 6, 2017

This year ESPN released a list called “Ranking the happiness of every college football fan base.” The survey took into account program power, rivalry dominance, coaching stability, recruiting trend, revenue growth and Twitter buzz.

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On eve of first playoff ranking, Badger fans need to prepare for rude awakening

By Sebastian van Bastelaer | Oct. 30, 2017

The Chinese philosopher Confucius once said that “Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.” William Shakespeare echoed him, saying “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.” If these erudite thinkers were indeed correct, then I must be the wisest man of all time when it comes to the College Football Playoff rankings.

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UW loses best recruit in recent memory in Tyler Herro, still should remain optimistic about recruiting philosophy

By Sebastian van Bastelaer | Oct. 23, 2017

The devastating side of national recruiting reared its ugly head this week, with Tyler Herro, one of Wisconsin Basketball’s top-rated recruits of all time, decommitting from the program.