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.
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.
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