After winning the 2025 NCAA Women’s Ice Hockey National Championship, a pair of Wisconsin Badgers had their sights set on their next step: the Professional Women’s Hockey League.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison announced on June 21, 2025, a lawsuit against the University of Miami for tampering with and ultimately poaching defensive back Xavier Lucas from their roster in violation of a name, image and likeness (NIL) agreement.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association penalized the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s football program last week, citing recruiting violations from spring of 2023.
Wisconsin Football under head coach Luke Fickell stands on a growing pile of assignments with less than three months until the 2025 season. After a disappointing first two seasons for the Badgers under Fickell, year three will test whether the Badgers’ name can reemerge at the national level.
Few things in sports are more elusive than viable hope for a successful Wisconsin Badgers women’s basketball team, except maybe a Browns Super Bowl, the Milwaukee Bucks making it past round one of the NBA Playoffs and at this point, any team staying in Oakland, California.
For the first time this year, Camp Randall Stadium opened its doors to the public on Saturday, providing a glimpse into what football could look like for the Wisconsin Badgers in 2025.
This year’s Wisconsin women’s sports season was exhilarating as always. I am handing out some awards to the exceptional athletes who represented the Badgers in NCAA tournaments, national championships and even the Olympics.
Oregon and Washington announced their intention to join the Big Ten in August 2023, alongside USC and UCLA, who had started the “next wave” of conference realignment by entering the conference the year prior. This brought the number of schools in the conference to 18, where it currently stands today.
Wisconsin fans are especially happy with their women’s sports teams after a year of victories graced the Badgers. Wisconsin boasts some of the best athletes in the Big Ten conference and around the nation, and the records they’ve put up this year prove that.
In sports, the score is supposed to tell the story. Sometimes, it just doesn’t. The Wisconsin Badgers men’s tennis team fell 4-0 to No. 21 UCLA on Friday and 4-1 to No. 26 USC on Sunday, two matches that could’ve ended in quiet exits.
The Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team last made an appearance in the Final Four in 2015 with a roster featuring Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker, who both went on to play in the NBA. DJ Khaled’s “All I Do Is Win” played throughout the arena as Wisconsin beat undefeated Kentucky to earn a spot in the finals against Duke.
Coming out of a historic season for Wisconsin women’s hockey, you can’t talk about the legendary Badgers program without highlighting the man at the helm: Mark Johnson.
The Wisconsin Badgers men’s sports season is coming to a close, and I am ready to hand out some awards to some standout athletes that represented the Badgers very well this season.
The Wisconsin Badgers football team faces significant challenges at the tight end position ahead of the 2025 season following several unexpected changes, including Tanner Koziol’s departure and a medical retirement.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison and Ohio State University are no strangers in women’s hockey, playing together in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) since 1999.
The Wisconsin Badgers softball team (28-16) defeated out-of-conference North Dakota State on Wednesday in two mercy-ruling games to bring the win percentage to .619, outscoring their opponents 18-2.
The Wisconsin men’s tennis team lost to Nebraska 4-0 at Nielsen Tennis Stadium on Saturday, where they were outmatched and outmaneuvered the entire match. At this point, competing isn’t enough.
Following a disappointing loss to Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals to conclude their season, the Wisconsin Badgers men’s hockey team will be without six players next year due to graduation and two in the transfer portal.
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