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.
If you’re sitting in J, you deserve a standing ovation for managing to hide how drunk you are from security.
After a phenomenal freshman campaign at Purdue, Abby Jagdfeld decided to return to the university of her home state and swim for the Wisconsin Badgers.
Somewhere in Michael Weiss’ childhood home in Reno, Nevada, is a child-size kickboard and a pull buoy, worn and faded from both age and wear and tear.
As the month of June winds down, the excitement of the 33 swimmers with UW ties who are going to Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, is at an all-time high.
Eric Geunes will become a Badger this fall but he has a lot more on his mind than just SOAR and whether his roommate will steal his laptop or not.
As Rio looms just around the corner, over 50 current and former Badgers across seven sports have qualified for the Olympic Trials, and in some cases have already made the team. Here are just some of the stories of the Badger athletes that have a chance to compete in Brazil.
There’s a new face running the show for the Wisconsin Badgers’ defense this season. With former defensive coordinator Dave Aranda off to LSU, Justin Wilcox is taking over the unit that allowed the second-fewest yards per game in the country last season, so expectations will be high in 2016. Despite the changes at the top, Wisconsin fans shouldn’t notice too many differences with the way the defense looks on the field.
It was a year of overachievement for the Wisconsin softball team (11-11-1 Big Ten, 28-24-1 overall), as they won at least one game against every conference opponent they played in the regular season.
Abby Jagdfeld took a leap of faith last summer, and it paid off big time almost a year later. One year ago, the redshirt sophomore was training at home in Waukesha, Wis.
There are some athletes that we will never forget. There are those that define a generation, and there are those that transform the game. But none have ever transcended sports the way Muhammad Ali did.
The Bo Ryan sex scandal appears to be just beginning after a notice of claim was filed with the Attorney General on behalf of Robin Van Ert, a massage therapist who Ryan admitted to having extramarital affairs with after his abrupt resignation from the Wisconsin Basketball program last December.
Nigel Hayes’ time as a Badger isn’t done quite yet. Hayes will withdraw his name from the 2016 NBA draft and return to Wisconsin for his senior season, the Wisconsin State Journal’s Jim Polzin reported Tuesday night. “Getting the opportunity to gather information about the NBA and visit with professionals at that level was a really valuable experience for me,” Hayes said in a statement. “Playing in the NBA still remains an important goal for me, but that can wait another year. I’m excited to get back to work to pursue that dream, as well as the dream of getting my degree and helping my teammates, my brothers, bring a championship to Wisconsin.” With the 6-foot-7 forward making his return to Madison for the 2016-’17 season, the Badgers will be returning every major contributor from last year’s team that made an improbable mid-season turnaround culminating in their fifth trip to the Sweet Sixteen in the last six years. Hayes led the team in a number of categories, including points per game (15.7), assists per game (3.0) and minutes per game (36.2). However, he did see a significant dip in his shooting percentages.
Next season, for the first time since 2011, Wisconsin will be hosting a Big Ten team under the lights at Camp Randall.
From Bronson Koenig's improbable 3-pointer against Xavier, to Melanie Cross' game-winning home run against Ohio State to Jenny Holtzen's, Brett Pinfold's and Austin Byrd's prowess in the pool, Wisconsin has plenty of highlights that define its 2016 semester.
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