FOOTBALL

Wisconsin Football 2025 preview: Can Fickell turn the Badgers around in year three?

By Tejas Rao | Jun. 5

Wisconsin Football under head coach Luke Fickell stands on a growing pile of assignments with less than three months until the 2025 season. After a disappointing first two seasons for the Badgers under Fickell, year three will test whether the Badgers’ name can reemerge at the national level. 

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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Column: Pingeton brings results in first month as women’s basketball head coach

By Gabriella Hartlaub | Jun. 5

Few things in sports are more elusive than viable hope for a successful Wisconsin Badgers women’s basketball team, except maybe a Browns Super Bowl, the Milwaukee Bucks making it past round one of the NBA Playoffs and at this point, any team staying in Oakland, California. 

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FOOTBALL

Camp Randall Spring Showcase offers first look into 2025 season

By Yadiel Chavez | Apr. 24

For the first time this year, Camp Randall Stadium opened its doors to the public on Saturday, providing a glimpse into what football could look like for the Wisconsin Badgers in 2025. 

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SPORTS

The Daily Cardinal’s 2024-25 women’s sports awards

By Dylan Goldman | Apr. 24

This year’s Wisconsin women’s sports season was exhilarating as always. I am handing out some awards to the exceptional athletes who represented the Badgers in NCAA tournaments, national championships and even the Olympics. 

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SPORTS

Big Ten thrives a year after expansion to West Coast

By Brendan Wolf | Apr. 23

Oregon and Washington announced their intention to join the Big Ten in August 2023, alongside USC and UCLA, who had started the “next wave” of conference realignment by entering the conference the year prior. This brought the number of schools in the conference to 18, where it currently stands today. 

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SPORTS

The year of women’s sports: Women’s hockey, volleyball, soccer shined this year

By Abigail Bures | Apr. 23

Wisconsin fans are especially happy with their women’s sports teams after a year of victories graced the Badgers. Wisconsin boasts some of the best athletes in the Big Ten conference and around the nation, and the records they’ve put up this year prove that. 

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MEN'S TENNIS

A finale, and a start: Men’s tennis falls to UCLA, USC

By Amina Haniieva | Apr. 23

In sports, the score is supposed to tell the story. Sometimes, it just doesn’t. The Wisconsin Badgers men’s tennis team fell 4-0 to No. 21 UCLA on Friday and 4-1 to No. 26 USC on Sunday, two matches that could’ve ended in quiet exits. 

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MEN'S BASKETBALL

Relive the last time men’s basketball made it to the Final Four

By Jordyn Grover | Apr. 23

The Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team last made an appearance in the Final Four in 2015 with a roster featuring Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker, who both went on to play in the NBA. DJ Khaled’s “All I Do Is Win” played throughout the arena as Wisconsin beat undefeated Kentucky to earn a spot in the finals against Duke.

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WOMEN'S HOCKEY

How Mark Johnson built a dynasty

By Haellie Opp | Apr. 23

Coming out of a historic season for Wisconsin women’s hockey, you can’t talk about the legendary Badgers program without highlighting the man at the helm: Mark Johnson.

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SPORTS

The Daily Cardinal’s 2024-25 men’s sports awards

By Dylan Goldman | Apr. 22

The Wisconsin Badgers men’s sports season is coming to a close, and I am ready to hand out some awards to some standout athletes that represented the Badgers very well this season.

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FOOTBALL

Top Wisconsin tight end re-enters transfer portal

By Dora Tsai | Apr. 22

The Wisconsin Badgers football team faces significant challenges at the tight end position ahead of the 2025 season following several unexpected changes, including Tanner Koziol’s departure and a medical retirement. 

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WOMEN'S HOCKEY

Inside the rivalry: Wisconsin women’s hockey vs Ohio State

By Haellie Opp | Apr. 22

The University of Wisconsin-Madison and Ohio State University are no strangers in women’s hockey, playing together in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) since 1999. 

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SOFTBALL

Wisconsin softball scores 18 in doubleheader against NDSU

By Haellie Opp | Apr. 17

The Wisconsin Badgers softball team (28-16) defeated out-of-conference North Dakota State on Wednesday in two mercy-ruling games to bring the win percentage to .619, outscoring their opponents 18-2. 

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MEN'S TENNIS

No answers left: Men’s tennis season slips with loss to Nebraska

By Amina Haniieva | Apr. 16

The Wisconsin men’s tennis team lost to Nebraska 4-0 at Nielsen Tennis Stadium on Saturday, where they were outmatched and outmaneuvered the entire match. At this point, competing isn’t enough. 

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MEN'S HOCKEY

Who’s in, who’s out for men’s hockey next season?

By Haellie Opp | Apr. 16

Following a disappointing loss to Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals to conclude their season, the Wisconsin Badgers men’s hockey team will be without six players next year due to graduation and two in the transfer portal.

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SOFTBALL

Wisconsin wins two in three-game series against Indiana

By Haellie Opp | Apr. 15

The Wisconsin Badgers softball team won two out of three against Indiana at the Goodman Diamond in Madison last weekend. The series puts the Badgers at 26-16 for a .619 win percentage and 8-8 in Big Ten conference play. 

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SPORTS

How Wisconsin Athletics is adapting to the NIL era of college sports

By Daniel Desmond | Apr. 14

Since college athletes began profiting off their Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) on July 1, 2021, Division I athletics — especially for Power 5 Big Ten schools like the University of Wisconsin-Madison — have been a “Wild West” of spending and competition.