Sports

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FOOTBALL

Bowling Green: Five things to watch

By Jim Dayton and Mark Sadowski | Sep. 18, 2014

1) Wanted: Melvin Gordon

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FOOTBALL

Freshman kicker Rafael Gaglianone winning over hearts of Badger fans

By Zach Rastall | Sep. 18, 2014

Thanks to his big leg and even bigger personality, freshman kicker Rafael Gaglianone is quickly winning over Wisconsin Badgers players and fans alike.

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COLUMNS

Column: Plenty of reasons for last second losses

By Ryan Reszel and Jack Baer | Sep. 18, 2014

Over the past few years, an unfortunate narrative for Badger football has emerged. Usually the team operates as a motley crew of bruisers, but if that group plays in a big game to the last minute, something will go terribly wrong.

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VOLLEYBALL

Badgers head to Seattle for two Top 10 matchups

By Colleen Degnan and Erica Walkup | Sep. 18, 2014

The No. 4 Badgers (8-0) will play their final nonconference matches this weekend in the Pac-12/Big Ten Showcase hosted in Seattle. Wisconsin plays No. 10 USC (6-2) Thursday night and No. 5 Washington (9-0) Friday night.

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WOMEN'S SOCCER

Tough Big Ten game looms

By Lorin Cox | Sep. 18, 2014

After an up-and-down weekend that saw the Badgers’ seven-game winning streak come to an end, No. 13 Wisconsin (7-1-0) has had time to reflect as it prepares for another Big Ten opponent this weekend.

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SPORTS

UW goes for rebound win against St. John’s

By Jason Braverman | Sep. 18, 2014

Coming off a tough 3-2 overtime defeat, the Badgers (1-4-0) will look to get their season back on track Friday against St. John’s (1-3-2).

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FOOTBALL

A chance to refine offensive troubles

By Jake Powers | Sep. 17, 2014

After following up a gut-wrenching, opening-week loss with a lopsided win at home, Wisconsin has an opportunity to stabilize itself in its third contest of the season against visiting Bowling Green Saturday.

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COLUMNS

Column: What's in an early season upset?

By Grey Satterfield | Sep. 16, 2014

College football season is in full swing, which means the upsets have started rolling in like a rising tide, but not a Crimson Tide (screw you Alabama). Last Saturday saw four ranked teams bite the dust. Georgia, USC, Virginia Tech and Louisville.

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COLUMNS

Heisman Watch: Week 4

By Jim Dayton | Sep. 16, 2014

We’re now three full weeks into the 2014 college football season. That has given us enough time to peruse box scores, watch plenty of highlights and formulate some legitimate Heisman Trophy watch lists rather than preseason predictions that often turn out to be wildly incorrect. Check back in the following weeks for updated rankings.

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FOOTBALL

Ask the Deer Cardinal: Answering all your important fancy football questions

By The Deer Cardinal | Sep. 16, 2014

Deer Cardinal,

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FOOTBALL

Wake up sheeple, quit your nubile fancy football leagues

By Thor Von Killpenstien | Sep. 15, 2014

I’m sure many of you reading this are “owners” of fancy football clubs. Apparently this is the new Internet craze of millennials. Well I’m here to tell you that this fancy fantasy world you’re all caught up in needs to be brought back to utilitarian reality.

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WOMEN'S SOCCER

Early successes face weekend tests

By Steven Wishau - The Daily Cardinal and Bobby Ehrlich | Sep. 15, 2014

Women’s Soccer

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COLUMNS

Column: The SEC is too good for its own good

By Rushad Machhi and JoEllen Amato | Sep. 15, 2014

The Big Ten is all but guaranteed to not have a team in the new College Football Playoff (cue the muffled sobbing sound from the Midwest). More surprisingly, the SEC might not have a representative in the Playoff either this January.

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COLUMNS

Column: Athlete crimes can expose chilling fan priorities

By Jim Dayton | Sep. 15, 2014

Your local child abuser and woman beater just got arrested the other day.

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SPORTS

Women's Soccer: Badgers experience up and down weekend in Michigan

By Lorin Cox | Sep. 15, 2014

It was certainly an emotional three-day stretch for the Badgers.

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SPORTS

Men's Soccer: Badgers fall to Rutgers in overtime thriller

By Jarek Petras | Sep. 15, 2014

The national spotlight provided a thriller at the McClimon Complex on Friday night.

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VOLLEYBALL

Volleyball: Badgers dominate HotelRED Invitational

By Sam Karp and Suzanne O’Connell | Sep. 15, 2014

The No. 4 Wisconsin volleyball team (8-0) continued the impressive start to their season by staying undefeated and winning the HotelRed Invitational at the UW Field House.

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COLUMNS

Column: No winners in Stanton situation

By Zach Rastall and Jack Baer and Brian Weidy | Sep. 13, 2014

Considering how poorly the Milwaukee Brewers have played over the past several weeks, you would think the team would be ready to pop open a bottle of champagne after any win at this point.

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COLUMNS

Column: A procrastinator's guide to the Barclays Premier League

By Alex Beck and Lars Lindqvist | Sep. 12, 2014

Welcome back to campus, Badgers! After an exciting summer for soccer, highlighted by Brazil’s World Cup, some of you might be suffering from footie withdrawal, and might be interested in following the world’s game more seriously this season. Well, fear not, because this coming semester Lars and I are here to guide you through the ups and downs of the Premier League (or “the Prem” for short), and we’ll start this week with a guide to a league which is only three games into its 38-game season.

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FOOTBALL

National Outlook: Week Three

By Jim Dayton | Sep. 12, 2014

Week three of the 2014 college football season is a barren wasteland. Locally, Wisconsin is on a bye, and nationally, there’s just one game that features two Top 25 teams.