Column: The Badgers kept Greg Gard. What were they thinking?
By Tomer Ronen | Apr. 4Wisconsin’s athletic director announced the men’s basketball head coach would return for another season. Was it the right choice?
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Column: A year of questions leaves Badger men’s basketball, football fighting decline
By Jacob Szczap | May. 17Wisconsin’s men’s basketball and football teams are experiencing dips in success, but hope is far from lost.
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Column: Following hockey triumph, Wisconsin is now America’s women’s sports school
By Dylan Goldman | Apr. 6, 2023As men’s basketball and football continue to disappoint, the success of women’s teams creates an opportunity to reframe Wisconsin’s sports reputation.
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Column: Nice guys always finish last: The downfall of Tony Granato
By Matthew Neschis | Mar. 9, 2023A golden reputation wasn’t enough to delay the end of Tony Granato’s tumultuous coaching tenure in Madison.
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Column: Explaining the decision to fire Tony Granato
By Dayne Hagedorn | Mar. 8, 2023To 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, 2022As 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, 2022The 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, 2022Jim 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, 2022In 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, 2022We 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, 2022Every 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, 2022College 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, 2018Last 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, 2018With 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, 2017Why 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, 2017The 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, 2017My 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, 2017As 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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