It's not often a Player of the Year is discouraged from taking slapshots or told by his coach to emulate the most gruntish of NHL role players, Tomas Holmstrom. Few top scorers describe themselves as lighting the lamp almost exclusively via ""ugly goals.""
The record books will list Mike Eaves as head coach of the men's hockey team during its recent run to the national title game, but make no mistake about it: This team belonged to the senior class.
The Wisconsin Badgers softball looks to continue its recent winning ways this weekend when it travels to Evansville, Ill., to take on Big Ten rival Northwestern.
The Wisconsin men's tennis team will travel to Illinois next weekend on an at-large bid to participate in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
A third-place finish in the Big Ten standings; their first Sweet Sixteen appearance since 1993. These are the moments that defined the 2009-'10 Wisconsin women's soccer team, and these are the moments that earned them the title of UW women's team of the year.
After a banner year for many programs, the Wisconsin Athletic Department extended the contracts for six head coaches, the department announced Friday.
The Wisconsin softball team improved their Big Ten record to 3-11 this weekend with two wins over Indiana.
The UW women's rowing team won the program's first Big Ten Rowing Championship Saturday on Lake Ovid in Laingsburg, Mich. The Badgers took the title by out-rowing the seven other teams participating in four of six events.
VILAS PARK – The situation was perfect. It was a familiar scenario; one that sets men up to become legends. And with 2009's hero watching from the dugout, it was Editorial Board Chairman Joe Labuz who ensured The Badger Herald would come off the diamond victorious for the second year in a row.
The no. 27 Wisconsin men's tennis team exited the Big Ten tournament in Saturday's semi-final round at the hands of the top seed Ohio State, who outmaneuvered the Badgers 4-0.
A goal in the closing minutes gave the Wisconsin men's soccer team a 4-3 win over rival UW-Milwaukee Friday in the McClain Center, and concluded an unbeaten spring exhibition campaign.
Summer just isn't quite the same without the World Cup to watch, which is why I'm so excited for the upcoming one. The whole world comes together to watch the purest world championship in all of sports, and the passion of the countries involved is inspiring. So without further ado, I give you five players to watch this June and July in South Africa (assuming they get their stadiums built on time).
The half-life of college journalism is fairly short. Terms for beats last at best three years, for columns only two. Turnover is constant and a necessary fact of life as staffers are forever graduating or moving on.
The Wisconsin Badgers softball team employed some late-inning magic to sweep the North Dakota Fighting Sioux in doubleheader action Wednesday afternoon at Goodman Diamond.
They came so close, but it just wasn't enough.
This past weekend, the Wisconsin softball team traveled to Champaign, Ill., for a two-game series with the No. 18 Fighting Illini.
After six years as assistant coach of the Badger men's hockey team Mark Osiecki will move on to the head coaching role at Ohio State next season, the Buckeyes announced Saturday.
While most outgoing Badgers have played in their final competitive football game, at least three members of the 2009 Wisconsin football team have the chance to play professional football in the National Football League, as tight end Garrett Graham, defensive lineman/linebacker O'Brien Schofield and safety Chris Maragos have hooked up with NFL teams.
How does one judge a season that features so much success, and disappoints with how tantalizingly close it came to being truly spectacular?
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