It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Football is back, brats are on the grill and everyone has their bibs on.
By some miraculous act of God, Christian Boutwell, sports editor of LSU’s Daily Reveille, was able to get a phone to work in the Bayou and have a conversation with me about the Tigers' upcoming bout against UW.
College football’s return has finally crept up on the nation and left fans and pundits scrambling to predict the outcome of the season.
Head coach Paula Wilkins and her young Wisconsin (1-1-2) team are headed west this weekend to take on No. 2 Stanford (3-0-0) on Thursday and No. 22 Santa Clara (2-2-0) on Sunday.
Wisconsin struggled to find the back of the net over the weekend, walking away with a 1-1 tie against Milwaukee and a scoreless draw against Drake.
After practice Thursday afternoon, it was announced that senior quarterback Bart Houston will start the season opener against LSU at Lambeau Field. This announcement comes after a lengthy competition between Houston and redshirt freshman Alex Hornibrook, with both QBs showing similar strengths and weaknesses.
After an uncharacteristically subpar year for the Wisconsin offensive line, the Badgers have been dealt a new blow after hearing redshirt junior Dan Voltz is retiring from football.
Four years ago, Gwen Jorgensen’s gold medal dreams were crushed after suffering a flat tire in the bike portion of the triathlon at the 2012 Olympics in London.
Evan Jager turned heads in the distance-running world on Wednesday, posting the best finish for the United States in the men’s steeplechase since 1952 with a silver medal run at the 2016 Olympics.
Twenty-four hundredths of a second. For most people, that’s the time it takes to blink your eye, but for UW alumna and Team Canada runner Hilary Stellingwerff, that’s how much time it took for her to be on the outside looking in to the women’s 1500-meter run semifinal at the 2016 Olympics.
Grace Latz and her teammates had to wait an extra day to compete in the women’s quadruple sculls final at the 2016 Olympics, but that wait was worth it when they ended up placing fifth overall.
On Wednesday morning, redshirt sophomore swimmer Cierra Runge had the biggest race of her life.
On the first day of Olympic competition Saturday, three of the eleven athletes with UW ties got things heated up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Former Wisconsin running back Montee Ball was sentenced to 60 days in jail after pleading guilty to misdemeanor domestic battery on Friday.
When the Wisconsin Badgers had to nominate a player to be the keynote speaker at the Big Ten Football Kickoff Luncheon, the choice for them was clear — the backup running back.
There’s no sense in sugarcoating it: Wisconsin’s new football uniforms are an absolute dud.
Four years after narrowly missing the final of the 1500 meter run at the London Olympics, Hilary Stellingwerff is getting a second chance in Rio.
Although I was raised to be a Badger by my parents — who met at UW in the 80s — I did not attend a football game at Camp Randall until my junior year of high school.
For many of you incoming freshmen, going to Camp Randall on September 10 will be your first taste of Badger football, at least in person.
Every four years, the University of Wisconsin becomes known for producing Olympians in a multitude of sports, and this year is no different.
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